Elements for successful FL learning - Paloma García Pradillo

ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL FL LEARNING

Didáctica del Inglés Paloma García Pradillo

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TBL

To make FL learning more successful, certain teaching methods must be implemented. These methods should combine technology with traditional methods in order to teach students in a more efficient way. Some methods are:

CLIL

PBL

MULTILITERACIES

To apply this method, there is the Task Lesson Plan:

TASK-BASED LEARNING

PRE-TASK

TASK

POST-TASK

Task-Based Learning is a language learning method that placed students in real life situations so they will have to use their knowledge and communication skills in a specific language. Communication is the main competence used in this methodology, as the students will have to engage with different social events. In this method, the teacher should create questions with open or closed solutions, and with one way or two ways of finding those solutions.

CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING

CLIL is a language learning method in which different subjects are taught in a language different from the student's native. This help students with the process of learning that language as they are improving their vocabulary and grammar through a subject they are motivated by. The essential skill in this method is reading, as the students have to review different text and sources. All the information that students need can be provided by:

GAMES

VIDEOS

CARDS

NEWSPAPERS

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

It is a language teaching method in which the students have to solve real-life problems to develop their autonomy and critical thinking skills.

Students will have to investigate and get engaged with different challenges, developing their high-order thinking skills or HOT's.

According to Bloom's Taxonomy, there are 3 levels of HOT's:

CREATING

EVALUATING

ANALYZING

MULTILITERACIES

It is a teaching method that help people understand, interpret, and create different sources of communication so they will be able to participate and help their communities in a broader way. They aim of multiliteracies is to develop students critical thinking skills and get them to be more engaged in their communities. There are two types of multiliteracies:

Multi-form transpositions

Multi-situational lifeworld’s

EXERCISE:

In the History class, students are given differen imagenes from different time periods. In groups, they will have to describe the historical event and figures that appears in those photos. This exercises help students with their knoledge about history, at the same time that help them practice the past tense.

EXERCISE:

Students are given different images that represent a real-life situation, for example someone buying something in a supermarket. One student is going to play the role of the person who is working in the supermarket and another student is going to play the person who is buying. The students have to create a little dialogue according to the photos and the situation.

EXERCISE:

The teacher choose a narrative text and divide it in different sections. The students have to put those sections in order making sure that the characters time-line, the plot, and the language of the story makes sense. For this exercise, students should work in groups. After it is done, they should read, in front of the class, the order that they have chosen.

Possible applications:

• Creating explicatory podcast or videos.
• Debate the message of an ambiguous image.
• Use platforms such as Padlet or Canva for images and discussions.
• Discussing the meaning of a poem.

Possible applications:

• Creating a podcast so they can develop their speaking and writing skills.
• Create an infographic so they can analyze and synthesize the information.
• Creating a quiz to practice what they have learn.
• Writting a poem or a song.