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Students as valuable resources at hand in the EFL classroom

Utilize students as valuable resources in the EFL classroom to overcome resource limitations. Encourage students to create language-learning materials for autonomy, creativity, and personalization. Implement cooperative activities for collaboration, ready-made materials, and enhanced learning experiences.

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Students as valuable resources at hand in the EFL classroom

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  1. Students as valuable resources at hand in the EFL classroom

  2. Problem Observations show that a lot of teachers justify their unwillingness to implement the communicative approach and cooperative techniques in the EFL classroom by lack of resources (i.e. paper for the handouts and copying machines) provided by their schools

  3. Solution

  4. Solution • Think of your students as valuable resources at hand in your classroom, the resources always available • Encourage your students to produce language-learning materials

  5. Benefits • Autonomy • Responsibility • Creativity • Thoughtfulness • “Noticing” skill

  6. Benefits • Personalisation • Cooperation and collaboration • Ready-made activities • Ready-made materials • Both class and homework

  7. How does it work? • Join into groups. • Read the article and design activities based on it. • Exchange your activities. • Present the results.

  8. DIY Part The article “Encouraging Learners to Create Language-Learning Materials” (Extract from the article by V. Moiseenko) The format of the activities: • Wordsearch (10 words) • Match the parts of the collocations (6 items) • Make up 4 questions to the text beginning with What? When? How? Why?

  9. The Bank of Activities • Jumbled words • Match the parts of the words/sentences • Fill in the gaps • Complete the sentences • Correct the sentences • Mark True or False • Crossword puzzle • Find the synonym/antonym • Multiple choice test and what not…

  10. Conclusion Why? The students: 1.Review the content themselves 2.Engage in peer learning 3.Contribute to the collection of stored materials The teachers: 1.Provide the opportunities for learning 2.Save time 3.Bring engagement to the classroom

  11. Your ideas?

  12. Thanks a lot for your attention!

  13. Credits • https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/english-teaching-forum-volume-53-number-4#child-2021 • https://eltcation.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/story-cups/

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