By Teacher Trainer & EFL Teacher Fathi Bouguerra
« It is obvious that we are not likely to find one method that will suit all learners, all teachers and all occasions »
Doug Brown used the term principled eclecticism and Diane Larsen Freeman chose “informed eclecticism”. That is a teacher has to be informed and once informed has to choose wisely from among the available practices to create her own unique blend that would be appropriate for her own personality and teaching style, for her own student and the circumstances in which the teaching is taking place.
Eclecticism came after years of reflection on different trends in language teaching. It appeared in a period when English teachers have discovered that no single teaching method deals with every thing that concerns the form, the use and the content of the target language.
An eclectic teacher has to be cooperative because the more we share and communicate with each other the richer we become in our knowledge and the more successful in our practice. She has also to be funny because when students laugh they can learn better. In other words the use of humour makes the classroom atmosphere more pleasant, increases interaction between teacher and student and there fore makes learning more enjoyable.
“We shouldn’t colonize others with our methods, but it seems to me that teachers can make up their own minds in the best for all worlds”
D. L. Freeman
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Critical Reading of the 2012 Bac Exam Results
The CREFOC, Sidi Bouzid, hosted two workshops organized and
presented by ELT inspectors, Mohamed Salah ABIDI and Belgacem HAMDI on November
the 24th, 2012. Mr. ABIDI and Mr. HAMDI invited the 4th Year EFL teachers in
the area of Sidi Bouzid to participate in a critical reading and scrutiny of
the 2012 Bac Exam results. The two-session workshops, which started at 9
am till 12.30, began with PowerPoint presentations detailing the results in the
schools of the area of Sidi Bouzid. This was followed by a discussion of the
factors that had led to the success and those that may explain the failure. The
second part of the workshops focused on the teachers' comments and their
suggestions concerning the 2012 test and the possible ways to improve the
results in the future.
You can access the slides and doc files here:
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