1. ACTIVE TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGES FOR EFL CLASSROOM
1.1. Events in visual&sentences
1.1.1. -Develop understanding topics and subtopics
1.1.2. Make use of key cognitive processes : remembering, transmitting, analyzing, evaluating and creating.
1.1.3. Improve vocabulary and grammar structure
1.1.4. -Use of pictures, illustrations and -Visual presentations in chronological order.
1.1.5. -Teacher is a monitor, answer questions and guide students.
1.2. Sum it up in 20 words or less
1.2.1. -Combined reading and writing activities,according to the english level
1.2.2. Individual or pair work
1.2.3. -Different activities: Underlined and circle -Graphic organizer
1.3. Guess who
1.3.1. -Describe a famous people
1.3.2. -Speed-dating and Carrousel
1.3.3. -Talking around the class -Find someone who
1.4. Activities TPR
1.4.1. -Teaching based in movement
1.4.2. -gestures or kinesthet ic movements -Team game -give instrucctions
1.5. Activities “mingle”
1.5.1. -Give and Follow instructions
1.5.2. Use mimics-Students guess -Teach vocabulary and grammar tense
1.5.3. Variations “Simon Says” and “Charles”
1.6. Four corners
1.6.1. Verbal communication
1.6.2. cooperation, critical thinking and decision
1.6.3. Four options one in each corner(alternativas, respuestas,aargumentos
1.7. SIMON SAYS
1.7.1. Given and follow instructions
1.8. Encourage independent and group thinking
1.8.1. Teacher presents a problem or situation, make groups of 4. It helps to each student to be ready to talk in front of the class.
1.9. Group work
1.9.1. Effective strategy to encourage and develop language and communication skills. Teacher has to be clear establishing rules for each student.
1.10. Playful activity and the use of educational games
1.10.1. It is a good strategy since they develop skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking.
1.11. Role play
1.11.1. Strategy that includes feelings, thoughts and the role of the other through situations similar to reality.
1.12. Constructive dialogues
1.12.1. Provides the ability to create different points of view between students or opposing parties.
1.13. The evaluation in pairs
1.13.1. This type of assessment deepens understanding of their own learning and allows for more active and self-directed involvement.
1.14. Jigsaw Reading
1.14.1. Create learning in an interactive and meaningful way. It is essential that students take responsibility for their own learning.
1.15. K-W-L charts
1.15.1. Technique in the form of a graphic organizer, helps to organize information in a class. Get students connected and involved in a new topic.
2. Studies about the effectiveness of the active learning approach
2.1. Hernández (2014)
2.1.1. English Ss A1, A2, B1. Blended.
2.1.2. Compare traditional and active learning
2.1.3. Active learning beneficial with emotional and academic aspects.
2.2. West 82018)
2.2.1. Active learning motivate Ss prepare debates and converstions
2.2.2. Method use Literature circles: asign roles. Enhance reading and speaking skills
2.3. Brabham & Villaume (2002
2.3.1. Literature circles: Ss create connections between the text and tehir experience
2.3.2. Great tool to develop the 4 shills
2.4. Dveci (2018)
2.4.1. Use 64 Ss from the university, first year English II
2.4.2. Collaborative learning benefit Ss in three aspects: Grammar and vocabulary, develop of critical thinking, effectuve use of technolofy.
2.5. Hidalgo (2007
2.5.1. Active learning genartes meangingful learning
2.5.2. Teacher provides opportunites to students
3. Active learning in teaching EFL
3.1. Traditional English Teaching Methods
3.1.1. Grammar Translation approach
3.1.1.1. Traditional Method
3.1.1.2. Grammatical rules
3.1.1.3. Translation of texts
3.1.1.4. No oral communication
3.1.2. Audio-Lingual approach
3.1.2.1. Memorization of dialogues
3.1.2.2. specific ontexts speaking
3.1.2.3. Focus: listening, speaking and pronunciation
3.1.3. Communicative approach
3.1.3.1. Teachers create opportunities
3.1.3.2. Real interaction between students
3.2. Teaching styles
3.2.1. Passive style
3.2.1.1. Teacher centered
3.2.1.2. passive students-listen too much teaching little learning
3.2.2. Active style
3.2.2.1. Learning a language is acquire a skill
3.2.2.2. Students in 3BGU level B1: speak with confidence, opinions, experiences, events. Read and write about familiar and interest topics. Activity `participate in the process
3.2.2.3. constant practice
3.2.2.4. Scrivener (2005) 5% teaching, 95% actively practice (speaking, reading, writing and listening)
3.3. Currículo Nacional 2016
3.3.1. Five basic principles: communicative approach, CLIL, CEFR international standard , critical thinking skills and learner centered
3.3.2. Teacher: Enhance learning in real contexts. Provide learning spaces for meaningful learning. Critically reflective teacher.
3.3.3. English teaching owns mechanism. Promote holistic learning.