Sandanona May 26, 2009

Heekyung Yoo / MAT 40 SIT Graduate Institute

Teacher Talking Time (TTT)

Student Talking Time (STT)

Importance of STT in EFL environment

Gap between Knowing and Doing

Sharing “HOWs”

Ways of maximizing quality STT (Ss meaningful language production)

Ways of making TTT more effective

Is that the only way of doing it?

List when TTT is necessary in classrooms

If not, what other alternatives

did you use or would you use?

Minimizing only verbal, unnecessarily long TTT

=> Increased Ss language production

Maximizing student-centered time

=> Ss silent moments for processing learning

=> Ss better understanding and learning

In your class, what did you do to increase STT? What are some useful activities or skills you often use to increase quality STT?

Do you think STT is important? If so, why do you think it is important?

** After sharing your ideas with your group members, choose one or two to share with other groups.**

What are some characteristics of useful

activities and skills do you identify?

Topics related to students lives Purposefully prepared activities

Comfortable class atmosphere

Necessary language knowledge

Interaction & Natural conversation

(group or pair work)

Does “being native English speakers” guarantee better or best English teachers?

- Input from teachers is just a part of Ss learning

- Learning occurs when Ss do something, experience something and reflect something on their own. Deep and thorough understanding about Ss language learning matters