, what are the strategies that can be implemented to have increased interaction between the learners and the teacher?
- Classroom Diversity and Inclusion
First of all, all the students should be included in the teaching process. It is the teacher's responsibility to make students feel that they are included and belong to the class! (In fact we all love some sort of closeness!) Moreover, showing the interest in interacting with the students will make them feel some sort of a closeness to the teacher.. After all, it is a fact that when the learner feels close to the teacher, he/she will start to like the subject and automatically will be encouraged to learn.
- Accommodating Different Learning Styles and Promoting Collaboration Among Students.
We all have different learning styles in which we best learn. So, it is the teacher's responsibility to incorporate various methods of teaching in order for all the students to interact equally with the teacher. Instead of just teaching and giving a note; the teacher can visual materials and start a discussion with the class. That way, the students will come out with their ideas and a fruitful language communication will be created. Every classroom has 'let me try' type of students (kinesthetic learners). In order to interact successfully with this sort of students, the teacher can use role play or dramatize concepts, or else asking them to envision a scene and then discuss about it can too be utilized.
- Increasing Student Talk Time
Both the teacher and the learners should actively participate in ESL classroom. When the student talktime is increased, it makes the learner interact more with the teacher. In the context where the students' native language is not English and it is only a second language, it is the teacher's responsibility to make an environment where they could speak and interact with others by using English language.
- Creating Enjoyable Teaching-Learning Environment
Do you think that you can host an interactive classroom with the above mentioned strategies? Just comment below if you have any more strategies that could be helpful for the ESL teachers to make their teaching more interactive.
Written By: Dilprabha L.H.W
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Hi Wishmi. Interesting post. In your article, you have presented many strategies for improving interaction. I too agree with you about using different ways to incorporate different learning styles. I would like to share some strategies I personally believe which help to create an interactive learning classroom. The best way to get the student to a talk is to use questions that stimulate a response, discussion, and a hands-on experience. Students would love to talk about their experiences. Additionally, use brainstorming activities about the topic which you are going to teach. By breaking down a lesson into separate chunks, for each chunk, you can easily use various interactive activities
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