TEACHING AND LEARNING

RESOURCES:FORMAL AND INFORMAL

CONTEXTS MUSTHEENA K B.Ed ENGLISH

TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES IN FORMAL CONTEXT

• Formal learning resource occurs in

institutional settings such as schools and

colleges where learning is a major goal.

• Formal education is classroom based

education provided by trained teachers.

• Somecourses may adopt a more learner

centered approach focussing on the goals

of the learners.

• An established curriculum will be there.

1. TEXT BOOK .

2. COURSE BOOK

3. STORY BOOK

4. DICTIONARY

5. SOURCE BOOK

SOME OF THE FORMAL LEARNING RESOURCES

TEXT BOOK

Textbook is any type of book that is used academically. They are helpful for both teachers and students.

COURSE BOOKCourse book is a book that is

required for a particular course. it provides an outline of all the lessons.

STORY BOOKIn storybooks some abstract concepts are symbolised using text and images.

DICTIONARYDictionaries are handy resources

for researching different meanings, collections, examples of use and standard pronounciation.

SOURCE BOOKSourcebook is used to describe many different kinds of books such as collection of core articles, bibliographies, biographies, directories and so on.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

RESOURCES IN INFORMAL CONTEXT

• Informal learning is referred to as learning by experience or just as experience.• Informal learning is related to

incidental learning.• It usually takes place outside

educational establishments.• It is often spontaneous and there

is no formal curriculum.• It has no set objective and is

never intentional from the learner’s standpoint.

1. LIBRARY2. E-BOOK3. FILM4. BLOG5. LANGUAGE INSTITUTION6. MUSEUMS7. SPOKEN ENGLISH CENTRES8. LITERARY CLUBS9. THEATRE10. E-LIBRARY11. SOCIETY AS LANGUAGE LAB

SOME OF THE INFORMAL LEARNING RESOURCES

LIBRARY

FILMFilm is an excellent teaching and learning tool. It is an important art form, a source of entrtainment and a powerful medium for educating citizens.

LANGUAGE INSTITUTION

SPOKEN ENGLISH CENTRES

LANGUAGE LABEnglish language lab is a network based teaching software designed to improve teaching environments in the computer lab.

THEATRE

Theatre is a collborative form of fine art that uses live performersto present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

The knowledge about teaching-learning resources helps the teachers to make the language teaching more effective through text books, e-library, films etc.

CONCLUSION