Some example of techniques in teaching process

A language teacher must know some techniques in order to the goal of teaching can be reached well. A good and correct technique used by teachers will make teaching learning in classroom run smoothly and enjoyable for students. Here are some examples of techniques in ELT classroom.

1. Repeat and re-phrase

- The repeat and re-phrase technique is effective in classrooms because a student may know various vocabulary words and now know the ones that the teacher is using. By using this technique the teacher exposes the student to new vocabulary that can be associated with the old to acquire a meaning.

- The repeat and re-phrase strategy is used in the classroom to promote, achieve, or ensure, understanding of a given topic, standard, or question.

For example: if a student doesn't understand the question "what is the meaning of an adjective?" Then the teacher can respond by either repeating, and/or if understanding is still not reached, re-phrasing the question to promote the student's application of knowledge. The question could be re-phrased as: "What does an adjective do?" This also helps with future questions as the student will better understand the meaning of the posed question.

Additionally, the repeat and re-phrase can be used to question for understanding by re-phrasing a sentence to check if the student properly understood the meaning of a particular word or concept. For example: "The girl avoided the water." Used to teach the vocabulary term "avoid."

Questioning for understanding could be phrased as: "If she avoided the water, then she isn't wet." The teacher can ask whether this is correct or not and the students can better understand what the term means and its uses.

2. Music and jazz chant activities

Music and jazz chant activities are effective in the classroom because it is easy for music to get stuck in one’s head. The music and jazz chant activities can be used during memorization activities. It is also can be as a means of participation to learn new words or short concepts, remembering lists, rules, and the like. This is a fantastic way to memorize the alphabet, periodic table, states, countries, etc.

The expected outcome is that students will more easily remember large amounts of important information. Students will be involved in the introduction of new material in a fun and interesting way.

3.  Visual aids, realia, maps, pictures, multimedia:

- Visual aids and the like are effective in that they can provide students with a better grasp of the concept than any other word. "This is the object that matches the word." No matter what level the student is, they can understand the relationship between the two and easily grasp the new word or concept. It is easy for a language class to become dull with repetition and writing. But, by implementing the use of various visual and audio aides the class can remain focused, but also entertained.

4. Cooperative Groups, Peer coaching:
- This technique optimizes personalized student learning time as each student can get personalized attention even if it is not given by the teacher. This is also helpful when the teacher is not suppose to be the focus of activities and instead can move from table to table and helps as needed. It creates a community setting and gets students into helping each other and learning from each other.

5. Pre-instruction activities (semantic webbing, graphic organizers, KWL charts):
- Pre-instruction activities are generally effective because they provide an easy break-in to new information. Additionally, they provide the students with notes, or something to look back on to relate the new information with the old so that the concept is easier to grasp. For instance, a chart may compare new materials with old thus drawing a line between to the two that the student can follow. These activities also draw the student into the new concept to keep them motivated and interested in what is being taught.

The pre-instruction technique could be applied in the introduction of a new concept or idea; or it can be applied to the planning of a project or paper that will be written by the student. Additionally, the teacher can use this technique to give instructions or notes on a topic that the student will later research and/or develop.

6. Listening game as a fun technique

 Kids in their age have a lot of energy to move. As a creative teacher it is better for you to benefit their energy to acquire English. One of the technique can be applied is by using listening game. This game actually appropriates for the kids to gain a new vocabulary or simple sentence construction. It can work in small or even large class.

7. Telling a Story as an Interesting technique

As a teacher, telling a story for kids is an interesting technique. It is because in their age, listening to a story is an interesting activity. With powerful teaching, the teacher can influence the kids to be the ones he or she wants to. There are some benefits the kids can take from storytelling. First, after having a storytelling the kids can differentiate some things whether they are good or even bad. Second, sometimes storytelling can improve the kids imagination of the things covered inside. At the last but not the least, storytelling often leads how the kids get their destiny.