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!!!