English language teachers’ skills will be upgraded
KUALA LUMPUR: All 70,000 English language teachers have to pass the Cambridge Placement Test (CPT) within two years to ensure students are taught by proficient teachers.

In one past interdisciplinary collaboration, Rupal Patel and Isabel Meirelles teamed up to develop a web-based tool that teaches children how to read with appropriate expression using visual cues.
Their newest project, funded by a Provost’s Tier 1 Interdisciplinary Seed Grant, targets a trickier population: teenagers who want to learn English as a second language.
“Adolescents who are not native to English often lag in reading comprehension because the prosody, which is the melody of speech, is different in their language,” said Patel, an associate professor of speech language pathology and audiology in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences with a joint appointment in the College of Computer and Information Science. “We want to help them both to sound more fluent and non-native and also to help them with language comprehension.”
But the new task presented a new set of visual challenges, noted Meirelles, an associate professor of graphic design in the College of Arts, Media & Design. “We spent a lot of time trying to devise a structural metaphor for how to engage people,” she said. “Because it’s a difficult age group, we didn’t want them to feel like they were doing work even though it is work.”
In the end, Meirelles and Patel appealed to that universal feature of puberty: narcissism. “This is the period in a person’s life when they go from where the family is a unit to where they are the unit,” Patel explained.
The program, she said, turns teenagers into television stars. With an interface modeled after a television set, users can enter any of a series of “recording studios” and become anything from a sportscaster to a fashion critic.
Here’s how it works: Upon entering the room, a user hears a native speaker reading a script. Then, while looking at the visual cues for each sentence, the user records herself reading it. Finally, she plays back her own recording.
Patel said an important aspect of the computational program is its scalability. “There isn’t an inventory of rules,” she explained. “It doesn’t see a question mark and say okay, for the question mark, raise your pitch, because in English that’s not always true. The question mark itself doesn’t tell you enough.”
Instead, the program uses speech acoustics and actual speech data to render the visual cues of native-speaker recordings. Eventually, the team hopes to introduce a voice-recognition tool, allowing the program to immediately render users’ recordings so they can compare the visual representation of their own speech with that of the native speaker.
Ultimately Patel and Meirelles view the program as a web application featuring recordings that could be shared among users.
First, however, they will test the user interface in a proof of concept pilot study. This data will help the design team determine which visual cues need more development before deploying the program in a larger efficacy study.
Incorporating these seven principles into your planning will help your students make academic progress in your curriculum area while they are learning English.
The seven principles are exemplified in the following units:
Know your learners - their language background, their language proficiency, their experiential background.
What do you know about your students' language skills? What do you know about their prior knowledge? How will you find out this information? How will it affect your planning?
Identify the learning outcomes including the language demands of the teaching and learning.
What language do the students need to complete the task? Do the students know what the content and language learning outcomes are?
Maintain and make explicit the same learning outcomes for all the learners.
How can I make the lesson comprehensible to all students? How can I plan the learning tasks so that all the students are actively involved? Do my students understand the learning outcomes?
Begin with context embedded tasks which make the abstract concrete.
How can I put these concepts into a concrete context?
Provide multiple opportunities for authentic language use with a focus on students using academic language.
Is the language focus on key language? Do I make sure the students have many opportunities to notice and use new language?
Ensure a balance between receptive and productive language.
Are the students using both productive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening, reading) language in this lesson?
Include opportunities for monitoring and self-evaluation.
Am I using 'think alouds' to show students my strategy use? What opportunities are there for reflection and self-evaluation?
Using Mobile Phones in Language Learning/Teaching
Strategies-Based Instruction in the Foreign-Language Classroom
Etymology: A word attack strategy for learning the english vocabulary
The Pedagogical Applications of Using Short Message System
محمد احمدوند
با توجه به تغييرات و پيشرفت هاي سريعي که در علوم روي مي دهد ، دانش آموزان ما نيازمند روش هايي هستند که از طريق آن ها به مهارت هاي يادگيري دست يابند تا خود بتوانند علوم را بهتر و سريع تر و همگام با پيشرفت ها بياموزند. روش " يادگيري مشارکتي " يا " آموزش از طريق همياري " دانش آموزان را در اين امر ياري مي دهد. يادگيري مشارکتي خود شامل 5 روش است که عبارتند از : 1. کارآيي تيمي 2. تدريس اعضاي تيم . 3. قضاوت عملکرد . 4. قضاوت طرز تلقي . 5. حل مسأله . از ميان اين روش ها، نگارنده دو روش :" کارايي تيمي " و " حل مسأله " را با توجه به مسائل آموزشي ايران ، براي تدريس زبان انگليسي مناسب تشخيص داده است و از بين اين دو ، روش کارايي تيمي را جذاب تر مي داند. به همين دليل روي اين روش تأکيد و تمرکز دارد.
Here are some tips to help you on your teaching experience
Dress right. Jeans, sneakers, and just-out-of-bed hair may be okay for teachers in the U.S., but in many parts of the world, a neat appearance counts far more than credentials. In Korea dark clothes lend an air of authority. Red is to be avoided at all costs. In Morocco female teachers don’t wear pants, sleeveless blouses, or short skirts.
Behave appropriately. When it asked 250 students at the Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages in China what they liked and disliked about native speaker English teachers, the students’ main gripe was the informality of foreign teachers, who often seem to undermine their own authority by acting in undignified ways. In the U.S. teachers go on a first-name basis with students, sit on their desks, sip coffee, and even bounce off the walls without causing student discomfort or losing prestige. But these behaviors don’t export well.
Don’t worry if students seem unresponsive at first. Americans are used to participatory classrooms with plenty of teacher-student dialogue. Elsewhere, students are often trained to be silent, good listeners, and memorizers. It’s disconcerting to stand in front of a sea of blank faces, but expecting it reduces the shock. Introduce new concepts, such as discussion and role-play gradually. You’ll be surprised at how students will come to embrace the change.
Choose topics carefully. There are still many countries in the world where people are hesitant to voice opinions because of a fear of reprisal. If you’re conducting a classroom debate, remember that there’s a distaste for Western-style argumentation in Middle-Eastern societies, and in Japan it’s offensive for an individual to urge others to accept his opinion.
Certain topics may be taboo for cultural reasons: Most Americans don’t want to discuss their salaries or religious beliefs; Japanese may be disinclined to talk about their inner feelings; the French think questions about their family life are rude.
Don’t ask, “Do you understand?” In China and Japan, students will nod yes, even if they’re totally lost, in an attempt to save face for the teacher. Even in a country as far west as Turkey, yes often means no.
Avoid singling students out. Our society fosters a competitive individualism which is clearly manifested in our classrooms. American students are not shy about displaying their knowledge. In classrooms outside the U.S., however, showing solidarity with classmates and conforming to the status quo is often more important than looking good for the teacher. In Turkey and Montenegro students told me they disliked volunteering answers too often because it made them look like show-offs and attracted the evil eye of envy. If you want to play a game, make the competition among groups rather than among individuals. If you need to discipline a student, do so in private.
Be aware of cross-cultural communication styles. French students appreciate wit. Venezuelan students like boisterous rapid-fire exchanges. In Japan, where debate is not as valued as in the U.S., students appreciate long pauses in discussions and silent “think time” after you ask a question. “Hollow drums make the most noise” goes a Japanese proverb, and Japanese students are uncomfortable blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. American teachers, who are uncomfortable with silence, tend to anticipate the student’s words or repeat their original question—both irritating interruptions for the Japanese student.
Present a rationale for what you do in class. Your pedagogy is going to be very different from what students are used to. They’ll conform much more eagerly to new classroom content and procedures if they understand the benefits.
Expect the best of your students. They’ll be serious about learning English because their economic advancement often depends upon mastering it.
Relax and enjoy yourself. Happiness in the classroom is contagious.
محمد احمدوند
با توجه به تغييرات و پيشرفت هاي سريعي که در علوم روي مي دهد ، دانش آموزان ما نيازمند روش هايي هستند که از طريق آن ها به مهارت هاي يادگيري دست يابند تا خود بتوانند علوم را بهتر و سريع تر و همگام با پيشرفت ها بياموزند. روش " يادگيري مشارکتي " يا " آموزش از طريق همياري " دانش آموزان را در اين امر ياري مي دهد. يادگيري مشارکتي خود شامل 5 روش است که عبارتند از : 1. کارآيي تيمي 2. تدريس اعضاي تيم . 3. قضاوت عملکرد . 4. قضاوت طرز تلقي . 5. حل مسأله . از ميان اين روش ها، نگارنده دو روش :" کارايي تيمي " و " حل مسأله " را با توجه به مسائل آموزشي ايران ، براي تدريس زبان انگليسي مناسب تشخيص داده است و از بين اين دو ، روش کارايي تيمي را جذاب تر مي داند. به همين دليل روي اين روش تأکيد و تمرکز دارد.
http://www.2shared.com/file/3404930/2a0f98b7/ebrahim_zanjkani.html
An Essential Bibliography for English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
Fredricka L. Stoller with Douglas Biber, Susan Fitzmaurice, William Grabe, Mary McGroarty, Randi Reppen, and Jean Zukowski/Faust
Compiled February 2002* Under a grant by the
Office of English Language Programs
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
*The authors thank Gina Iberri, a graduate student at Northern Arizona University, for assisting them in completing the bibliography.
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كبري مملوكي
مدتهاست كه معلمان انگليسي مسائل و مشكلات گوناگوني را كه تدريس با آن مواجه هستند، بيان ميكنند ولي راهحل عملي كه بهكار گرفته شود و در كلاس كارساز باشد كمتر ارائه شده است. لذا در گامي كوچك تصميم گرفتيم مشكلات گوناگون را در قالبهاي زير طبقهبندي و راهكارهاي كمهزينه و عملي را نيز مطرح كنيم. |
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بنيامين صدر
آموزش زبان انگليسي هر چند سالهاست كه در برنامه درسي مدارس ايران جاي داشته، اما همواره از كاستيهاي بسياري رنج برده و هيچگاه كارآمدي و نتيجه دلخواه را به همراه نداشته است.
بهطوري كه «الفباآموزي» و «ديكتهگويي» نتوانسته كوچكترين شوقي براي يادگيري در دانش آموزان يا حتي دانشجويان ايجاد كند. اين در شرايطي است كه كارشناسان زبان آموزي، بهترين راه آموزش زبان خارجي را از كل به جز، يعني مشابه آموزش زبان مادري به كودك ميدانند. «فراگيري، شهامت گفتوگو و پرسيدن و تلفظ صحيح»، نخستين مرحلهاي است كه هر زبان آموز بايد آن را بگذراند تا به مراحل«خـواندن و نوشتن» برسد. |
By Lewis Carter
استفاده از زبان مادری در تدریس یک زبان خارجی
یادگیری مکالمه انگلیسی و کلیه زبان های زنده جهان فقط در یک ماه
در خواب زبان بیاموزید
ما تافل و آیلتز شما را تضمین می کنیم
انگلیسی به روش ما
انگلیسی با روش استثنایی دكتر ...
انگلیسی با اساتید آمریکایی و ...
انگلیسی به روش مهندس ...
انگليسي تضميني و ....
امروزه همه عجله دارند . همه می خواهند یک شبه لاغر شوند یا یک روزه وزن اضافه کنند . برخی انتظار دارند یا این انتظار به آنها تلقین میشود که می توانند بیماری های صعب العلاج روحی وجسمیطولاني مدت خود را با اندکی دارو و در کمترین زمان درمان نمایند . متاسفانه این اوضاع و احوال گریبانگیر زبان انگلیسی نیز شده است .
این تبلیغات فراوان روزنامه ها مجلات و ......که ادعا می کنند زبان انگلیسی شما را در مدت کوتاهی به حد ایده آل می رسانند خیلی ها را که با ماهیت زبان و زبان آموزی بیگانه اند فریب می دهد و گاه دچار افسردگی و دلسردی می کند .
عده ای دائما بوق و کرنا می کنند که اگر تا کنون چنین بوده است یا چنان ما چنین می کنیم و .............ادامه ماجرا
و بعد تا بخود می آیید می بینید مبلغ کلانی از شما گرفته اند( البته با شگرد های خاص خود ) و بازهم نگرانی و یاس و ...
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جیب خود را با حماقت دیگران پر کن ( ضرب المثلی معروف)
شاید شما هم از خواندن این جملات ناراحت شوید .اما متاسفانه کشور ما با طغیان عده ای سود جو و بقول خودشان متخصص و کاربلد زبان روبرو شده است و فقط جیب عده ای دائما در حال پر شدن و عده ای در حال خالی شدن است !
زبا ن آموزی فرایندی است بلند مدت که یک باره رخ نمی دهد و نیاز به برنامه مدون و منظم دارد . باید در کشور های غیر انگلیسی برای آن محیط ایجاد کرد . محیطی که دائما در آن بتوان انگلیسی شنید حرف زد و در کل تمرین کرد . باید انگیزه فراوان داشت یا ایجاد کرد . تمهیدات فراوان می خواهد . نیاز به برنامه ریزی بلند مدت دارد که البته به اهداف زبان آموزی نیز بستگی دارد . ایا می خواهیم برای آزمون تافل یا آیلتز آماده شویم یا برای کنکور سراسری و یا کارشناسی ارشد . می خواهیم زبان تخصصی رشته خود را بیاموزیم . همه این اهداف فرق دارد و روشهای نیل با آنها نیز طبیعتا تفاوت دارد . اگر مي خواهيم مكالمه بياموزيم با چه هدفي . امكانات و زماني كه قرار است براي يادگيري آن اختصاص دهيم چقدر است . سابقه زبانی ما چگونه بوده است ؟ آیا برای یادگیری وقت و علاقه کافی داریم یا فقط یک حوس زودگذر است ؟ تحصیلات ما در چه حدودی است ؟
ادامه دارد ....
نظر شما چیست ؟ دیدگاههای خود را برای درج در وبلاگ با نام خود شما ارسال نمایید
تدريس امري مهم و حياتي در جريان تعليم و تربيت و فرايند يادگيري است و بر هر فردكه وارد مجموعه ي عظيم آموزش و پرورش مي گرد نيز لازم و واجب است كه از اصول و مباني آن مطلع باشد، چرا كه يادگيري اصول و مباني و به خاطرسپاري نكات كليدي در امر تدريس و كاربرد آن نكات در حين تدريس براي يك فرهنگي به ويژه يك معلم موفق ، ضروري و اجتناب ناپذير است. براين اساس 80 نكته مهم در امر تدريس آن هم تدريس موفق و كارآمد در مقاله اي حاضر، آورده شده ، باشد كه مورد استفاده ي معلمان و فرهنگيان عزيز واقع گردد:
1- با توكل بر خدا و با نام خدا كلاس را شروع كنيم.
2- اخلاص در امر تدريس را رعايت كنيم.
3- زمان هر جلسه تدريس را در نظر داشته باشيم تا با كمي يا زيادي وقت مواجه نشويم.
4- وقت كلاس را به مطالب بيهوده و كم فايده صرف نكنيم.
5- سعي كنيم ساعت تدريس را تغيير ندهيم.
6- به هنگام تدريس نشاط روحي و عاطفي خود را حفظ كنيم.
7- با خوشرويي تدريس كرده و همواره چهره ي بشاشي داشته باشيم.
8- احساسات و عواطف دانش آموزان را جريحه دار نكنيم.
9- تلاش كنيم فضاي عاطفي به وجود بياوريم .
10- سعه صدر داشته باشيم و از فضل فروشي بپرهيزيم .
http://www.nadasisland.com/reading/
روش تدريس فرهنگ نوشتار و ادبيات
http://www.nadasisland.com/om-teaching.html#6
مطالب تستها و نوشته هاي كلاسي مورد نياز
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Abstract Much has been said and written over the years about the merit or other of the traditional teaching methods. Most language teaching methods have closely adhered to the ad hoc top-to-bottom listening-speaking-reading-writing order (e.g. the Audio-lingual Method) or have been single-faceted methods which sacrifice many parts of language in favour of one part (e.g. the Reading Method). The Bottom-Up Approach is a revolutionized way of teaching foreign languages in which the traditional order has been reversed. In the current thinking the bottom of language is writing, which is considered secondary to other language skills. However, it is emphasized here that this is a misconception. A major obstacle to foreign language learning is the fear of making mistakes, especially when one presents oneself in public. Writing is a private negotiation with the self. It eliminates fear and anxiety, and creates an atmosphere in the light of which students gain confidence as they progress towards total language. |
by Alexander Semenovich Frolov, Master of Philology
Chair, Department of English Language
Pskov Branch of the Moscow Open Social University
Error Correction Techniques
In this video, I demonstrate some of the techniques that I use in my EFL/ESL classes to correct errors. The aim of using these techniques is to get the students to the point where they'll correct themselves
http://www.madridteacher.com/learning-english/error-correction-techniques.htm
Review of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching
By Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers.Cambridge Language Teaching Library
محمد احمدوند
با توجه به تغييرات و پيشرفت هاي سريعي که در علوم روي مي دهد ، دانش آموزان ما نيازمند روش هايي هستند که از طريق آن ها به مهارت هاي يادگيري دست يابند تا خود بتوانند علوم را بهتر و سريع تر و همگام با پيشرفت ها بياموزند. روش " يادگيري مشارکتي " يا " آموزش از طريق همياري " دانش آموزان را در اين امر ياري مي دهد. يادگيري مشارکتي خود شامل 5 روش است که عبارتند از : 1. کارآيي تيمي 2. تدريس اعضاي تيم . 3. قضاوت عملکرد . 4. قضاوت طرز تلقي . 5. حل مسأله . از ميان اين روش ها، نگارنده دو روش :" کارايي تيمي " و " حل مسأله " را با توجه به مسائل آموزشي ايران ، براي تدريس زبان انگليسي مناسب تشخيص داده است و از بين اين دو ، روش کارايي تيمي را جذاب تر مي داند. به همين دليل روي اين روش تأکيد و تمرکز دارد.

Teachers are like gardeners who plant seeds in fertile earth
با زبان آموزان و دانشجویان خود در باره مزایا و الزامات شغل مدرسی زبان صحبت کنید .
"Open up your world...Teach a Language...Share a Culture...Shape the World"
با آنها در مورد اهمیت این شغل و آینده آن صحبت کنید
Our future depends on teachers like you
"The future of the world is in my classroom today, a future with the potential for good or bad… Only a teacher? Thank God I have a calling to the greatest profession of all! I must be vigilant every day, lest I lose one fragile opportunity to improve tomorrow." - Ivan Welton Fitzwater
A recent poll ranked teaching as the profession of greatest benefit to society (The Progress of Education Reform 1999-2001, Vol. 2, No. 2, August/September 2000). Teachers spend more time with the nation's children on an average day than parents do. The best teachers are more than just purveyors of facts and figures - they motivate, encourage and challenge tomorrow's leaders. Future doctors, lawyers, businesspeople and politicians are sitting in classrooms today, waiting to be inspired. By making a difference in young people's lives, teachers shape America's future.
Pursue your passion…and share it with others
"I became a teacher because literature was inspiring and life-changing to me, and I wanted others to share in its power." - 2002 NCTE Conference
Ways to ...

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/Methods.html
برای مشاهده روشهای تدریس انگلیسی به ادامه مطلب بروید :
There are several ways parents and teachers can help children use language appropriately in social situations. Social language use is known as pragmatics.
Some general suggestions are provided to help children develop skills in three major pragmatic areas. These areas were discussed in a previous edition of Let's Talk (January, 1990). Although suggestions are geared primarily for preschool children, they can be modified for use with older children as well.
براي يافتن کار به هر کجا که مراجعه مي کنيد، يکي از اولين شرايط پذيرش ، آشنايي با زبان انگليسي است. متاسفانه آموخته هاي دوران تحصيل نمي توانند پشتوانه اي براي شما باشند.
خوب فکر کنيد! در طول 7سالي که با درس زبان سرو کله زده ايد، چند بار حال ساده و حال کامل و گذشته و آينده خوانده ايد؟
در گفت وگو با پروانه حسيني ـ كارشناس ارشد آموزش زبان انگليسي
شمس الدين قائم مقامي ـ بخش پاياني
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