THE NEW ROLE OF STUDENS IN ELT

Questions:

1. Relate the words Autonomy, Active Learning and Learning Strategies.

In Active Learning the students are the center of the learning process, because the activities used in class need their participation since the teacher create the opportunities for applying information, but depends on students attitude to engage the materials to their learning process, it requires students motivation to develop thinking and interpersonal skills, so it is necessary that students take the decision to take part in the activities as a new way to improve the learning process, in that case we are talking about autonomy.

Students can also improve the learning language by using learning strategies because they can think about the way the learning process is taking place. It gives the opportunity to identify what learning strategy has been used for practice and self evaluation so they will be able to create a systematic path according to his/her needs and possibilities. The capacity of the students for taking a look inside of him/her self to see how is the learning process taking place and how to choose the strategies according for his/her self skills in order to get target language is all about students autonomy, because they realize a goal and choose the best strategies to get it.

2. Are you using the Active Learning approach in your classes? Give some examples.

No as a teacher but as a student. I had enjoy very much the class with active learning activities. I see that I used some skills that made easy and enjoyable the learning process, developing thinking skills as memory, to deduce, or infer from information as we did at the INFORMATION GAP ACTIVIY, working with others as we did we did THE ROLE PLAY, understanding better a subject and using all the language skills, as we did at THE NAME OF THE RECIPE.

3. From the different concepts mentioned in my module. How could you implement Autonomy. Active learning Activities and Learning strategy instruction in your classes?

Autonomy. At class, it was mention this: “learners Autonomy is concomitant to teacher autonomy” It means that if teacher is autonomous it will be easier to students to be too. So it will be good trying to asking them to participate, to let them bring material to class, do not answer all the questions, give them space to make mistakes and for reflection, giving responsibilities.

Active Learning. “ I hear an I forget, I see and I remember and I do and I understand”. To implement active learning activities in class the teacher has to create the environment for students to participate according to students age, the size of the class, physical space, time, goals.

Learning strategy. Having in mind the basic structure for introducing strategies, 1. Preparation : There are a lot of ideas that students may have at the begging . 2.Presentation. The teacher name the strategy, and explain when and how to use it by modeling it means to give an example. 3. Practice. When the student do the activity. 4. Evaluation. The student make a self evaluation, by sharing to a pair or in small groups or answering if was it useful? 5. Expansion. It is when the student can I apply the strategy to learn a new topic.