Teaching Vocabulary and Communication Strategies

The initial phase of listening activity focused on general understanding.

A task designed to guide students towards understanding the overall theme or main points of a listening passage without focusing on every detail.

The initial phase of reading activity focused on obtaining a general understanding of the text.

A task designed to help students understand the overall theme or main points of a reading passage without focusing on every detail.

Exposing students to the listening text for the first time without pausing, simulating real-life listening experience and encouraging focus on the overall message.

Encouraging students to review their understanding and share their thoughts with peers to enhance comprehension and discussion.

A brief period of time allotted for completing a task, encouraging students to focus on efficiency and prioritize essential information.

Rapidly scanning a text to extract key information and identify the main theme or topic, without paying attention to every word or detail.

This involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.

Asking students to listen to a text again, focusing on specific details or answering questions.

This stage involves checking comprehension, summarizing, discussion, and personal responses to the text.

This stage involves a more focused reading activity, often with specific comprehension questions.

This involves helping students locate information quickly by searching for a specific word, number, name, or date.

This stage includes questions that require long answers and deeper understanding of the text.

This stage involves asking questions to check understanding, assess learning, and provide feedback to students.

This involves a task that requires students to rearrange sentences in the correct order or complete a story based on the text.

Teaching learners how to use common phrases and expressions to improve their fluency and communication skills.

Focusing on how sounds are pronounced together in connected speech, emphasizing word and sentence stress to improve clarity and intelligibility.

Providing guided practice activities where students repeat and practice sounds and pronunciation to develop accuracy and fluency.

Encouraging learners to use communicative strategies like asking for clarification, paraphrasing, or using gestures to overcome language barriers.

A planned activity or task designed to help students develop their speaking skills, often with a specific learning objective.

Predicting potential challenges and considering students' language abilities and interests when planning a speaking activity.

Observing students during a speaking activity to offer support, encouragement, and corrective feedback when needed.

Making sure students understand the activity's goal, what they need to do, and how they'll be assessed.

A classroom activity where students take on different roles and act out a scenario, promoting speaking practice and interaction.

A speaking activity where students work in pairs, each having information the other lacks, requiring them to communicate to complete a task.

A speaking activity where students summarize a story they've heard or create their own original stories to share with classmates.

A whole-class activity where a teacher starts a story and students take turns adding sentences to continue it, encouraging spontaneous and creative speaking.

A speaking activity where students describe a picture or scene, encouraging observation, vocabulary use, and descriptive language.

A speaking activity where students discuss controversial statements in small groups, presenting their arguments and opinions to the class.

A group activity where students discuss the topic of a reading or listening text, sharing their understanding and perspectives.

Writing activities involving copying and dictation, focusing on basic language accuracy and control.

Writing activities using fill-in exercises, helping learners practice vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

Teacher-guided writing activities where learners work together on a task, receiving suggestions and support to improve their writing skill.

Writing activities that allow students to express their creativity and imagination through stories, poems, articles, or other creative forms.

The ability to write a successful essay involves a step-by-step process, starting with engaging learners through visuals and questions.

The stage where learners begin to write independently, applying their learned skills and knowledge to develop more complex writing pieces.

The first step in the essay composition process involves introducing the topic through visuals or questions to stimulate ideas.

Encouraging learners to generate various ideas related to the essay topic, providing the foundation for their writing.

The ability to write clearly and accurately, combining grammatical correctness, punctuation, sentence structure, and organization. It's like building a well-crafted argument or story with words.

The process of writing words on paper or a digital screen, which can be a challenge for students learning new scripts.

Using the correct spelling of words, which can be tricky in English due to its inconsistent pronunciation.

The use of punctuation marks (periods, commas, etc.) to signal pauses, separate ideas, and guide the reader's understanding. It's like road signs for the reader.

The structure of sentences, making sure they follow proper word order and grammar rules. It's like building a sentence with blocks that fit together correctly.

Dividing written information into paragraphs to separate ideas and make the text easier to read. It's like creating chapters in a story or sections in a report.

Using appropriate linking words and phrases to connect ideas smoothly and help the reader understand the text's organization. It's like building a bridge between sentences so the reader can follow your train of thought.

Choosing the right language (words and structures) to fit the formality and style of the text, like adapting your tone of voice to different situations.