This PPT is a workshop to discuss your priorities in an ELF class. We discussed motivation, student-centered class, fluency vs accuracy, independent activities, and something new to be learned. There are questions related to teacher's experiences and the author presents sound reason for his priorities in an EFL classroom. http://www.slideshare.net/rchaviano/5-tips-to-make-your-class-memorable2015

1. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class
Memorable
LEON - ANPI Regional Conference
October 3rd, 2015. UNAN Campus
Rodolfo Chaviano M.A.

5. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
 - MOTIVATION – Teacher’s personality and SS interests
 - STUDENT CENTERED INSTRUCTION – Learning vs.
Teaching.
 - FLUENCY VS ACCURACY – Grammar Advocates
 - SOMETHING NEW TO BE LEARNED – Vocabulary
Enhancement
 - INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY = COMPETENCIES –
Assignments & The Socio Cultural Meaning of Language
Could you please organized them in order of priority?

6. 1- MOTIVATION
 Name 2 personality features that reminds you of your favorite teacher
 Is Dressing Code relevant for you or not? Provide 2 sound reasons.
 Voice and manner might contribute to acceptance or rejection of teacher
by the group. Any experience you can recall.
 Which activities related to their community or family values, Do SS feel like
enjoying the most. Name 2.
 Do you use peer pressure as a way to stablish competition within the group.
Tell one experience.
 How do challenging activities motivate SS to participate, or make them feel
frustrated in your class.
Your turn… Team 1

7. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
1- MOTIVATION – Teacher’s personality and SS interests
 50% of the class motivation and interests rely on the Teacher’s
personality.
 Voice, dressing code, and manners to stablish rapport with SS
 Get involved with Ss community activities and personal interest
 Foster peer pressure and challenging activities
 Get acquainted with family values, let SS talk about it.
From the little spark may burst a mighty flame. DANTE

8. 2-Student-Centered Learning
 Tell one class activity in which STT versus TTT for the same class
objectives
 How much time is devoted to individual tasks and to team work in
your daily class.?
 Which activities will you set to become a facilitator rather than a
presenter?
 How would you have your SS learn the concepts rather than
providing them with concepts?
 Explain the statement in 21st Century Instruction : “learn how to
learn”
Your turn… Team 2

10. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
2- STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING
 STT vs TTT make the difference in learning a foreign language.
 Student-centered instruction guarantees the student’s
individualization and group work in the class.
 Teacher must be a facilitator rather than a lecturer
 Critical thinking provides setting for the understanding of concepts
rather that providing the concepts by the teacher (Google is the new
Guru of Knowledge)

12. 3-FLUENCY VERSUS ACCURACY
 Do we follow grammar rules in everyday speech? Can you provide 2
examples?
 Why after teaching a grammar rule to your students, they misused it or do
not recall how to use it?
 What’s the inconvenience of following book-bound classes? Do you have a
course syllabus or just follow the textbook? Is it a grammar syllabus?
 Which fluency activities should you do in you daily classes? 3 Examples.
 Shall we teach Regular or Irregular verbs first? Would you teach Present
Perfect to beginners? Support your answer.
 Do you know what Metalanguage is? Is Metalanguage relevant for your SS?
 Is teaching pronunciation regarded as accuracy or fluency?
Your turn… Team 3

13. ACHIEVING LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Performance Pertinent
Language
FLUENCY ACCURACYCOMPETENCE

14. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
3- FLUENCY VS ACCURACY – Grammar Advocates
 Language use versus Language usage.
 Are Grammar rules number 1 priority in your class?
 Book bound courses and grammar metalanguage
 Fluency activities to convey meaning and interaction is actual language
 Some grammar myths and new trends in language learning.

15. utterance
Definition of UTTERANCE
1: something uttered; especially : an oral or written
statement : a stated or published expression
2: vocal expression : speech
3: power, style, or manner of speaking
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utterance
Definition of UTTERANCE

16. 4-SOMETHING NEW TO BE LEARNED TODAY
 Name 5 utterances or phrases that are never studied in the book contents.
 Do you use Word Categories and association strategies to increase vocabulary?
 Do you teach Word derivation in order to have SS learn build up their individual language
(idiolect)?
 What’s Word collocation? (verb, adjectives). Examples.
 Explain the process of Analogy in the enhancement of vocabulary. How does it work?
 How to move up from the physical world to the abstract world using words?
 Syntax in Language 1 vs Syntax in Language 2. Do you deal with that in your class?
Your turn… Team 4

17. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
4- SOMETHING NEW TO BE LEARNED TODAY–
Vocabulary Enhancement
 Make sure in each class SS learn, at least, a new language
utterance, a concept or a form.
 Vocabulary is learnt, it is not taught.
 Vocabulary enhancement relies on individual tasks and
assignments
 Plan vocabulary classes as a challenge for your SS. Memory and
Analogy in language acquisition.
 Word meaning and the formation of concepts. From Word images to
abstract words.

18. 5-INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY-Assignments & the Socio Cultural
Meaning of Language
 How much is retained by a student who learns 10 new words in a class ?
 Task–based approach and project–based approach as a way to have the students learn.
Have you ever used it?
 Do you know what “formative assessment” means?.
 Do shy students and low achievers do better if working in a team or on out of class activities
and assignments? Explain.
 How fast is the process of scaffolding in a scheduled grammar program as compared with a
series of assignments to achieve the same goals?.
 The cultural meaning of language relies on word acquisition, the word formation, and exposure
to the target language. Do you agree?
 Can you provide examples for each of the previous learning processes?
Your turn… Team 5

19. Building Up Competencies
Language competencies rely mainly on:
⃠ the acquisition of word-meaning.
⃠ the formation of concepts.
⃠ the understanding of the socio-cultural
meaning of language.

20. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
5- INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY / COMPETENCIES –
Assignments & The Socio Cultural Meaning of Language
 Learning Process is proportional to independent activity (7/10 ratio)
 Low achievers depend on individual tasks, a their own path and pace
 Assignments contribute to scaffolding in the process of learning
 The cultural meaning of language is achieved when exposed to the
target language or by research.
 Language culture involves, clichés, slang, sayings, idioms, proverbs,
gestures, etc., but often they are not regularly included in the program.

21. 5 Tips to Make Your EFL Class Memorable
REFERENCES:
1- Motivation Matters: 40% Of High School Students Chronically Disengaged From School
MAR 13, 2013 @ 8:51 AM 92,217 VIEWS. James Marshall Crotty , FORBESTech
2- The Importance of Motivation in Teaching Learning Process to Reach Learning Goal
http://ajiabdu.blogspot.com/2008/12/importance-of-motivation-in-teaching.html
3- Learner Centered Theories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlESOh_MNdY
Uploaded on May 25, 2011 Julie Finlay
4- Student-Centered Learning Addressing Faculty Questions about Studentcentered Learning
http://ccliconference.org/files/2010/03/Froyd_Stu-CenteredLearning.pdf
Jeffrey Froyd, Nancy Simpson Texas A&M University
5- English Fluency vs Accuracy 13.00 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2g3DtSNswg

22. Thank you very
much!
Rodolfo Chaviano. October 3rd, 2015
rchaviano11@gmail.com