Teaching Strategies to Increase Your Student's Listening Skills

Guide to Giving Clear Instructions to Students (That They Will Actually Follow)

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  Break Tasks into Manageable Chunks
  

25. Game-based learning is a great way to improve young learners' creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. It is based on the use of imagination. Instructors can give students the freedom to come up with solutions and ideas which boost their level of creativity. Game-based learning offers students the opportunity to explore and experiment with new research skills without fear of failure or bad grades. It also offers opportunities for increased student engagement by adding a sense of fun to their library instruction experience.

4 Steps to Implementing Game-Based Learning in the Classroom [+ Game Examples]

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   Play the Game Yourself, Making Sure It Is Aligned with Learning Goals. ...
   
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   Dedicate Time to Consistent In-Class Play
   

26. Oral communication is less authentic than written communication as they are informal and not as organized as written communication. Oral communication is time-saving as far as daily interactions are concerned, but in case of meetings, long speeches consume lot of time and are unproductive at times. Oral feedback is usually given during a lesson while written feedback tends to be given after a task. Oral feedback is sometimes underestimated because it is less formal, but it can be a very powerful and effective tool as it can be provided easily in the 'teachable moment' and in a timely way.

The result of this research showed that the teachers used 5 types of oral feedback, namely evaluative feedback, corrective feedback, descriptive feedback, interactional feedback, and motivational feedback.

27. The four macroskills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) are all part of normal language proficiency and use. They can also work together in language acquisition, and the phrase integrated skills is commonly used to describe curricula that develop the skills in parallel fashion. How to Integrate the four skills. The four skills can be referred to as Receptive Skills (listening and reading) or Productive Skills (speaking and writing). Perhaps the easiest way to start integrating skills in your class is by combining the receptive and productive skills which are used across the same medium. Benefits of testing the four skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking) When we say that someone 'speaks' a language fluently, we usually mean that they have a high level in all four skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing.

28. When using task-based learning, teachers ask their students to perform tasks that resemble authentic, “real-life” situations. This approach particularly challenges students who are used to a more traditional classroom, say, focussing on analyzing, practicing, and memorizing a few irregular verbs.
In task-based learning, a lesson or unit is designed to help learners to complete a task: for example; write a letter, make a reservation, plan a trip, collaborate to design something, or hold a meeting.