University of Nottingham Malaysia
School of Education
     
  

Using the Curriculum Teaching/Learning Cycle in an EFL/ESL Context

Location
F1A11
Date(s)
24th April 2019
Contact
For more information on the event, kindly e-mail Dr Lee Kean Wah.
Description
The curriculum cycle approach to teaching instruction is a scaffolding procedure to help students develop their language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. One of the main benefits of this form of scaffolding is the explicit attention given to students through the collaboration and support between peers, students and teachers. Such an approach is based on a Vygotskian approach to learning through guidance and interaction in the context of shared experience.  

The teacher inducts learners into the language demands of particular text-type (recount, narrative, procedure, explanation and so on) that are important to participate in school and in the wider community. Gradually, responsibility is shifted to the learner as they gain control of the text-type. However, for the teacher to develop a text-based program, the teaching/ learning context has to be taken into account (culture, history. and the tradition of the education setting).  

In this presentation detailed examples of how the teaching/learning cycle can be developed to fit into established curriculums in an EFL/ESL context. 

Details 
Date: 24 April 2019, Wednesday  
Time: 14:00 to 16:00 
Venue:  F1A11
               University of Nottingham Malaysia
               Jalan Broga 43500 Semenyih Selangor Darul Ehsan

About the speaker
Prof. Dr Joseph Foley is a Professor at the Assumption University of Thailand. He is attached with the Graduate School of Human Sciences, Graduate Programmes of English Language Teaching.

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University of Nottingham Malaysia
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