CLASSROOM SITUATIONS USING APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE

BY: FAHIMI FAREES ALI HANAPIAH LUQMAN

Managing large and mixed-ability classes

Teacher: Good morning, class.

Students: Good morning, teacher!

Teacher: Ok! Now I want you all to sit in your group. We will have some discussions based on the topics I will give to each group. Teacher guides the students on some circumstances.

Student A: Guys, I dont understand about this aspect. Could you help me?
Student B: Oh. You must know what the differences between present tense and past tense are. One thing I know is when we are using present tense, we must use the root word. Teacher: Yes, thats right! Firstly, you must know whether to use present tense or past tense.

After some minutes, teacher handles the class.

Teacher: Ok class. Now I want one representative for each group to tell me what the differences between past tense and present tense is.

Managing group work activities

Teacher: Since there are 30 students, I will divide you into six groups consists of five students per group.

Teacher: I will count all of you one until six.

Teacher: After that, sit down into your group number. Teacher: Choose one person to be a group leader. Teacher: I will give each group one sheet consists of ten questions. Teacher: I want all of you discuss with your group member and answer all the questions on the sheet within 20 minutes. Teacher: Ok, you may begin your discussion now. Teacher: Dont worry; I will monitor each of the group. Teacher: At the end of the discussion, you must tell me the answers and pass up the sheet that I had given.

Effective questioning techniques

Teacher: Hello everyone, can anyone tell me what is verb? Student A: Can I try teacher? Teacher: Yes, you can. Student A: A verb is a word that usually denotes an action, an occurrence or a state of being. Teacher: Thats right. Congratulations, I know you can do it Student A. Now student B, please give me an example of verb. Student B: An example of verb is walk.

Teacher: Well done, can I any other students give me more example of verb?
Student C: I know, another example of verb is read. Student D: eat!! Teacher: Thank you guys. That means that you all understand about verb that we had learned last week.

Last but not least, can someone make a sentence bas from the verb walk?
Student E: Let me try. Every day, Hasan and Nordin walk to school together. Teacher: Thank you. So we can continue with our next topic today.

Managing multiple classroom teaching

Strategies for classroom teaching: 1) Whole class teaching

Teacher teaches the pupils in the multiple class as a whole.

Teacher only make one lessons plan using the average ability group as as a criterion. Used for teaching general subjects like physical education, music, moral studies and art studies. 2) Individual teaching Provide seat work activities for all the children While they are involved in their work, individual children can be brought forward for personal attention.

Allow teacher to have better control of teaching-learning environment.

Teacher should adopt this method when the situation demands like remedial teaching for weak students.

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Group Teaching

There are various way of forming groups for different purposes: Same ability Mixed ability Same age Mutual compatibility Convenience

In same ability group, pupils are able to study nearly their own pace because of the similar level of ability. Effective for subject like mathematics, language, PE and music. Mixed ability group makes for a cross-section of abilities. Such group is often formed to set a projection in motion. Same age group made on assumption that children of the same age group make progress more or less with the same speed. Mutual compability is a group where children go together among their closest friends. This promotes a harmonious feeling among the children and reduces the negative effects of keen competition Pupils are grouped according to convenience is called convenience group. For example, one group do painting, while the other group do language games

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: 1)Questioning Teachers should ask question that are directly related to the concept or skill taught. The question must be clear and precise Teacher must allow wait times to strengthen pupils response

Repeat the question to help children catch and understand better

2)Discussion Buzz groups comprise small groups which meet for a few minutes Buzz groups serve as preliminary discussions in preparation for a more detailed discussion. Use a picture or a story can be a good for discussions The buzz groups will come up with their version of judgement. Brainstorming is an exciting group participation device designed to elicit multiple answer to question or solutions to an issue. Brainstorming leader act as a recorder. He should not comment but concerntrate on producing an effective and productive session.

3) Reinforcement Technique Reinforcement can be made through more than one perception, repetition and by relating the matter to particular concepts taught in other lessons. 4) Self-Instructional Techniques Each package of self-instructional materials focuses on a single concept and consist of work cards, individual assignments, teaching kits and so on. Individual learning style.

Teacher can developed self-instructional packages on his own.