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ACTION PLANSamina Imran Khan
DA College for Women – Ph VIII
English, Intermediate level
LONG- TERM GOAL:
•Adopt Innovative, technology based approaches to enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills in the students.
SHORT-TERM GOALS:
To inculcate critical thinking in the students, enabling them to face 21st Century challenges.
To use activity based tasks for improving listening, speaking, writing and reading comprehension.
To encourage peer sharing and learning. To make English Language Teaching
purposeful and shifting the focus of students fro m exams to real life learning.
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKS: I will provide more
opportunities for the students to answer questions that require Higher Order Thinking Skills.
I will provide students with opportunities for peer sharing and learning.
I will motivate the students to learn English as useful tool for communication in the real world.
I will give more opportunities of group and panel discussion and persuasive speech in the classroom.
I will create learner centered environment, where my role would be to facilitate positive language learning skills through interesting activities.
SOLUTIONS TO ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES:CHALLENGES:a. Large classesb. I don’t own a laptopc. Electricity Failured. Limited time for course
completione. Resistance to learn
innovatively as at intermediate level students are exam oriented
f. No facility for photocopying the hand outs
g. Non availability of OHPs and Multimedia in the classrooms
h. Lack of strength and energy due to number of classes every day
SOLUTIONS:a. Group workb. Can work at home
computerc. Can only pray for
improvementd. Smart time managemente. Motivate the students
and appraise them with significance of English Language
f. CR to share the responsibility for the class
g. College Administrationh. College Administration
TIMELINE
August- I will work on motivating the
students and work on creating collaborative
groups
September- Introduce with
activities on listening and speaking
October- focus on reading
comprehension
November- Focus on teaching writing
December- Assessments will be conducted to gauge
the progress of learning in the
students
TIMELINE CONT…
January- I will focus on integrating language skills with
higher order thinking skills
February- Group and panel discussions will be elicited for
enhanced reading and writing skills
March- I would successfully adopt 21st
Century teaching approach in my
classroom
April- Final assessments
RESOURCES:
Fellow teachers teaching the same course Internet Word processor, Multimedia Intel Teach Programme Getting Started
Course manual My own potential-TESOL teaching material
being used in teaching MA English Class
CONCLUSION:
Its never too late to adopt innovative approaches !
By implementing 21st century approach to teaching the process of critical thinking will evolve in the students and they will learn to face the practical world effectively and confidently.
A PRAYER!
I hope that I am able to achieve my target despite of all the expected hurdles,
successfully!!!