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8 Active Learning Strategies & Techniques

Taken from: www.ProdigyGame.com

1. Reciprocal questioning: Create an open dialogue in which students take on the role of the teacher and generate their own questions about a topic, reading section, or lesson.
2. Three step interviews: Encourage students to develop active listening skills by quizzing one another, sharing their thoughts, and taking notes.
3. The pause procedure: Intersperse strategic pauses into your class lectures to enhance students' understanding of teaching materials.
4. The muddiest point: Ask students to write notes on the most unclear or most confusing element of a given homework assignment, lecture, or class discussion.
5. Devil’s advocate: Ask one or more students to take the opposing side of a predominant argument or point of view being discussed during a lesson.
6. Peer teaching activities: Deploy a range of strategies that have students instruct skills or explain concepts to classmates.
7. Game-based learning platforms: Use specialized games to add depth and differentiation to the educational process, helping students to achieve their learning objectives.
8. Rotating chair group discussions : Encourage students to actively listen to selected speakers who follow a pattern of guiding class discussion and summarizing previous points.

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Using Songs in ESL Classes

It's great to use songs in the class to avoid boredom. But beyond using them solely to give your students some 'light relief', there are many other ways songs can be used in ESL classrooms to consolidate what students have already learned. Here are some ideas you might want to use: