Simple Approaches that EMI Teachers Can Take: A Case Study Huang: Follow-on Activity

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I’ve noticed that I am often tired when I leave my classroom, and interestingly, the students don’t seem tired at all.

Hint

I feel a bit confused. I wonder if I am doing too much e.g., helping the students too much, or talking too much. There’s a lot of literature on teacher talk and the kinds of things that teachers say in class, which can either encourage learning or in fact discourage it. Steve Walsh discusses this in his work, so I need to read more.

Hint

I’d like to record one of my lessons and just see how much teacher talk I’m doing. But maybe I need to read a bit more around the area, so that I know what to focus on when I watch my recording.

After that, maybe I can try changing one or two things, e.g., stop myself from giving the answers and have a longer waiting time…or try to add  more problem solving tasks so that the focus is taken away from me and rather, placed on the students.