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As a teacher, how do you make students practice the language inside the classroom?

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Question added by Salam Assi , Customer Service Officer , Etihad Bank
Date Posted: 2018/01/30
Abdulmohsen Al-Kurdi Al-Milli
by Abdulmohsen Al-Kurdi Al-Milli , Translator/Interpreter , Sultan Ibn Abdulaziz Humanitarian City

Since English is the subject being taught in the classroom, then it has already been established that students are disallowed from using Arabic; furthermore, speaking and listening lessons ensure that students practice the language in real time; however, due to the weak public school curriculum in my country, extreme monolingualism, and other factors, one is forced to use GTM (Grammar Translation Method), a language teaching method where the teacher uses the native language to teach the target language, English. In this case, l inform my students to rid themselves of any feelings of shyness and insecurity and to imitate in a serious fashion whatever English they have acquired through pop culture such as motion pictures, songs, and video games.

Sulfath Medeekal
by Sulfath Medeekal , accounting assistant , Ahmed Sultan Al Ali Accounts & Book Keeping

As a teacher....i will conduct...so many interaction...programmes...likes..debates..story telling..experiece sharing..within the class room...that may..help students to improve languages

محمد هلال
by محمد هلال , معلم , الأزهر الشريف

Dividing them into groups. using what they learned into dialogues or conversations. discuss each other.

 

SHAMEEM  SHAMSUDEEN
by SHAMEEM SHAMSUDEEN , HR Manager and Public Relation Officer , Red Rose Auto Trading W.L.L

I will provide tips to the students to share each other which will be more easy to learn and communicate..If i tell them dont speak a language other than intented language no will come front to speak the language, instead of it ,i will provide chances to share the language wiht their friends, by that they will face challenges and will try to communicate using the language

another option is to share their lively experience in english without caring their language proficiency...if i give them chance to share their thoughts and experiences, it will be a big chance to practice the language

 

Last option is making the students a team and give them the opportunity to discuss ideas to practice the language ,it will be a great opportunity for them to make it effective

 

Mostafa  Matouk
by Mostafa Matouk , Aircraft Maintenance Engineer , Egyptair Maintenance And Engineering

By inducing the idea of only using English to ask or say anything during class even , and to work on there public speaking of a story or an essay of their mind and to read it infront of the entire class

Ahmad  AlMaghariz
by Ahmad AlMaghariz , English Translator , Erem news

learning in groups is the best way ...concentrating in highly motivated exercises

Sher Ali khan Niazi
by Sher Ali khan Niazi , Teacher , Islamia English School

There are different ways for practicing the language in class room but experienced a topic and discussion in favour and against the topic was best practice.

ahmed anwar
by ahmed anwar , مدرس , معهد المدينة المنورة إعدادى و ثانوى بنين

Thank you for inviting me to answer questions 

1) suggest a cartoon movie that's includding language poitns that's i need .

2) I play a short play with students that includes the language points that I want to learn .

3) Language lab is very necessary to correct language errors and to adjust the words.

4) Make paper notes of common mistakes and try to avoid them.

5) The application of grammar in the morning radio station.

6) Make a full day of English (a celebration or a festival) to encourage students to speak fluent English and all English language teachers and all school students.

7) Photography of a collective work of art for students who speak English in addition to the record of their achievements.

This depends on the grade level and ability of the students in the classroom. 

Verbal Usage:

With younger/less capable students, I try to bridge the L1-L2 gap in translation until I can get them to internalize the meaning of the language we are using.  Then I get them to work with me first and then in pairs to practice it.  The focus is to get them producing language, not initially correcting every flaw.  That comes later once they have built up their confidence.

With older/more capable students, I tend not to need to use L1 at all and focus on scaffolding what they need to learn with what they already do know and then have them construct their own dialogues.  Role playing (plays, interviews, etc.) can be useful at this stage to practice.  Meanwhile, I monitor and adjust their language for pronunciation, fluency, and pacing.

Written Ability:

With younger/less capable students, I try to get them to write with me as much as possible and then get them to practice writing simple statements and questions using what we have worked on and making it personal to them.  I offer to supply spellings for any words that they know, but don't know how to spell yet.

With older/more capable students, I work with them on essays in class (to prepare them for exam work), but I also have them work on projects such as newsletters, blogs, "magazine" articles, and materials for verbal productions (interviews, plays, etc.).

Assisting students to be capable of using language effectively across multiple modalities should be the goal of any language teacher.  This is especially true of second/other language learners.

Omar Bani Awwad
by Omar Bani Awwad , lecturer , University of Petra

To use the that language in every action using the easiest phrasese.

Quite a funny question. This is my primarily job, to make them speak - and thus what I do is speaking language with them so that they are forced to answer the same language in case they want to be heard and understood 

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