Tuesday, July 7, 2020

3. Tasks for the New English Curriculum


[Originally published in  ELT Chat  of  www.Free_esl.com]

The introduction of the a new English Curriculum in the south Indian state of Kerala, in the beginning of the new millennium necessitated the introduction of new tasks for ELT. Given below are a few tasks which my BEd trainees make use of during Practice Teaching.
Constructivism
Multiple Intelligence
Activity-based Pedagogy                                                                                                                  

Cooperative learning
Collaborative learning         
Interaction 
Discovering
Predicting
Guessing
Thinking critically
Appreciating
Comparing
Summarizing
Problem solving





        
* Verbal/linguistic
Speak, Talk
Write
*Logical
justifying  cause
Establishing relation
* Visual
draw/illustrate
* Bodily-kinesthetic
Act/dance
*Musical
Singing/setting to music
* Interpersonal
(leader of group)
Activity in group
* Intrapersonal
Change in attitude/value
Contemplating issues
* Naturalistic
Developing curiosity to discover
Read / find  similar texts
          Individual task
Pair work
Group work
Dialogue
Debate
Discussion
Inquiry
Seminar
Role play
Writing  of :
*narratives
*letters
*essays
*summary
*notice
*diary writing
*posters











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