The activities presented in this article are based on the principle of the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition) model, as proposed by Ruben Puentedura. The SAMR model itself is often used to help teachers infuse technology into their teaching, as the model describes the path by which technology can be systematically embedded in teachers’ instructional practices.
This chapter first discusses key features of various language teaching approaches, which tend to give more emphasis on the explicit teaching of language knowledge. The target language is often broken down into small units to be presented in a piecemeal fashion. While this way of teaching language is not without value and can help develop students’ explicit language knowledge, we argue that te…
Due to the emergence of English as a global language, there is a need for teachers to critically examine their pedagogical practices and adjust their roles so that they are more in keeping with the principles that underlie the teaching of English as a global or international language. In this paper I discuss traditional teacher roles that continue to be relevant today, examine established teach…
Ada asumsi umum, tetapi salah, bahwa pengajaran bahasa sebaiknya dilaksanakan oleh penutur asli. Meskipun salah persepsi tentang superioritas guru penutur asli telah ditentang di literatur ELT profesional, banyak yang terus berpegang teguh pada Keyakinan yang tidak benar ini, seringkali mengakibatkan praktik diskriminatif terhadap guru non-penutur asli. Di dalam artikel ini juga diberikan beber…
Buku ini memuat beberapa alternatif kegiatan untuk Speaking Activity bagi pelajar Bahasa asing yang memuat beberapa diantaranya: Fluency-focused speaking activity (3-2-1 speaking task, Reader’s Theatre, Voice-overs for Movie Characters, Shadowing, Information-gap Task, Story Construction with Words, Speaking Frames), Language-focused speaking activity (Taboo, Constructing a story together, To…