The ministry of higher and secondary specialised education of uzbekistan

Cluster
Cluster-Method (cluster) — serves for stimulation of cogitative activity. The spontaneity released from any censorship. Graphic reception of ordering of a material. Ideas are not piled up, and “гроздятся”, т. е. Settle down in the certain order.



LECTURE 6. INTERACTIVE TEACHING METHODS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES METHODOLOGY


Lecture outline:

1. 
   Jigsaw
   
2. 
   Jigsaw 2
   
3. 
   INSERT
   
4. 
   Learning together
   

Key words: reading text, learning grammar, teams’ information, jigsaw, INSERT, learning together.

Jigsaw

Using sphere:

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  Reading text;
  

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  Learning grammar.
  

Procedure for Reading text

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  Learners are divided into groups of 4-6 participants including strong and weak learners;
  

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  Each group receives a small part of the text;
  

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  Each group discusses information like experts;
  

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  They listen to each other, ask questions, make notes for getting all information;
  

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  One member of each group presents team’s information;
  

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  The team is motivated to know information by all group members because it influences on the assessment.
  

Procedure for Grammar
For example for teaching The Past perfect Tense the class is suggested to fill in the table

Using	Determiners	Scheme

Class is divided into three groups. Each group fills in the whole table. Each group has experts for each column. Experts from different groups gather for advising and after return to the groups with new information. Such interaction helps to systemize knowledge concerning the topic.