Teaching Aspects

Teacher Talking Time vs. Student Talking Time

Teachers must speak the least possible in order to allow the students produce spoken language.

Activities

The teacher must have activities that are dynamic in order to build a positive rapport.

Activities should be changed constantly

Activities should not last too much

Seating Arragment

Seating arrangement is important because the interaction among the students changes

Horse-shoe

Front to fronot

Circle

Rows

Lines

Teams

Assessment

Summative Assssment

This is the final evaluation and it is used to see the final result.

Formative Assessment

Used to assess the progress of the students, and from that improve

Use of English/Grammar

Teacher must be well informed of the language in order to prevent fossilization from the students.

When the teacher is not aware of the vocabulary, he/she should look for the information on another resource.

Material

Teacher has the opportunity to use different materials

Realia

Technology

Abstract

Interaction Patterns

A class can not be focused on a single interaction, and that interaction that is very common is the Teacher-Students. There are other interaction patterns that can be used in order to better the activities

Teacher-Student

Teacher-Students

Students-Students

Student-Student

The whole classroom