Facilitating in Teaching English at The Senior Stage of Secondary School
Facilitating in Teaching English at The Senior Stage of Secondary School
LANGUAGES
FACILITATING IN TEACHING
ENGLISH AT THE SENIOR
STAGE OF SECONDARY
SCHOOL
Umbetkali A.D.
To be a facilitator of the teaching, one must have a special
outlook on life.
Facilitators are not artists and not stars;
these are people who put the needs and interests of students
first.
Carl Rogers
THE PURPOSE OF THE LECTURE:
To explore effective strategies and techniques for facilitating English
language learning at the senior stage of secondary school.
To provide practical examples and case studies that illustrate the successful
implementation of facilitation techniques in English language teaching at the
senior secondary school level.
LECTURE PLAN:
Introduction
1. What is facilitation and why is it needed?
2. How to use facilitation in learning?
3. Facilitation as a means of activating students' activities
4. Examples and case studies of facilitation methods in teaching
PROBLEM How to use facilitation in learning?
QUESTIONS:
How does facilitation help in the learning
What is facilitation and why
process and how to apply its methods and
is it needed?
techniques?
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Understanding that
Recognition that all the group itself is
students are initially capable of coping
Creating an smart, capable, Understanding with problems and
that a group Using the possible
atmosphere of willing, able to act obstacles if an
can make a resistance of the
trust, respect effectively and solve effective format is
better decision group as energy for
and openness problems. provided and an
than a loner. development and
. effective way is
gaining experience.
taught.
WHAT TASKS DOES FACILITATION SET FOR
THE TEACHER?
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dvantages
A
Enhanced Student Individualized
Engagement: Learning:
THIS TECHNOLOGY
IS BASED ON
a process that allows you to SEVERAL
effectively organize a discussion of The purpose of the work of the facilitation
PRINCIPLES:
the situation without wasting time; group may be to solve a training task.
Classic
Discuss Metaplan Discuss
brainstorming
Facilitation
technologies:
"World Café" Read
Method
technology Various
group
exercises Listen
and
techniques
Notes Method Discuss Summarize
01 1. Combine different
visions of the situation
and possible solutions
4. Give students the 04
opportunity to feel like a
into a single picture
team involved in the
within a short period of
development of an
time. Set priorities.
important decision.
Facilitation lessons
allow you to solve
02 2. To hear and take
into account the the following
opinion of all students,
including the "silent
tasks:
ones".
5. To increase the
level of trust of
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students among
themselves and to
the teacher
03 3. Give the
authoritarian leader
an opportunity to
hear alternative
opinions.
Attributes of the concept of "facilitation":
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not interested in the does not offer its does not participate does not provide
outcome of the own schemes of in debates, but only answers to
discussion; action, its own organizes them, questions, does not
stereotype of ensures the offer solutions to
perception, its own implementation of problems, but
view of the the agenda; provides means by
problem; which the
participants of the
interaction
themselves find a
solution.
Facilitation What should
at school
1. 3. teachers know?
So, facilitation at school involves: you need to follow the following
• individual approach of the rules:
teacher to each student; 1. Be sincere and truthful (a teacher-
• creating a positive school space facilitator in relations with
built on justice, trust and respect; schoolchildren should be what he is
outside of work).
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Critical Thinking Lifelong Learning
Critical Thinking: It promotes critical Lifelong Learning: Facilitation instills a
thinking skills by challenging students to love for learning, encouraging students to
analyze, evaluate, and apply knowledge, continue their education beyond the
enhancing their problem-solving abilities. classroom and adapt to new challenges.
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2. HOW TO USE 06
Independence Individualized Learning
Independence: Facilitation empowers
students to take responsibility for their
facilitation Individualized Learning: It allows for personalized learning
in learning?
experiences, catering to each student's needs and interests, which
learning, building self-confidence and self- can be particularly beneficial in a diverse classroom.
reliance. In summary, facilitation in teaching English shifts the focus from a
teacher-centered approach to a student-centered one, ultimately
leading to more engaged, empowered, and effective English
language learners.
Developmental Changes
Developmental Changes: They undergo significant cognitive, emotional, and
social development, seeking greater autonomy and self-identity.
DISTINCT reasoning, making them more receptive to critical analysis and abstract concepts in
English.
CHARACTERISTICS
AND EDUCATIONAL Preparation for Future
NEEDS: Preparation for Future: They are at a critical juncture, preparing for higher
education or entering the workforce. English language skills are crucial for their
future endeavors.
Increased Autonomy
Increased Autonomy: Senior students often have more autonomy in their
learning, requiring educators to support and guide rather than dictate.
Diverse English Proficiency Intellectual Engagement
Diverse English Proficiency: Students Intellectual Engagement: Senior
may have varying levels of English students are intellectually curious
proficiency, making differentiation a and can engage deeply with complex
challenge. texts and topics.
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Such a teacher is able to work Such a teacher is tolerant of
in complex teams, with uncertainty, ready for risk,
people whose behavior may able to change without
be different, since it is based changing himself. Such a
on different principles. Such a teacher has the ability to act
teacher is ready for changes and navigate independently,
in a changing world, which see the results of his actions
means he is open to various and correct them.
opportunities and entering
into different types of
activities.
The place of facilitation 1 2
in competence-based
The most intensive These can be competence-
education development of pedagogical based trainings, project
facilitation occurs in specially schools, and personal
organized activities, such as potential development
extracurricular activities and classes.
additional education.
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Facilitation technologies, Facilitation is a process
which are based on proactive, through which we can learn
problematic activities, are to love ourselves and
based on a dialogical, contribute to the
personal-semantic and development of the student.
emotional-psychological
basis, are well-suited in the
course of work.
STAGES OF THE
FACILITATION METHOD
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Focus on discussion Evaluation of ideas
Generating ideas Constructiveness, efficiency,
effectiveness of the idea
Formulation of the What do we have now? Clustering of ideas Action plan for the
key question Each participant develops the
implementation of the solution
idea of another participant Ideas are divided into groups.
What do we want? How to Each group is assigned a name Roadmap for the execution of
improve..? How to get..? the decision
FACILITATION ALGORITHM: