Who’s behind My English Pages
I’m an EFL teacher, currently working in a Moroccan high school. You can read more about me in the About Page. You’ll catch me here in this blog writing about teachers and teaching. I will share my experience as a teacher and will cover in my articles topics ranging from teaching methods to lesson plans and class management. There will also be room for some general topics that might be related to teaching. You may also come across some tips about blogging and how teachers can …
One of the problems facing those who want to start a blog, is understanding terms used in blogging. For those who are unfamiliar with those terms, follow the link below. It is a list of terminology and definitions for terms that are frequently used while talking about building blogs.
Blogging terminology
Of the four types, conditional sentence type one is the easiest one to teach. Students should be able to understand the following:
There is an if-clause and a then-clause in conditional sentence.
The then-clause should be understood as the consequence of the if-clause.
Conditional sentences are used to talk about possible situations. That’s why it is sometimes called the real conditional.
The structure of conditional type one involves the use of the simple present in the if-clause and the simple future in the then-clause.
Conditional sentences may contain verbs in the affirmative as well as the negative …
In the dogme approach new metaphors are used to describe English language learning. Two of these metaphors are called affordance and emergence.
Affordance
Traditionally input was seen as all words, contexts, and other forms of language to which a learner is exposed. Input in this sense is said to provide a basis for acquiring proficiency in first or second languages. The problem with input in the context of language acquisition is that it should be slightly above the level of the learner. Krachen in his Input Hypothesis noticed that providing comprehensible input …
A video every teacher needs to watch.
It is a video of a very eloquent young lady who gives such great insight into the minds of children and adults alike.
Learner centeredness is a key element in Dogme approach. The learner is taken into account, freeing him from the dictatorship of the published textbooks. The focus is on conversational communication between learner and teacher and any material introduced must be relevant.
The following presentation, by Nick Robinson, introduces the principles upon which Scott Thornbury builds the Dogme Approach. It also tries to answer the question of the relevance of the Web in the classroom:
Making it relevant: Dogme, the Web and business English materials from Nick Robinson