1. Overview of the Pedagogical
Guidelines
Mate Day,
Agadir, June 7th, 2005.
2. Outline
Theoretical framework
Teaching practices: Language components
and skills
Classroom management
Project work
Assessment
Bibliography
3. I. Standards
Definition:
« specify what students should know and be
able to do (content), what they might be
asked to do to give evidence of standards
(performance), and how well they must
perform (proficiency). “
4. Standards
Rationale:
- »as rigorous goals for teaching and
learning »
- «ensure that our schools offer students the
opportunity to acquire the knowledge and
skills necessary for success.”
5. Standards vs Curriculum?
Standards define « broad perspectives »
Curriculum: lessons, materials, techniques;
i.e. « details of the day-to-day schooling »
6. Applications of standards
through the curriculum
Ability to think
Skill in communication
Production of quality work
Connections with the community
7. Standards: Background
Research in ESL: « Standards for Foreign
Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st
Century” (general outline)
Moroccan educators (performance
standards to support each content standard)
9. Standards: samples
Interpersonal:Conversation
-Content Standard: Students will understand and interpret
a language other than their own in its written and spoken
form on a variety of topics.
-Rationale: Students should develop strong listening and
reading skills to interpret the concepts, ideas, and opinions
expressed by members of other cultures through their
media and their literatures. This standard focuses on
increasing the level of understanding as students listen
to, read, or view materials in a new language
10. Standards: samples (2)
Culture practices:
-Content Standard:Students will demonstrate an
understanding of the relationship between the
practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
-Rationale: To fully understand another
culture, students need to develop an awareness of
another people‟s way of life, of the patterns of
behaviour that order their world, and of the
traditional ideas, attitudes, and perspectives that
guide their behaviours.
12. II. Skills: a. Reading
Rationale:
as a „skill in its own right‟;
as life requirement;
in relation to writing;
as exam requirement
13. Reading: Competencies
Macro-competencies (global):determining
the organization of a text, recognizing the
function of a text, undertaking project work
related to the theme of a text, . . .
Micro-competencies (sub-competencies):
scanning, skimming, inferencing, evaluating
information, . . .
15. II. Skills: b. listening
The teaching context
Interrelated with speaking
Aims and competencies: communicative,
cultural, strategic, methodological
18. II. Skills: c. speaking
Rationale:
”Success (in language learning ) is
measured in terms of the ability to carry out
a conversation in the (target) language “
Nunan 1991 .
23. Grammar
Rationale: descriptive vs generative
grammar; usage vs use,
Objectives: generate instances of correct
usage, manifest knowledge of the language
system, . . .
25. Competency-based approach
Definition:
« In ESL a competency is a task-oriented
goal written in terms of behavioural
objectives… It is not what the students know
about language, but what they do with the
language.”
(Nunan 1988 : 34)
26. Bissonnette and Richard‟s model
Level one: skill/‟what to do‟ level: enables the
learner to reproduce and explain the content (e.g
a grammatical rule) in his own words.
Level two: capability/‟when and how level‟: the
learner should be able to determine when why or
how to use the material.
Level three: : Competency/ “mastery” level. This
level is characterized by the successful, frequent
and automatic use of the material, be it a structure
or whatever.
28. Functions
Rationale: CBI „learners should be able to
use the target language in their actual and
foreseeable social, vocational and academic
situations‟
Types: greeting, asking for
permission, expressing ability, possibility, . .
.
29. Methodology
1. Preparation
2. Presentation
3. Receptive practice
4. Productive practice
5. Recycling
30. Classroom management
Definition: „Classroom management refers to the
ways in which student behaviour, movement, and
interaction during a lesson are organized by the
teacher to enable teaching to take place more
effectively. Classroom management covers a wide
range of areas including managing pair and group
work, handling transitions, giving instructions, and
dealing with disruptive behaviour.‟