COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO
STRENGTHEN E.S.L / E.F.L CLASS ROOM
PARTICIPANT’S MANUAL
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM (ILEP)
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
A professional development module
Which is developed as a part of the
International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP),
A program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State
And administered by IREX
(International Research and Exchange Board)
International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP)
A program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
of the United States Department of State; and implemented by
IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board)
COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
TO STRENGHTHEN ESL / EFL CLASSROOM
ILEP 2014
Professional Development Module
PARTICIPANT’S GUIDE
BY:
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FAHMIDA LUKMAN
MANJUNATHA .P
MEGA SUSILAWATI
MURIYA NINGRUM
: BANGLADESH
: INDIA
: INDONESIA
: INDONESIA
Table of Contents
1. Module Description and Objectives ….......................................................... 1-2
a. Module Description …………………………………………………………………..…………….. 1
b. Module Objectives …………………………………………………….…………..………………… 2
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Session 1. Interactive Student Centered Activities …………………………………… 3-4
a. Session Objectives …………………………………………………..……………….………….. 3
b. Introduction Activity ……………………………………………………………………………… 3
c. Assessment Activity ………………………………………………………………………………. 4
d. Transition Activity …………………………………………………………………………………. 4
3. Session 2. Offline Technology Tools for Interactive ESL/EFL classroom …… 5-6
a. Session Objectives ………………………………………………………………………………. 5
b. Introduction Activity ………………………………………………………………….………. 5
c. Assessment Activity ………………………………………………………………….………. 6
d. Transition Activity……………………………………………………………………..……….. 6
4. Session 3. Integrating Edmodo to ESL / EFL Teachers ……………………………. 7-9
a. Session Objectives ……………………………………………………………………………… 7
b. Introduction Activity ………………………………………………………………………….. 8
c. Assessment Activity …………………………………………………………………………… 9
d. Transition Activity to Warp-up / Conclusion ………………………………………. 9
The Module Description and the Objectives
A. The Module Description
This module is to give an idea incorporate appropriate activity, tool into English as a
second (foreign) language classroom. Language is a skill based subject it needs more exposure
in daily life unless it’s difficult to acquire it. Students in schools which have less or no
technology tools also need to prepare to competitive world. So teachers in those schools have
to be enriched with source to teach with or without technology. In session 1 and session 2 of
our module we preferred you participants given opportunity to introduce some activities and
some low tech tools and you will interacted with peers how to use them and in session 3 you
people are sign up for E.S.L global consortium through Edmodo.
1. Time Allocation
: 8 hours
2. Number of session : 3 sessions
3. Target Audience
: Middle and secondary school teachers who teaches English as a
second language and English as a foreign language.
4. Supporting materials: A lesson plan of English topic. A smart phone or laptop with internet
facility and E-mail address of each participant
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B. The objectives of the training
At the end of this training you will be able to determine appropriate activities which are
no need of technical tools and which includes manual participations. And you will able to
modify an activity to deferent modalities. In second session you will learn usage of some
offline technology tools that supports communicative methods to learn English also
exchanges their experiences in daily practice. Also you will sign up to Edmodo group and
sample learn how interact, access, exchange resources within group.
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Session 1
Interactive Student Centered Activities
A. Session Objectives:
At the end of the session, you will be able to:
 Determine appropriate activities for the targeted language modality
 Use multiple techniques to assess if their students’ mastered the topic
 Model a lesson plan unit for one week
Session Time: 3 hours
B. Introduction Activity:
Trainer hands out a KWL chart and you complete only the K and W parts with your prior
understanding of interactive classroom.
K-W-L Chart about engaging classroom through activities.
What you Know about
interactive activities in ESL
/EFL class room?
What do you Want to know
about interactive activities in
ESL/EFL class room?
What did you Learn about
interactive activities in
ESL/EFL class room?
 Trainer randomly asks one of you to relate to your experience with what you have
written.
 Practice Activity
 Trainer hands out a list of different activities and asks the participants to jot them down
according to levels of modalities (Table 4)
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TABLE 4
List how you use these tools for different modalities.
Name of Tool
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
C. Assessment Activity
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Trainer hands out the KWL chart again and the participants fill all the three columns
after the facilitated knowledge.
D. Transition activity
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You will have a questionnaire (Table 3) session with your knowledge of using
technology in English classroom.
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SESSION 2
OFFLINE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
FOR INTERACTIVE ESL/EFL CLASSROOM
A. Session Objectives:
By the end of this session you will be able to:
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Understand and recognize the use of offline technology tools for interactive ESL/EFL
classroom
Plan appropriate offline technology tools for interactive ESL / EFL classroom
Organize the interactive learning ESL / EFL classroom using offline technology tools
Session Time:
3 hours
B. Introduction Activity:
1. Procedure of the Session
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You must guess the ideas that others may be thinking and writing down.
You should do this using deep thinking, and base their guesses on the manner that
other participants answered during the first speaking part of the session.
Participants should be encouraged to think how each of the other participants' minds
are working - to empathize, to 'put themselves in the other person's shoes' - as a
method of guessing as intuitively and accurately as possible. 'Think how the other
person will be thinking' is the sort of guidance that the facilitator can give.·
2. Presentation of brainstorming ideas session
In this session, each of the delegates reads out or shows their own ideas and also their
best guesses of the ideas for others.
3. Discussion of brainstorming ideas session
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In this session, the participants may discuss why and how they guessed about others.
Each participant can also comment on the guesses of the other participants, and
validate or clarify.
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In this sense the activity helps open hidden areas of awareness (self and others),
which in turn promotes better understanding, relationships, communications, teambuilding and co-operation.
C. Practice Activity:
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Participants will be grouped with any one grouping technique.
Participants will have a hand out (table 4) and asked to discuss given tools and their
use.
Participants can discuss and list their group idea about how a tool can be used by
modifying for four different modalities.
Participants will be given a brown sheet to write their ideas to exhibit in whole.
Groups are asked to have a representative present their ideas.
Participant’s work will be exhibited in room for everybody to see.
D. Assessment Activity
(Description/Procedure)
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Participants will be asked to choose one of the offline technology tools
“In your group, pick one of the tools of offline technology that you think is the best and
match with one of modalities.
Participants discuss their choice in the group
Participants to come in front of the class and explain their thinking to the other group.
E. Transition to the Session 3
“You will show the video that shows the relevance to the importance of online
technology tools in ESL / EFL classroom “
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SESSION 3
INTEGRATING EDMODO TO ESL/EFL TEACHERS
1. Session Objectives:
2. Understand and learn Edmodo
3. Access and sign up to Edmodo
4. Share the resources in the group of Edmodo.
Session Time: 2 hours
Materials/ Resources:
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Internet Connection
Laptops
Projector and White screen
Email account
2. Usage of Edmodo tools for ESL/EFL Classroom
1. Introduction to Technology in Classroom
You will answer these following questions as warming up activity to be more engaged
in the using of Edmodo.
a. Do you have Facebook account?
b. How do you usually connect with your peers to share the material, lesson plan,
ask questions?
c. Do you know that there’s a social media similar like Facebook for the
educators/teachers where you can share your teaching experience, resources,
and asking questions about the problems you found in teaching learning
process?
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2. Explanation on the usage of Edmodo
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Activity one / Introduction
You will listen to the trainer’s explanation about what Edmodo is, the benefits of
Edmodo as educators social media, teaching material and strategies, experiences
on teaching certain topic, and as the global consortium classroom.
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You will watch the video on you TUBE how to sign up in the group which was
already created by the ILEP PDM group.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk68dKx1HSI
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvp0Smkcf_k
2)
If you are interested more on the using of Edmodo and want to create your own
group, you can refer to this video.
How to create Edmodo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXt4PqZvd0
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Activity two / Practice
Sign up
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You will be guided by the trainer how to sign up directly on Edmodo Group step
by step.
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You follow these instruction of how to sign up:
 Go to Edmodo Website: www.edmodo.com
 Click “I am a Teacher”
 Fill in the data
 Complete the profile and up load the picture
 Click “join the group” and fill in the code given by the trainer.
 Up load file and folder
 Link a certain topic
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3. Assessment
To make certain that you have already understood how to be involved in the Edmodo
as the global classroom consortium, the trainer give you some assessment:
a. Posting some comments
b. Up load a file or a folder
c. Link a certain topic
4. Transition Activity to Wrap-Up/Conclusion:
Participants will give feedback and suggest each other about the tools they created.
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Participant’s Notes
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