Reading Comprehension

Salam, hi friends..
One of my ways to teach Reading Comprehension in class is by telling them stories that are related to the reading passage. The stories will make them more alert and you can obviously see that they will enjoy and understand the passage better.

To Write or Not To Write

Writing a well structured academic essay may be perceived as a task which is arguably daunting to perhaps most students. This perception is justified as it can be argued that the concept of writing of this nature tends to be almost not taught and entirely ignored. This is particularly evident in most cases in the secondary school system.It is, however, relatively an easy and straight forward writing process if one is equipped with the nuts and bolts of academic writing. As such, by outlining the sensible elements of a good academic writing and providing a step-by-step process, it is believed that writing academic essay would be a breeze.
There is a set of skills that we, English teachers wish our students to develop.Our first step is to identify which skills.Then we have to decide our teaching strategy, exercises and activities that will help them develop these skills. For instance, if we assign our students to write a persuasive essay, we have to make it very
clear to them that the purpose of writing a persuasive essay is to convince the readers to agree with their viewpoints.The students also must present strong evidence that support their viewpoints. It would also be great if they can discuss the opposing views. To make it a grade A persuasive essay, the students must write a strong and impressive conclusion. Anybody would like to share their experience in teaching writing skills?

Well done!!

Hello friends,

Kudos to the English Unit for coming up with this fantastic blog. It is an avenue for us to share our teaching materials, reflect on our teaching and learning experience and basically use this blog to help improve the quality of our teaching and simultaneously help our students to get better marks. Hope more good posts will come later...

Speaking

Dear friends,

I stumbled upon this interesting website while searching for my teaching materials. You can click here to read about the teaching of speaking. The tips are useful and effective.

The many faces of English Lecturers

"It's not what happens to you that will determine how your life will turn out; it's what you do about it that will determine your life." This is a quotation taken from a reading comprehension passage. To be exact, it is from one of the passages of PSPM II WB023.I make it a point to highlight this quotation whenever I discuss this passage with my students. I want them to acknowledge that they are in control of their decisions and actions. By having a positive attitude about life in general, the students are likely to accomplish their goals. Personally, I feel that teaching English Language is not all about grammar, essays and summaries. It is also about inspiring, motivating and encouraging my students to go further. There are many people who will put them down. However, if my students' minds are constantly being fed by positive materials I am pretty sure that their life will be great. Amin..