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This work explores the "Guided Interaction" strategy aimed at improving ESL learners' proficiency in social and academic language use. It addresses teachers' challenges in motivating students and selecting appropriate strategies. By focusing on communicative and collaborative activities, such as partner interviews and poster projects, the strategy seeks to develop interpersonal intelligence and enhance cooperative interactions among learners. Through these practices, educators can create an engaging environment that fosters improvement in language skills through dynamic, structured activities.
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UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHIRIQUIFACULTY OF HUMANITIESENGLISH SCHOOLBACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH“GUIDED INTERACTION STRATEGY”COURSE: STRATEGIES IN ESLFACILITATOR: OLDA CANOBELONGS TO:EMMANUELLE JEGO DE VIQUEZYEISIE SHAYEGAN FERNANDEZMAY 2013
Introduction Teaching English is a challenge for teachers. Teachers need to improve the proficiency of their students in the two dimensions of the use of language such as social interactions and academic skills. Not only they have to work hard and motivate their students, but also they have to look for the right strategies for English learners. To teach English, professors need to use different strategies to create an environment, and activities that fit with students’ needs and knowledge. In the following work, we will explain one of the useful six key strategies which is “Guided Interaction” and also macro activities which are questioning activities, and problem-solving activities. In addition, the work contains templates of the activities which are related to the strategy.
Thesisstatement Guided interaction is a strategy that helps teachers developing communicative and cooperative interactions with and between learners to make them improve and develop their social and academic use of language.
Teachers’ challenge The challenge of the teachers is:
Guidedinteraction Guided interaction is a strategy that teachers use to improve the five qualitative aspect of the students’ language such as:
MainObjective The main objective of this strategy is to develop: These activities are based to develop interpersonal intelligence.
Focus This strategy focus on: communicative or collaborative activities that make students cooperate with each other to improve their proficiency.
Numbered Head Together 1. Sharing information, 2. listening, 3. asking questions 4. summarizing ideas 5. talking quietly. The skills used for this activity are This activity is to: 1. Process information 2. Communicate 3. develop thinking 4. review of material 5. Check prior knowledge.
Steps • Teacherposes a question • Students think of a response • Students discuss their responses with a partner • Students share their response to the class
Poster Project Poster projects are long term activities. Consist of heterogeneous learning groups with stable membership.
Fourcorners • This activity is used to make students interact with each other. They have to improve listening and speaking skills. • For intermediate or high level, teacher can also make a four corner debates to improve the academic skills and make students analyze, give their opinions, and criticize.
Perspective line up • This is a great ESL classroom activity • Works particularly well with classes that are normally a little shy and reserved
QuestioningActivities • Interviews • Surveys • Questionnaires
