irina
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Post by irina on Oct 16, 2016 19:17:48 GMT 8
Most of my classes are one-on-one, so it is a bit hard for me to think about activities developing classroom leadership in my context, but in those classes where the number of students is enough to carry various roles I do something similar to what Lukas described in his thread. I do not appoint a "laoban" for the whole duration of the class, but I often make a student in charge of an activity "playing" a teacher. First I model the activity, then I assign a "teacher" to do what I did (like asking other students questions).
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Post by Aaron David Screaton FTM on Oct 17, 2016 0:16:57 GMT 8
Actually this is a great principle in TESOL, which is known as 'modelling' and less linked to leadership, although there is some cross over. Most of the time the teacher models what needs to be done, however it is better that the teacher recognises a student who has understood the the requirement of the task, and therefore is either used in conjunction with the teacher to show how the task will be carried out, or simply used to start a dialogue with a another student. Student modelling when done properly lowers the affective filter and increased student motivation as well as willingness to participate.
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