ELT 2

Department of English organized the three days’ session of Prof. Atanu Bhattacharya on ELT. Atanu sir is a Professor and also a Dean of Central University of Gujarat. We had his lectures for 3 days ( 25^th,26^th,27^th January, 2020.)

The topics which were taught by Atanu sir:-

Ø History of English language Teaching -2

Ø ELT:- Principles and Concepts

Ø Language Teaching

Ø Historical perspective in English Teaching:- Western Perspective

Ø The Audio – Lingual Method or Audio Visual Method

Ø Communicative Language Teaching : (CLT)

Ø Task – Based Teaching

Ø Computer Assisted Language Teaching

Ø Doing Teaching Task in class

Ø Rubric Evaluation through watching the videos

Ø Future of English Studies

History of English language Teaching 2

Sir talked about the historical perspectives of English Language Teaching. He talked about periods like:

·       Classical

·       Middle Ages

·       12^th – 15^th centuries 

·       Renaissance

·       17^th ,18^th , 19^th centuries

·       19^th and early 20^th

He gave some examples of logical reasoning.

v Socrates is a man.

v Socrates is Mortal

v All men are Mortal

So we can say that All men are Mortal. And Socrates is a man. So, Socrates is Mortal.

He also talked about the Testing, Evaluation, and Assessment.

§  What is Testing?

Test is an inevitable element of learning process and plays a significant role especially in language learning. It is a reliable way by which a teacher can evaluate his or her student’s knowledge of something which he/she has taught them. The students also get a chance to prove their skill or competence of what they have learnt. So it is significant for both the learner and the teacher.

§  What is Evaluation?

Evaluation is the structured interpretation and giving of meaning to predicted or actual impacts of proposal or results. It looks at original objectives, and at what is either predicted or what was accomplished and how it was accomplished. So evaluation can be Formative, that is taking place during the development of a concept or proposal, project or organization, with the intention of improving the value or effectiveness of the proposal, projected, or organization. It can also be Summative, drawing lessons from a complicated action or project or an organization at a later point in time or circumstances.

§  What is Assessment?

The assessment cycle first plans and formulate a plan to teach students. Secondly, use the plan to effectively do the task of teaching. Thirdly, check whether outcomes the work is according to the plan and outcomes met or not? Lastly, teacher a way to use the learned knowledge.

Assessment is a process which follows a set of four components. These four stages or components are Plan, Do, Check and act. It is a process to evaluate the student’s performance. Besides, it is an orderly process. This uses a test to check the student’s performance. It divides  into many types.

§ Types of Assessment

Formative Assessment

It is an essential part of teaching and learning. It does not add to the final marks given for the unit; instead, it up into learning through given advice. Also, it points out what is good about the work and what is not?

Similarly, it also affects what the students and teacher will plan in the future of learning.

Summative Assessment

It shows the amount of learners’ success in meeting the assessment. Also, it contributes to the final marks given for the unit. These are conducted at the end of units. In Addition, it provides data for selection for the next level.

The logic and dependability of summative assessment are of great importance. It can also provide information that has formative value.

Work Integrated Assessment

This type of Assessment is where the tasks and situations are closely associated with what you experience. It helps to develop student’s skills and capabilities along with educational development.

Diagnostic Assessment

Just like formative Assessment, diagnostic assessments intended to improve learner’s knowledge. Besides, it looks backward rather than looking forward. It reviews what the learner knows and difficulty that they are facing in learning.

Dynamic Assessment

It measures what students can achieve when teaches about unfamiliar topic or field. An example can be teaching students Spanish for a short while. It helps to see how students who do not have any prior knowledge adopt it.

Synoptic Assessment

It gives confidence students to unite elements of their learning from different parts of a paln and to show their build up knowledge and thoughtful of a topic or subject area.

Criterion – referenced Assessment

The performance of every student is judged by a specific principle. It should be strictly seen that other student’s performance should not be taken into account.

Ipsative Assessment

It measures the performance of the student in comparison to his previous performance. Also, it helps in keeping in check how well they are undertaking their tasks. Ipsative connect with efforts to enhance motivation to learn.

Future of English Studies

In the evening, we had a merge session. In this session he talked about Future of English Studies. He explained some points like:

   A short History of English Studies Foundation

   Institutionalised Initiatives

   Linguistic Explorations

   Visual Cultures:  Film Studies

   Asian Literature

(Khan)

Bibliography

Khan, Athar. What is Assessment? 1 July 2019. 2 january 2020 <https://www.toppr.com/bytes/types-of-assessment/>.