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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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?
