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This action plan aims to adopt innovative, technology-based approaches to enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in students at DA College for Women. Our short-term goals include fostering critical thinking, improving language comprehension through activity-based tasks, encouraging peer learning, and making English language teaching relevant to real-world applications. By employing diverse instructional strategies, addressing anticipated challenges, and utilizing available resources, we hope to equip students with essential skills for the 21st century. Our ultimate goal is to prepare students for practical and confident communication.
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ACTION PLAN Samina Imran Khan DA College for Women – Ph VIII English, Intermediate level
Long- term goal: • Adopt Innovative, technology based approaches to enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills in the students.
SHORT-TERM GOALS: • To inculcate critical thinking in the students, enabling them to face 21st Century challenges. • To use activity based tasks for improving listening, speaking, writing and reading comprehension. • To encourage peer sharing and learning. • To make English Language Teaching purposeful and shifting the focus of students fro m exams to real life learning.
Instructional Strategies and tasks: • I will provide more opportunities for the students to answer questions that require Higher Order Thinking Skills. • I will provide students with opportunities for peer sharing and learning. • I will motivate the students to learn English as useful tool for communication in the real world. • I will give more opportunities of group and panel discussion and persuasive speech in the classroom. • I will create learner centered environment, where my role would be to facilitate positive language learning skills through interesting activities.
SOLUTIONS TO ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES: CHALLENGES: • Large classes • I don’t own a laptop • Electricity Failure • Limited time for course completion • Resistance to learn innovatively as at intermediate level students are exam oriented • No facility for photocopying the hand outs • Non availability of OHPs and Multimedia in the classrooms • Lack of strength and energy due to number of classes every day SOLUTIONS: • Group work • Can work at home computer • Can only pray for improvement • Smart time management • Motivate the students and appraise them with significance of English Language • CR to share the responsibility for the class • College Administration • College Administration
Resources: • Fellow teachers teaching the same course • Internet • Word processor, Multimedia • Intel Teach Programme Getting Started Course manual • My own potential-TESOL teaching material being used in teaching MA English Class
Conclusion: • Its never too late to adopt innovative approaches ! • By implementing 21st century approach to teaching the process of critical thinking will evolve in the students and they will learn to face the practical world effectively and confidently.
A PRAYER! I hope that I am able to achieve my target despite of all the expected hurdles, successfully!!!