FROM PASSIVE LEARNERS TO CRITICAL THINKERS
Many english as a foreign lang students lack sufficient lang skills to understand lectures comprehend texts ,participate in class dissussions or generate satisfactory written work .though the article contribute much for university students ,I the secondary teacher thought why don't we implent it for high school students in a small scale.they are expected to think to reason ,to communicate and to continue their learning outside the classroom. the four strategies speaking,listening writing and reading are integrated with each other,aunthentic communications is taught.
Creating an interactive class room envioronment,teachers decided to introduce students to simple group workstrategies such as showing that they are listening to the speaker by making eye contact and nodding and by saying such as things as what do you think/ or i like the idea.these skills allow students an oppurtunity to effectively participate in group dissussion. the teaching assistant also helped to coach the groups and encouraged the quieter students to speaker
The four strategies successfully implemented for four skill integration. a large body of research shows that if a teacher is a warm caring and enthusiaatic, the students learn more
1 THE CURRICULUM FOR ALL CLASSES
2 PROVIDE ORAL AND WRITTEN FEEDBACK ON WRITING
3 MAINTAIN GUIDED JOURNALS
4 INSTITUTE PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Group work was more successful there was more interaction and critical thinking and the students lang skills improved. OVERALL THE TEAHERS WERE AMAZED AT THE STUDENTS PROGRESS AND THIS INSPIRED THEM TO SEEK OUR CHALLENGING, INTERESTING,AND AUTHENTIC MATERIALS.
Students needed ongoing evaluations
The teachers need to work as a team.
Teachers need to make an extra
The important element of critical thinking should be integrated
to sum up it can be said that with these factors the result willbe enthusiastic confident and successful.
( from english journal)
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