PRESENTATION
REVIEW OF A CALSS & PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE
In this presentation:
• Part A:
• A description of the class
The content
The class delivery
The activities
The tutor’s role
• Learning outcomes of the class
• A critique A critique of the current effectiveness of the class
A general critique
A profile of the student
How does the class meet our student's needs?
What could be improved about the learning or teaching?
PART A
1. A description of the class
The content
1.
The content
1 The first unit of the book (Alif Baa)
2 In 17 pages the unit gives an introduction
to Arabic language.
3 The whole unit is usually covered in 240
minutes
The class delivery
1.
The class delivery
1 A Blended class – flipped classroom
2 The student is required to do some
home-works online and offline before
showing up on the next session.
The tutor’s role
1.
The Tutor’s role
1 Determining the students’ home-works
for the next session
2 Giving the proper guidance in technical
issues
3 Facilitate the activity performing.
The activities
1.
The activities
Thanks to the companion website, the text book,
and the supporting material that are provided;
most of the activities can be performed by the
student solely, however, the directions in
between parentheses encourage the students to
maintain the balance and self-pace on the long
run.
The activities
Here’s some screen shots of the
activates and their directions form:
PART A
Learning outcomes of the class
The learning outcomes:
1 Recognizing Arabic scripts
2 Recognizing Arabic sounds
3 Establishing the student with the transliteration system
4 Familiarizing the student with the formal and informal (dialects) Arabic
5 Practicing common greetings in Arabic
6 Practicing self-introduction in Arabic (formal and informal)
7 Getting exposed to Arabic culture : first lesson :Saying Hello
PART A
A critique of the current effectiveness
of the class
A general critique
3.
A profile of the student
3.
For more information about the student profile, please find the attachement: persona
Name: Rajiv,
Age: 39 year old male
From: Kerala, India is
Current statues: expatriate, in Al-Khobar city, Saudi Arabia
Profession: salesman and technician
Reason behind learning Arabic: he wishes to be able to speak Arabic as soon as he can because he can see that he is missing a lot of potential clients and opportunities because of lacking thereof.
Typical Profile
How does it meet the student need
3.
How does it meet the student need
1 The blended class in the form of flipped classroom forces the students to think and reflect for a quite enough period before starting the actual application of the content
2 While all adult learners are goal oriented and seek to learn the language as soon as possible, the weight on the learner in such an approach makes the learning in most situation the responsibility of the learner him/herself which is quite suitable for the professional learners like ours.
What could be improved about the
learning or teaching?
3.
Suggested improvement about the teaching
Teaching learning skills such as active
reading can improve the learning
outcomes as the student apply them
gradually and effectively.
RESOURCES
THANK YOU!