PUA - Developing Your IELTS Teaching Skills.pdf

PUA - Developing Your IELTS Teaching Skills.pdf

1. Developing Your
IELTS Teaching Skills:
BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS

2. Main goals
•Ongoing professional development
•Explore best practices & innovations

3. Integrated
Skills
Development

4. Integrated Skills Development
•Technology Integration in IELTS Instruction
•Scaffolding Techniques for New Teachers

5. Listening
Warmer:
1.Intro topic: The car of the future on wb
•Ask: How will cars in the future be different from the cars of today?
2.Present key language (paper-strip / wall matching? gapfill? etc.)
Main activity:
1.Listen for gist
2.Jigsaw listening
•Divide ss into groups AAAA, BBBB, CCCC, DDDD
•Hand out AAAA, BBBB, CCCC, DDDD worksheets to each member.
•Ss listen to whole recording & complete gaps on their individual worksheets.
•Compare answers in groups

6. Listening
2. Re-group:
•Divide ss into ABCD groups
•Hand out ABCD worksheets to all ss
•Ask ss to share their information without looking at each other’s worksheets
•Check answers as a class.

7. Reading
Warmer:
1.Intro topic: What new technologies have developed in the 100 years?
2.Present key language (paper-strip / wall matching? gapfill? etc.)
Main activity:
1.Jigsaw reading
•Divide ss into groups AAAA, BBBB, CCCC
•Write Qs on wb
•Hand out AAAA, BBBB, CCCC worksheets to each member.
•Ss read their texts, discuss Qs & make notes
2.Re-group

8. Reading
•Move ss into ABC groups
•Ss work from their notes & turn their texts face down to prevent reading aloud
•Ss refer to Qs on wb and discuss answers together

9. Scaffolding
Techniques

10. Gradual task complexity

11. Model and
demonstrate

12. Structured templates

13. Peer collaboration

14. Explicit
language
instruction

15. Timely feedback

16. Graphic
organisers

17. Scaffolding
Techniques
1.Gradual task complexity
2.Model and demonstrate
3.Structured templates
4.Peer collaboration
5.Explicit language
instruction
6.Timely feedback
7.Graphic organisers

18. Questions?