Teaching English Toolbox
Instructional Models - Flipped, Chur, Berlin and company!
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Please keep in mind that these models are general models - what might they mean more precisely in the English language classroom? Some things to think about are:
- If you are working with a system like the "Chur" method, how does it work for your language lessons? What changes do you have to make?
- Are certain instructional designs good for specific subjects and not good for others?
- What is Universal Design for learning and how might you use it in your lessons?
- If learners do things independently, or at home, how can you ensure that they and not their parents are doing these things and that they are not cheating?
- If learners are expected to work more independently and get organized and there is more "open" time in the classroom, how are you ensure that they are using English outside of the specific English-related task or activity or exercise?
- What soft skills do these models favor and how can you ensure that the focus is still, or at the same time, on the subject?
- How is a flipped classroom different from a basic project or task-based learning?
- How can choiceboards and learning menus be part of your instructional design?
- How can you take any given lesson plan and adapt it according to a new instructional design method?
- How can you use AI to plan your lessons based on a particular design and perhaps experiment?
- How can you use workshops, student conferences, micro-teaching, Modern Classroom Projects, project-based learning and more in your English lessons?
- Essentially, how are you bringing innovation into your classroom?