The Six Methodology Goals

The Six Methodology Goals

Peter Lucantoni

Peter Lucantoni

• Started teaching in 1979 in UK• Lived and worked in Europe and Middle East,

now based in Cyprus• Author, Educational Consultant & Teacher

Trainer for Cambridge University Press• Cambridge TKT, CELTYL, CELTA & DELTA

trainer• Cambridge CELTYL assessor• Examiner for Cambridge ESOL speaking

examinations• Classroom teacher

What methodology will you be using with Touchstone?

• Discuss with your partner/s the metholodolgy/ies, approaches and techniques that you would like to be using with your studentsExample: CLT – communicative language teaching

What methodology will you be using with Touchstone?

• Touchstone uses the best features of proven and familiar Communicative Language Teaching and Learning methodologies and the Lexical Approach

• Also offers stimulating activities carefully designed to focus on the learning process

The Touchstone philosophy maintains that a successful course meets the following six methodology goals:

1. Interaction-based2. Personalizes the learning experience3. Promotes active and inductive learning4. Encourages students to be independent

learners5. Recognizes the importance of reviewing and

recycling6. Offers flexibility to meet the needs of specific

classes

• Important learning aim in every lesson: get students talking to each other!

• Strong emphasis on spoken interaction, helps students to use new language immediately for communicative purposes

• Touchstone devotes full lesson in every unit to the teaching of conversation strategies so that students can learn the skills needed for spoken communication

Interaction-based

U5 C

TS1 SB48-9

• Work with a partner/s• Find at least three different

examples of opportunities for Spoken Interaction in Touchstone Level 1• Compare answers

U5 C

TS1 SB48-9

• Touchstone offers engaging activities• Encourages students to talk about own

lives and ideas• Topics relevant to their interests and

experiences: TV, music, the internet, sports, celebrities …

Personalizes the learning experience

• Work with a partner/s• Find at least three different

examples of exercises where students can personalize in Touchstone Level 1• Compare answers

• What is ‘inductive learning’?• ‘an approach to instruction through

which students interact with their environment by exploring and manipulating objects, wrestling with questions and controversies, or performing experiments’ (Ormrod, 1995)

Promotes active and inductive learning

• ‘helps students see the connections among pieces of critical information and to conceptualise, on their own terms, the broader perspective into which these pieces fit’ [Adapted from: http://www.thoughtfuled.com/strategies/Inductive%20Learning.pdf 101008]

Promotes active and inductive learning

Five phases of inductive learning:

• PHASE I EXAMINE DATA• PHASE II GROUP AND LABEL• PHASE III INTERPRET• PHASE IV SYNTHESISE• PHASE V EVALUATE

Promotes active and inductive learning

• Touchstone uses tasks that actively involve students in the learning process

• Students challenged to figure out for themselves (inductive learning) grammar structures and English usage

• Figuring out is a powerful aid to understanding and successful learning

Promotes active and inductive learning

TS1 SB44 & 46

• Work with a partner/s• Find at least two different

activities in Touchstone Level 1 where inductive learning takes place• Compare your answers

• Touchstone course components help students develop autonomous learning strategies

• Students take part in their own learning• Opportunities for students to improve

listening and speaking skills independently

Encourages students to be independent learners

TS1 SB47+52

TS1 SB47+52

• Work on your own• Find at least two activities in

Touchstone Level 1 where students are encouraged to be independent learners.• Compare your answers

• Touchstone systematically recycles and reviews target language in various sections of the Student’s Books

• There are Recycle icons throughout the Teacher’s Editions – point out recycling and reviewing opportunities

Recognizes the importance of reviewing and recycling

TS1 SB

TS1 SB63-4

TS1 TE43

• Work with a partner/s • Find at least three different places in

Touchstone Teacher’s Edition Level 1 where Reviewing andRecycling opportunities occur

• Compare your answers

• Touchstone can be used with large and small classes of students

• Opportunities for activities to be done in pairs, groups or as whole class

• Can also be adapted for different course lengths

Offers flexibility to meet the needs of specific classes

Let’s review the six methodology goals:

1. Interaction-based2. Personalizes the learning experience3. Promotes active and inductive learning4. Encourages students to be independent

learners5. Recognizes the importance of reviewing and

recycling6. Offers flexibility to meet the needs of specific

classes

Any questions?

peter@cup-training.org+357-99386227

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