1. The Orient Now TEFL course Today we focus on: 1. introduction: Get to know each other. 2. Class times 3. Class requirements and expectations 4. Favourite teacher 5. Learning styles 6. Classroom settings

2. TEFL Times

3. TEFL Requirements 1. You are all required to come in for 3 hours class observation every weekend. 2. All prescribed assignments must be done. Your TEFL trainer will tell you what assignments are due. 3. Attendance is compulsory. If you cant make class please tell your TEFL instructor beforehand. 4. All assignments are to be emailed to orientnow@hotmail.com In the heading please put your name and the assignment: EG “John Smith, My favourite teacher assignment” 5. Please check your email address as your TEFL coordinator will be in constant touch with you. 6. All assignments will be marked and graded within 48 hours

4. TEFL Expectations 1. Dress code: casual/smart dress, closed shoes etc 2. Phones off while observing class 3. When observing class please take notes! 4. Get to know the students

5. Welcome to TEFL Discussion 1 Who was your favourite teacher? Why Who was your worst teacher? Why?

6. Welcome to TEFL Discussion 2 What attributes make for good teacher? When you start teaching, what kind of teacher do you want to be? Authoritarian? Kind? Easy going?

7. Learning Styles This chapter is going to talk about learning and teaching styles

8. An Introduction to Learning Styles Before you mark our tests, Mrs Brown, you might just like to consider that I’m an auditory - activist - innovator …

9. What are learning styles? Ellis (1985) defines learning style (or cognitive style) as the more or less consistent way in which a person perceives, conceptualizes, organizes and recalls information. … in other words the way you learn. Ellis R, Understanding Second Language Acquisition, Oxford 1985 (Chap.5)

11. Kolb /Honey and Mumford

12. Left or right brain dominated

13. Field dependent / field independent

14. McCarthy

16. Auditory learners – like listening : to lectures, to other people’s ideas, to dialogues, to rhythm and music etc

19. need concrete experiences.

21. may avoid leaping in and prefer to watch from the sidelines.

23. need models, concepts and facts in order to engage in the learning process.

26. So what ? Premise 3 In your teaching you’ll tend to use activity types which you’ve found useful in your own learning – ie those which reflect your own learning style. But these may not match your students’ learning styles

27. So what? Premise 4 In each lesson we need to provide activities which cater for a variety of learning styles.

28. Learning styles discussion When you were at school (any age), what learning style did you prefer? Give some examples of how you learnt with that style. Would you use that style of learning when you teach?

29. Classroom settings The physical environment

30. Classroom settings Basic rundown: 1. Depends on number of students. 2. What activities you want your students to be doing. 3. What is being taught. 4. The physical size of the classroom/school 5. What is in the classroom etc

32. Good for small classes

33. Easy for students to communicate

35. Good for conversation activities

36. Easy for students to communicate

37. Teacher is decentralised, lack of formality

39. Good for testing

40. Teachers cant interact with students.

41. Students at the back cant get involved

43. Students can communicate well.