Basic Terminology

TASK1
Discuss the meanings of the terms listed below in the context of ELT methodology. Ask the tutor if in doubt. GLOSSARY.
Search for pairs and oposites, and check your ideas online -

TASK2
Some of the terms can be put into one of these three categories:
1. language skills
2. communicative competence
3. strategies and methods
Use pen and paper to list the terms into the apporpriate categories.

accuracy
bottom-up approach
communicative needs
comprehensible input
comprehension
deductive method
elicitation
feedback
fluency
inductive method
information gap
interaction
language form
language function
listening
negotiation
oral
productive
reading
real communication
receptive
remedy
speaking
top-down approach
writing

The Ideal Teacher

1. (Before opening the blog)Take a small piece of paper and wite a single quality/characteristics of a teacher which you consider to be the most valued form the point of the view of the LEARNER.

Is your suggestion listed below?

2. HOMEWORK: Read the short article at http://teacherhabits.com/myth-ideal-teacher/.

Review your personal experience with the educational process. In groups of 4, discuss briefly the role of TIMING, PERSONALITY, SHEER LUCK.


3. Native or non-native?
ROLE-PLAY:
Make groups of 3. Roles: English Teacher, Eager Parent, Headmaster
Collect arguments for your position before starting the play.

English Teacher: preferes teaching English through the kid's native language.
Eager Parent: strongly believes that only a native speaker can teach the kid properly.
Headmaster: must decide who of the two potential candidates will be accepted as a new English Teacher - a native or a non-native?

Aim: help the hedmaster come to the final decision.

Inspiration:
https://www.europelanguagejobs.com/blog/native-or-non-native.php
https://www.thoughtco.com/non-native-english-teachers-1212155