ELTAlgeria

2009-02-06T16:28:00.000+01:00

Classroom Management and Discipline Problems

2009-01-12T20:33:00.001+01:00

Have you ever held onto anger or annoyance from disruptions in class? Have you ever gone to bed upset over the behaviour of a student and the next day found yourself still annoyed? If so, you are making your own life miserable and possibly adding to further misbehaviours.What do you think?
Share with us your experience, and tell us how you managed to handle with the situation.

Teaching Grammar within the CBA

2008-10-11T22:46:00.001+01:00

Holding a recent coordination meeting with colleagues at our school, teachers raised an interesting point about teaching grammar within the CBA. Teachers claimed that teaching inductive grammar to students who have undergone reform seems to be most appropriate. Yet, dealing with grammar as such differs from one teacher to another. While some prefer getting students to rely on their own competencies in answering grammar desk questions and referring to the grammar refrence for more understanding of the point before moving to practice, other teachers see that it would be more convenient to lead students slowly dealing with the pattern, i.e. going through presentation throughout practice tasks that enable students to deduce a reminder on their own. What led us to raise the point to ELTAlgeria is the fact that we found that many other teachers do share the same diverging points of view.

C.Boukhiar

Reform in Education: A Challenge

2008-09-21T13:17:00.003+01:00

The world is witnessing a great change as we are living in the information age. A country that doesn’t cope with this change could be left behind if it does not modernize the education system. This information age will not only allow stakeholders to prepare a knowledgeable and well-trained workforce, but form the good citizens as well.
So, reform in education is vital as it plays a central role in the development of a society. Education is critical to a nation’s growth because it develops the minds of the young to be useful citizens. It must include teaching the young how to think for themselves and to have confidence in their knowledge, and how to be tolerant and open-minded. These students are to be accompanied with highly motivated teachers who are well-versed in communication. These teachers must be kept abreast with new teaching methodologies through research, self-education, training and continued learning, which become integral parts of the school reform.
One has to be aware that reform in education is not an easy task; it is, however, a long-term process that requires focused objectives, perseverance in their implementation and the application of the knowledge gained from the experience of others, if necessary. There is no shame to incorporate foreign practices if the benefit is resulted from it.
There is also no shame if weaknesses are discovered. It is, I believe, a sign of strength to admit that three or four years of school reform have not achieved the assigned objectives. In this situation, one has to consider critics and reports to learn how to implement the reform in the most efficient way involving the contribution of the experts in the field. In collaboration, these experts will revise and update the teaching-learning materials. Any problem in the school reform needs to be remedied starting at the very beginning, particularly when it relates to the future of a nation.
It is imperative for a nation, trying to implement a school reform, to learn from these significant lessons in order to pave the way for the new generation to reach the dream of a better future and contribute to modern civilization.

M.Louznadji

Back to School

2008-08-28T23:23:00.006+01:00

After a 'quiet' summer, the alarm bell announcing that first day of school can be a rude or a happy awakening. Whether you are a new or experienced teacher, heading back to school signals a time of transition: new students, new colleagues, new schedules, new syllabus as well as new official instructions. This new professional scene can make you feel either excited or stressful, or both at the same time.
' Dread it or love it ', we have to go to school and try to make, right from the beginning, a kind of transition from summer to school a little easier.
What is your biggest Back to School hurdle? What solutions work for you?

Baccalaureate 2008

2008-07-01T21:17:00.004+01:00

We have just finished correcting the English Baccalaureate papers, and I'd like to congratulate all the teachers of English who have participated in the correction phase on their excellent work.Let me wish you 'NICE HOLIDAYS'.
Louznadji

Assessment for Learning

2008-04-24T17:27:00.003+01:00

“In the first years of the implementation of the reform, teachers are confronted with very complex and challenging tasks. They have to teach and at the same time learn what and how to teach at a rapid rate. They are not only trying to discover the new language outcomes, but also to apply the new approach and strategies. In addition, they are refining and adapting their teaching practices through continuous reflection, assessment and learning over time. Moreover, assessing their own performance will help them know better the effectiveness of their teaching practices. They need these first years to improve and become the knowledgeable educators we expect them to be.”

Mr.Louznadji, Algerian Inspector General of English .

The School of Life

2008-03-24T00:15:00.002+01:00

The school of Life movie is a really inthraling story that tells not only about the teaching system in the United States of America, but it teaches us as simple viewers how to be tolerant and caring towards others pain through actions that are performed by witty spirited characters. In fact there is a strong concern issue within the movie something which pushes one to wonder whether teaching itself could be positively beneficial for students, tomorrow citizens, when the traditional procedure is used or the modern one while teaching, and does the teacher's age really matter?

The School of Life Review

2008-03-24T00:12:00.003+01:00

Two different speeches about education were given by two teachers from different generations but they have the same meaning; to believe in miracles is to believe that we don’t have limitations as far as knowledge is concerned. Education is not a set of rules; Mr.Norman considers it as fantasy while Mr.D describes it as fiction. Mr.Norman said: “There is one thing that even old age can’t take away, and that is the gift of teaching, the miracles that we see everyday in the eyes of those who open your minds to the world of knowledge.”

“Education is truly a hero’s journey. To go to school is like the Star Wars movie… We need to get ready to go to a battle against the evil empire, now the evil empire is not our school, our parents or even a question of a meal in a cafeteria, the evil empire is a belief, it is believing that we have limitations, you don’t.”, Said Mr.D

The film seems to compare the young teacher and the old one, the traditional and the modern methods of teaching; we get involved in Mr.Matt’s jealousy, and the open mindedness of the young man, but if we remember Mr.Norman’s sentence before his death: “ There is one thing that even old age can’t take away, and that is the gift of teaching” then this man appears in a photo with Michael as a member of the young teachers’ club, we should not understand that Mr.D is a young , cool teacher who has been so appreciated by students because he was applying new methods, we had, indeed “the privilege of knowing a young man so empowered by the spirit of knowledge that he invites miracles” as Mr.Norman wrote 15 years before.In the meantime, this young man had the privilege of being taught by this gifted teacher, and 15 years later he said: “Mr. Norman was my master, the greatest lesson he taught me was that I was my own teacher and I was my own master. And what I hope to teach to all of you is to not worry about what you are doing because it doesn’t matter, worry about who you are being.”

ICT Use in the Classroom

2008-03-22T12:28:00.003+01:00

Each day brings new examples of how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is reshaping the lives of people around the world. To one degree or another, the digital revolution has arrived in just about every corner of our country.
The promotion of ICT use in Algerian secondary schools started in 2004. Such use has become a statuary requirement with the introduction of the Competency-based approach (CBA). So, most schools are equipped with data-logging equipment and have at least one computer room.
Coping with the change, many teachers are getting involved since the use of ICT facilitates their job, makes their lessons more efficient, frees them from paperwork and gives students a better learning experience…
Can you tell us about your experience with the use of ICT in your classes and how it has contributed to the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process?

Project Pedagogy

2008-03-05T20:04:00.002+01:00

·A project is a creative way for learners to apply the language they have learned in class.

·In the project, learners choose what they want to do and how to do it.

·They show their capacities when demonstrating that they have mastered the objectives assigned.

·A project pedagogy makes new needs emerge continuously.

.It implies disciplinary and extra disciplinary types of knowledge.

·A project is a divided and complementary task where students learn how to work in groups, how to cooperate and how to feel that they can do something.
For further reading visit ELTAlgeria at The Project Pedagogy Rubric

Teachers' Questions

2008-03-03T18:53:00.002+01:00

ELTAlgeria will be pleased to share teachers' worries and respond to their needs; as it is said:"A problem shared is a problem halved"
So please don't hesitate to share with your colleagues through this website and blog.
Our target is the learner, and our mission is a better education for the future generation.

Question of the Month

2008-02-10T19:42:00.000+01:00

In your point of view, how could 'eltalgeria' website contribute to the teaching of English as a foreign language?

Welcome to ELTAlgeria

2008-01-13T22:14:00.001+01:00

Challenges- Sharing - Improvement

- Invitation -

Eltalgeria is a newly created educational website, which has just been launched this year 2008. It is open to all educators who want to share and improve their existing knowledge and capacities. You are invited to visit eltalgeria website and discover its rubrics which include:official documents, ELT articles, teachers portfolio, teaching materials, publications,question of the month, teaching quotes as well as songs and poems for teaching. You are not only invited to visit eltalgeria and give your first impressions to help us improve, but also contribute teaching materials to keep the ball rolling on the right track. Make sure that your membership is our strength, your contribution is our hope and your cooperation is our faith to our noble mission.

You can see the site here: http://www.eltalgeria.webs.com/

Please be sure to share this invitation with any educator who believes in our principles. We believe that "The future belongs to educators who dare"

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