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Issues in ELT Pedagogy: Working with the 21st Century Student

Join this workshop to explore new language teaching approaches and strategies to support students with various learning styles. Discover Multiple Intelligences, postmethod pedagogy, and integration of 21st Century Skills in language teaching. Learn about learning styles, opportunities, and strategies for effective language learning. Embrace interaction between theory and practice to enhance learner autonomy and motivation.

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Issues in ELT Pedagogy: Working with the 21st Century Student

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  1. Issues in ELT Pedagogy: Working with the 21st Century Student Anna Saroli Acadia University anna.saroli@acadiau.ca

  2. Structure of the workshop I. Overview of teaching approaches in the 21st century (30 minutes) II. Breakout into groups: (1 hour) - Learning styles - Finding learning opportunities III. Feedback and resources (30 minutes)

  3. Goals of the workshop General: To explore ways of accommodating different learning styles in the language classroom Specific: To share ideas about how to support students with different learning styles by incorporating learning strategies in the classroom

  4. Changes in teaching approaches in the 21st century • Learner autonomy • Focus on new language competencies: - sociocultural competence - formulaic competence - interactional competence: - actional competence - conversational competence - non-verbal/paralinguistic competence

  5. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Verbal-linguistic: “word smart”

  6. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Logical- mathematical: “math smart”

  7. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Visual-spatial: “picture smart”

  8. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Musical-rhythmic: “music smart”

  9. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Bodily-kinesthetic: “body smart”

  10. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Naturalist: “nature smart”

  11. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Intrapersonal: “self smart”

  12. Recognition of Multiple Intelligences (MI) • Interpersonal: “people smart”

  13. New ideas about language pedagogy • Postmethod condition: awareness of the futility of trying to find the best method • Postmethod pedagogy: seeks to transcend the limitations of method (Kumaravadivelu, B. 2003.Beyond methods: macrostrategies for language learning. New Haven: Yale University Press)

  14. Interaction between theory and practice • Learner autonomy • Other concepts in language pedagogy: - metacognition: “thinking about thinking” - self-regulation: “learning to learn” - motivation: - intrinsic - extrinsic - individual differences

  15. Integrating 21st Century Skills in Language Teaching • Relevance • Develop thinking skills • Encourage learning transfer • Exploit technology • Encourage creativity (Saavedra and Opfer, 2012) (

  16. Teach students how to learn: • Focus on metacognition • Promote learner autonomy: • Identify and manage learning opportunities (

  17. Learning Styles/ Opportunities/ Strategies • Learning styles: • an individual's unique approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. • Learning opportunities: • access to any activity that is likely to lead to an increase in language knowledge or skill. (

  18. Learning strategies: • procedures that facilitate a learning task • metacognitive strategies • cognitive strategies • socio-affective strategies (

  19. Learning styles: 1. Felder and Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire • Active/reflective scale: processing information https://www.webtools.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ (

  20. Learning styles: Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire • Sensing/intuitive scale: taking in information https://www.webtools.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ (

  21. Learning styles: Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire • Visual/ verbal scale: how information is presented https://www.webtools.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ (

  22. Learning styles: Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire • Sequential/ global scale: how information is organized https://www.webtools.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ (

  23. Visual learners: learn through seeing • Watching demonstrations • Maps, diagrams • Written instructions (

  24. Auditory learners: learn from the spoken word • Listening to lectures • Repetition, dictation • Verbal explanation (

  25. Kinesthetic learners: learn by exploring the world around them • Hands-on demonstrations • Crafts, realia • TPR (

  26. Final points • Students can learn to “stretch” their learning style. • Teachers should focus on the content’s best modality, not the student’s. • However, a variety of learning strategies will make a lesson more interesting and challenging! (

  27. Groupwork • 1. Introduce yourselves (2 min.) • 2. Take learning styles quiz and share results (10-15 min.) • 3. Choose teaching topic and age group (5 min.) • 4. Design 2 – 3 learning activities (20-25 min.) • 5. Make notes to pass in (10 min.) • 6. Choose spokesperson (2 min.) (

  28. Learning from our students

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