Teaching Seminar 丨Sharing on Active Learning

Li Meng, an English teacher from BRFLS recently shared her teaching ideas about active learning in a group meeting. Guided by Li Meng, other teachers within the group held a heated discussion on how to improve the teaching efficiency of English classes.

（Active learning is experiential, mindful, and engaging.

Through it you can explore a set of learning experiences that can be more effective and interesting, and you can take more responsibility for your education.）

During the meeting, Li Meng shared with us a few teaching methods that encourage active learning.

1. Questioning to activate learning：

Image questions

¢ See—what do you see?

¢ Think— what do you think?

¢ Wonder—what do you wonder?

The Socratic Method

¢ Clarify

¢ Challenge assumptions

¢ Probe for evidence and reasons

¢ Consider different viewpoints and perspectives

¢ Consider implications and consequences

¢ Question the question

Application: Do you think it is right to do animal testing?

¢ Clarify—what did you mean when you said animal testing was wrong?

¢ Challenge assumptions—does this mean that you think animal testing is always wrong or could there be some situations where it is right?

¢ Probe for evidence and reasons—what examples can you give to demonstrate that animal testing is wrong?

¢ Consider different viewpoints and perspective—do you think other people view animal testing as wrong? Why might their view be different?

¢ Consider implications and consequences– what if animal testing was made illegal?

¢ Question the question—would you still describe animal testing as wrong?

 2. Applying active learning to writing classes:

          ¢ Wind blows. Sails fill. Journey begins.

¢ A thousand wrinkles. A thousand stories.

¢ In the end, everything simply began.

¢ “Goodbye mission control. Thanks for trying.”

¢ Knife hidden, he rings the doorbell.

Now, are you ready for your own six words stories？

Look at the picture below, and compose a story with six words: