Saturday, April 29, 2006

A great turn-out to review fluency activities at Al Irfan!

Many thanks to the teachers at Al Irfan Schools for their exceptional participation in yesterday's workshop on speaking skills and fluency activities- especially to those who traveled from so far away to join us in the Chouf. Along with seeing some outstanding performances of "actresses" there demonstrating different techniques using drama, we also enjoyed lively discussion about some of both the potential pitfalls and benefits of various approaches to teaching speaking skills, like the need to reduce "teacher talk time" and a few strategies for group work. Job very well done; I'm sure your students appreciate your hard work!

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Blogger india said...

the workshop at Al Irfan was useful for the teachers especially that they exchange ideas about the difficulties they face with their students concerning the speaking skill. the best way to help students speak english is to speak it yourself all the time and make it clear that you expect your students to do the same, bearing in mind that you don't correct their every word because that will make them hate speaking at all.

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