1. 2 Week Course for Teachers of2 Week Course for Teachers of
English inVocational andEnglish inVocational and
Secondary SchoolsSecondary Schools
Language and MethodologyLanguage and Methodology
Exeter: 14 July-27 July 2013Exeter: 14 July-27 July 2013
Presented by Mariana Kolarska

2. IntroductionIntroduction
This presentation gives a summary of the
course which I took part in.
The material in the presentation is
beneficial for ELF teachers .

3. Training OutlineTraining Outline
Lesson 1:Warm-up
◦ Techniques and activities
Lesson 2:Teaching Reading
◦ Techniques and activities
Lesson 3:Teaching Grammar
◦ Techniques and activities

4. Activity 1: Teaching Warm-upActivity 1: Teaching Warm-up
SuggestionsSuggestions
Think for a phrase of
the day/week.
Will this be a busman’s
holiday?
1. Make students brainstorm what ‘busman’s holiday’ means.
2. Do any activities to activate the schemata.

5. Speculate QuestionsSpeculate Questions
JENNY
92
Taipei
Perth
2
Manhattan
Murder
Mystery
15
Brad Pitt
Silver

6. Lesson 1:Wrap-upLesson 1:Wrap-up
Set up fun warm up activities as they
raise energy levels.
Follow the scheme
a) Purpose – Activating the schemata
b) TTT – Teacher Talking Time
c) STT – Student Talking Time
d) Advantages vs. Disadvantages
E) Adopt for your students

7. Activity:Teaching ReadingActivity:Teaching Reading
 Start with realia: in this case ‘Shopping list’
 Discussion – feedback : continue the shopping list, check in
the group, speak about most memorable birthday.
 Skin reading - gist question: in this case ‘Is the man happy?’
( no talking, no writing, no dictionaries) Text for students
 Second reading – scan for the facts. Group students in 3
and ask what they remember. Text for teachers
 Scan for unknown words / students underline the words,
check how many they are/
 Identify the parts of speech
 Replace – make a story
 Compare with the original
 Finish the story

8. Lesson 2:Wrap-up Approaches to readingLesson 2:Wrap-up Approaches to reading
Pre-text
1. Introduction and lead-in e.g. get the learners interested in the
topic through initial discussion.
2. First task (pre-reading) e.g. prediction, read questions about the
text etc.
Text
1. Tasks to focus on overall text meaning, reading for gist
2. Tasks to focus on fast reading for scanning.
3. Tasks to focus on general meaning
4. Tasks to focus on finer meaning
5. Tasks to focus on language details
Post – text
1. Freer follow on task focusing on productive skills
2. Recap and revision, closure with follow –up HW or self - study

9. Lesson 3:Teaching GrammarLesson 3:Teaching Grammar
Guided Discovery ApproachGuided Discovery Approach
1. Situational presentation.
2. Text – based presentation.
3. Get something to notice the patterns.
4. Focus on meaning before form ( within a
context).
5. Concept Checking Questions ( CCQs).
Link to the approach

10. ResourcesResources
Recommended reading
News Headlines
Photo scavenger hunt
Phrasal verbs lesson jokes