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Main Aim of Dip.T.English
To assist each English teacher in preparing good communicators in the
classroom by efficient and effective teaching
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Main modules in Dip.T.English course
1. Introduction to learning foreign languages and professional development of language teachers
2. How to prepare curriculum and making lesson plan for effective teaching
3. How to improve reading skill.and Learning academic writing
4. Learning effective listening and professional speaking skill
5. Systemic approach to learning grammar and vocabulary
6. Assessment and Evaluation for Language excellency
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INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING LANGUAGES
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Professional Development Of Language Teachers
No learning takes place without motivation
HOW TO APPROACH FOREIGN LANGUAGE (English)
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Aim
To know basic concept of languages and facilitate the approach of
excellent teaching strategy for language learners
To support
To develop and maintain the knowledge, skills and values, ethics and
attitudes of teachers relevant for professionals to succeed in current
dynamic and demanding business environment
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Objectives
Know theory & importance of languages
Create efficient learning strategy for Learners
To develop knowledge, skill, positive attitude to
learners
To develop new and better way to teach
To reflect sociocultural, ethics, values and right,
responsibilities to learners
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Language
Expression of ideas by means of speech-sounds combined into
words. Words are combined into sentences, this combination
answering to that of ideas into thoughts
(Henry Sweet, an English phonetician and language scholar)
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What is language?
A system of communication consisting of sound word and grammar
Sound and sign of language (SPEAK)
Not know about language
Know about language, know the rules and units of language
Rules: combining sounds into words, word formation, making sentences, assigning meaning
When a sentence is ungrammatical in a linguistic sense, it means that it breaks the rules of the shared
mental grammar of the language
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Usefulness of language
Introducing/ greeting
Chatting
Travelling
Shopping Connection with people and sharing idea, feeling, knowledge, information
Studying
Business
Politics, etc
Essential for education, culture preservation, and passing on knowledge through generations
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Importance of language
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Most important parts of any culture
Communicate with one another, build relationships,
& create sense of community
Knowing more than one language - significant
advantage
in many careers, opens up opportunities to work
internationally, vital part of culture
Working human rights, business, finances, translator
or tutor
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Language teaching
• Very best language educators: creative & innovative classroom teaching strategies
• Deploy to help students quickly become fluent in their target language
• Communicative language teaching (CLT)
• Task-based language teaching (TBLT)
• Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
• Cooperative Language Learning (CLL)
• Direct method\
• Grammar translation
• Audiolingualism
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English
Powerful medium of communication all over the world
Window to the world & school curriculum everywhere
directions, sign board, things, cosmetics, etc
Llinking the meaning with the appropriate language form
Learning mother language – hearing from surroundings & practicing
Feeling positive about English in so many reasons of business workplace Science etc usefulness
English in recent years learning grammar, vocabulary, doing exercise, reading, writing, listening, to
records, how much success?
English today, widely available online, workplace student can link
classroom learning with language in the outside world
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Importance of English Language
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Global language & work-place requirement
Discovering & Communication
Entertainment and Cultural understanding,
world‘s top movies, books, science and
fashion journals and magazines are
published in English
Door of various opportunities
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Teaching
Teaching: complex activity that demands a wide range of knowledge and skills, and a
great level of awareness to develop the right attitude toward the profession
and the students
Teachers need support, experiences, teaching contexts & their overall objective to
- analyse your teaching situation
- identify your teaching objectives
- identify and understand your students’ learning objectives and needs
- create ideas and activities that fits for your classroom reality
- adapt to suit your personal teaching style
- identify your strength as a teacher and which area to develop further
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Teaching English
Challenge Advantages
Not mother language 95% of English teachers worldwide are non-native speakers
Socializing and learning more about each other
Know more knowledge about English from other sources
Building relationship and collaborating
Not confident about English language but advantage
over native speakers “”You have learned English up to a Teaching
sufficiently good level to be able to teach it:”” Giving support and motivation learners
A model of success for your students Providing relevant explanations
Making and responding to request s for help
Choosing appropriate activities in classroom
Communication through gesture & facial expression through
words
Working in groups
Identify learning needs and objectives
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Objectives in Teaching English
Skill : reading ,writing, listening, speaking
Cognitive : Awareness of poem, stories, drama, sound, pronunciation,
morphemes, knowledge of grammar and its application
Attitudinal : develop interest, reading different types of literature, improve
language activity and attitude by participating team-work
Creative : To develop interest in self-study and appreciate literature
To provide the opportunities for developing original thinking & expression
To develop ability of Imagination & reasoning related to novel ideas
To encourage students to develop their own style of effective
writing & expressing ideas, views, feelings, etc.
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Approach to learning English
❖ Learning styles: visual, auditory, kinesthetic
❖ Situation approach learning
❖ Oral approach
❖ Teacher speak, student listen, understand
❖ Power point, practice, production
❖ Student imitate, speak and practice
❖ Cognitive approach
❖ Read to acquire knowledge, grammar, & vocab
❖ Affective humanistic approach
❖ Write to express their idea & experiences
❖ Comprehension based approach
❖ Cultural & age differences for motivation
❖ Communicative approach
❖ Reading approach
❖ Designer method post-methods era
❖ Audio-lingual approach
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Teaching strategy for English
• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
• Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
• Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
• highly effective for teaching any language
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Teaching strategy for English
• More complex phonology & a larger vocabulary compared to some other languages
• Require additional emphasis on pronunciation and vocabulary building
• Better and easier lesson planning
• Improved ability to monitor student goals and achievements
• Satisfaction of making a difference in the lives of young people learning to communicate in what can be a
pretty confusing language
• Limited use of their first language while learning English
• Become independently proficient readers, writers and speakers of English, allowing native speech can help
students figure things out, rather than go silent if they don’t understand or know an answer
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Cultivate relationships
Know each student helps you what teaching and learning styles are
most effective for them
Students, knowing that your teacher cares enough to make the effort
to get a motivating effect
student feels to fully open themselves to the learning process rather
than succumb to feelings of resilience or shyness that can often
accompany a lack of language skills
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Be culturally aware
Developing an awareness of each student’s background,
religious and cultural practices: affect how you interact with a
particular student
Engaging in discussions about the different cultural
backgrounds of students: get to know each other and
reinforces the idea that different cultures include many
similarities and differences
“extracurricular” way for educators to invest in building rapport
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Teach language skills across all curriculum topics aware
In many cases, your English language learners may also be receiving specific English as a Second
Language instruction from an ESL specialist
Helpful for teachers of all curriculum topics in mainstream classrooms to understand and embrace the
role of language teacher as well.
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Speak slowly and be patient
Lots of material to cover, but there is no need to rush, slow things down
- Speaking in a slower
- Being a bit more aware of your pronunciation
- Allowing extra time (an additional 3 to 5+ seconds) for students to respond
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
❖ Prioritize “productive language”
Speaking and writing: “productive language”
Reading and listening: “receptive” skills.
Teachers: aware that English language learners are likely to develop those receptive skills first
Emphasize the fact that students are reading, listening or understanding does not necessarily equate
to progress in expressing themselves through fluency in speaking or writing
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
• Use a variety of methods to engage learning
“differentiated instruction” — an educational practice that involves recognizing that “students each have their own
unique gifts and challenges; interests, aptitudes and learning styles”
Provide students with multiple options for taking in information, processing and making sense of ideas, and
sharing what they are learning and tailoring instruction to meet students’ individual needs
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
• Utilize visual aids
Using visual aids: “visual learners” whose ability to digest and process new concepts and
material is enhanced by the use of pictures, diagrams, charts and other visual tools
Combining “nonlinguistic representation” along with the linguistic component of each lesson
benefits all
In addition to pictures, diagrams, etc., teachers are encouraged to write everything on the
board so students can see as well as hear the information
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Coordinate with the ESL teacher
• Discussions can yield insights into individual students and their learning styles or
challenges
• helpful for sharing information about curriculum topics, potentially providing ESL teachers
with ideas for highly relevant vocabulary words that can reinforce academic lessons
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Pre-teach new vocabulary words
When you have a challenging reading assignment coming up, some experts encourage you to preview
or “pre-teach” new vocabulary words that may be unfamiliar to ELLs, or even to give them a copy of
the article or link to the material ahead of time
Build in some group work
Instructor-led, whole-class activities may make up most of your class period
Helpful to build in time for group work as well to practice their language skills with peers
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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
Respect moments of silence
• Many new language learners tend to be a little resilient and quiet, opting for silence over speaking up
and saying something “wrong” in a language that is still unfamiliar
• Teachers are encouraged to be mindful of this and not be too aggressive in forcing students to open up
at the outset
• Ongoing support and patience is preferable to pressure, since such initial silence is considered to be a
normal stage in learning a second language
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Approach to language learners
Young Learners Secondary school Learners
• Interest in words and rhythm and happy to use language not • Self conscious and afraid of making mistakes
afraid of making mistakes • Music advertising, sports, IT games, social network
• Three cornered relationship is important for young learners • Activity stimulate interest in societies and cultures
• Total alignment with what is going on the classroom by parents • Discussing about songs, movies feelings and opinion can boost
• Understanding its needs, practice, and reinforcing these at home their motivation
Older adolescence learners
• Own decision to learn
• Encourage to discover relevant information and ideas for
themselves
• Discussion and build up critical skill , work collaboratively
• Website practice link
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Foundation principle for excellence in English language teaching
• KNOW YOUR LEARNERS
• CREATE CONDITIONS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING
• DESIGN HIGH-QUALITY LESSONS FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
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• ADAPT LESSON DELIVERY AS NEEDED
• MONITOR AND ASSESS STUDENT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE WITHIN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
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Academic Teachers
Teaching: Noble profession, allows to shape the future
through consistent engagement with bright, young minds
Teacher: Wide range of skills to perform their job well,
knowing what skills & qualities make a good teacher
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Teachers
Teachers: impart wisdom & expected o be know-it-all
: teach the young minds of the world
: to provide guidance
In the pursuit of becoming the best mentor, a teacher
needs to become a learner first
Teachers as profession: deep understanding of the
theoretical knowledge about learning and human behavior
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Education & Educators
Education: never-ending process, even ending formal education, still keeps learning
Educators in 2024 require a new set of skills to match the pace of the younger
generation
need to develop relevant professional skills to become the best at
their jobs
Professional development: need of the hour for educators to match the industry
standards & provide students with a better learning environment with updated skill sets
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What are the skills needed for a teacher?
leadership
Creating lesson plan
Working with administrators
Patient
Designing teaching methods
Interacting with parents
Instructing students
Management
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Best skills of a teacher
1. CRITICAL THINKING SKILL
2. PATIENCE
3. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
4. ORGANIZATIONAL SKILL
5. CREATIVE THINKING ABILITIES
6. LEADERSHIP SKILL
7. CAPACITY FOR TEAMWORK
8. TIME MANAGEMENT
9. COMPUTER
10. CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILL
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Professional Development
Professional development: continuing education & career training after a person has entered
the workforce to help them develop new skills, stay up-to-date on current trends, and advance
their career
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Types of Professional Development
Courses/workshops
Observation visits to other institutes
Mentoring/Coaching
Peer observation
Qualification Programs
Conferences or seminars
Research
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Benefits of Professional Development
1. Boost to the profession as a teacher
Boosting the morale of the teachers and provides them
with the opportunities to become better at their
profession
Motivator behind improving the way the teachers
approach their profession and helps them in becoming
and adopting more professional skills in their day-to-day
tasks
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Benefits of Professional Development
2. Increase in Salary
Adding the relevant skillsets through professional
development helps teachers in getting a better
salary
Increased salary helps in better performance,
reduction in teacher turnover
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Benefits of Professional Development
3. Updated Skills and Resume
An employer always looks for the best resume to shortlist the candidates for a job role
Employers look at a resume for six to seven seconds
A candidate who has the most eye-catching has a higher chance of getting the job
Flaunt a new set of skills on their resumes
They can boast these skills with authentic certifications which can help them in standing out from the rest
of the candidates
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Benefits of Professional Development
4. Burnout and Turnover in Teaching
Being overworked, poor funding, dealing with difficult parents, classroom management issues and other
such causes lead to burnout in the profession of teaching
Burnout and turnover in the teaching profession can be reduced with the help of professional
development
The professional development of teachers will provide the modern-day teachers with the required skill
sets to deal with such day-to-day issues with a more professional approach and thus help in the retention
of the teachers in the classrooms
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Benefits of Professional Development
5. Educators learn new and better ways to teach
Until now we have seen how professional development indirectly influences the learning process in the
classroom positively through increased salary and boosting the careers of teachers
But the professional development of teachers can directly influence the classroom and provide new,
innovative and better ways of teaching to educators
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6. Collaborate with Other Professionals
Get the opportunity to interact and learn from other professionals in the same field
Different individuals or professionals have different ways to think
Brainstorming exercises, discussions and working together in a professional environment help in
collaborating with individuals with different opinions and experiences
This opens up a lot of opportunities to learn and grow as educators.
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Teacher collaboration
• Invites the sharing of expertise across subject matter and experience
• Gives space for diverse perspectives
• Strengthens staff relationships
• Allows for peer feedback, which can be less intimidating than evaluative feedback from administrators
• Creates a pool of shared resources
• Increases innovation
• Provides support and encouragement in a demanding profession
• Taps into resources that are already within the school community
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7. A deeper understanding of Subject Matter
Update their knowledge related to their specialization
Help the educators with not only adding new skill sets to their resumes but also learning new teaching
tools and techniques and building professional relationships
Connecting their subject material to the newly learned skills and use these skills to optimise their
understanding of their or the subject matter
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8. Teachers learn better organizational skills
Most required skillsets for teachers in 2024
Need to deal with a lot of paperwork in the form of documents, report cards, assignments and other such
things
Developing the required organizational skills provides teachers with the modern tools and techniques
that can be sued for better organization
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What can improve teachers’ professional development?
Online courses and webinars Blended learning
Collaboration tools E-portfolios
Data and analytics Resource sharing
Personalized learning paths Online communities
AI and machine learning Microlearning
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CPD for teachers
Teachers are the guides who train the future generation of leaders, teachers, business owners, artists and
all kinds of professionals
Know yourself, needs, skill/ knowledge
Lifelong learners who need to constantly update their skillsets in the dynamic learning environment to
provide the best learning experience for the students
Need to be constantly in the learning process and schools and other institutes can thrive on various
professional development programs for teachers to tap into the opportunity to improve the learning
environment in the classrooms
Skill and knowledge up-to-date
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CPD
Continuing Education
Participation in professional organizations
Research
Improve job performance
Increased duties and responsibility
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Types of CPD
Structures CPD/ Active learning
Interactive and participation-based study
Reflective CPD/ Passive learning
Informal CPD/ Self-directed learning
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Approach and critical components of effective PD
Skill based Training
Assessment
Job assignment
Challenge
Developmental relationship
Support
PLC (Professional Learning Community): small group of
teachers within a school who meet weekly or fortnightly to
improve student learning and wellbeing in their classrooms
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BLOOM TAXONOMY
• Knowledge “recall of specifics and universals, methods and processes, or pattern, structure, or setting.”
• Comprehension “understanding or apprehension
• Analysis “breakdown of a communication into its constituent elements or parts
• Synthesis “putting together of elements and parts so as to form a whole.”
• Evaluation “judgments about the value of material and methods for given purposes.”
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