Abstract
Teaching is to create environment for students to learn. However, there are times when students become reluctant to learn. One reason is the given learning tasks are irrational. A good example in the ELT context is a common reading comprehension class in which the teacher gets the students to produce oral or written answers to a series of ‘wh’ questions that follow a reading passage. It is too demanding. This paper aims to propose EFL learning tasks that adopt (or adapt) option-based techniques in an attempt to facilitate students’ learning. The paper begins with the rationale behind the adoption of each technique. Then, it discusses things to consider when preparing the tasks. A selected sample of such techniques for ELT will be presented in the last part of the paper.Keywords : Option-base tasks, ELT, techniques
Highlights
This paper is based genuinely on the writer’s ideas, expriences as a teacher trainer and partly on his survey
According to the writer’s survey study, in relation with the classroom activities, the teachers practising peer-teaching during in-service training in the teacher certification program were poor in the use of teaching media, did not offer appetizing learning activities, and used no hand-outs but one particular book at hands
Most of the lesson time was spent by the students listening to the teacher and writing few points (Suwartono, 2009)
Summary
This paper is based genuinely on the writer’s ideas, expriences as a teacher trainer and partly on his survey. In helping the students arrive at meaning, a vocabulary development employing multiple choice exercises is an alternative technique to avoid shift to mother tongue, which means communicativeness is maintained, linguistic input/exposure is supported, and students are made to stay tuned They sooner or later will see the need to follow the content being spoken or written in the target language during the lessons. With this technique the students spend less time giving the response, because they just, for example, check the box before each option Included in this technique are (S)ame - (D)ifferent, (T)rue - (F)alse, and other binary questions often found in listening skill exercises as can be seen below: jumbled words or sentences is perhaps a good idea. In a writing class, sequencing could be a good step to take for writing competence development
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