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