15 enriching minutes with Paul Seligson
Full of great advice, viewpoints and recommendations for teachers
Full of great advice, viewpoints and recommendations for teachers
The British teacher Paul Seligson who has been TEFLing since 1978 as well as being a MATEFL assessor and LCCI examiner, and freelance trainer came to visit UCG representing Richmond Publishing.
1.- Do you think Behaviour should be included as part of the grade? "If you don’t reward effort and progress in life, why will they make the effort? That’s nonsense. Behaviour and grades go hand in hand. I would give a 10% to attendance and homework. At this point high school students need to be motivated to keep moving forward. Even though no matter how hard they try, if they don’t progress you can’t pass them and if that’s the case you must forewarn them that they are going to fail.
2.- Advice 2: "Moving on to an efficient group management Paul said that we should get rid of the traditional class participation, remarking that the strong ones can’t survive at the expense of the weak ones...He answered that Pair work and group work are the keys with a proper monitoring stage."
3.- What do you think about punishing dishonesty with grades? "For example if you find a student cheating on a test, would you punish him? Paul said: I prefer for a student to copy the answers in the book rather than do nothing. Copying leads to more learning than doing nothing, making clear that our task is to have them realize what they are doing is cheating on themselves, they are not cheating somebody else."
By: Jorge Jimenez (International Education Student)
1 comment:
Hi - Interesting interview, however, I do not agree with Paul. Most English programs are aligning with the Common European Framework CAN DO statements. That means these programs set performance goals for their students. Grades based on performance assessment indicate what students CAN DO. If you add attitude and effort, then no one knows what grades mean. What do you think?
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