TESOL Mid-Term Assignment

B. Consider any 3 of the following situations and discuss how you might handle them.

1. One or more students are not participating or engaged in the lesson.

If there are just one or two students disengaged in the lesson, then I will check if there is any
external issue disrupting the students or there is a problem with his/her cognitive skills. However, if
the majority of students are disengaged then I need to conduct a formative assessment of my
teaching approach to see where the problem lies and to improve the quality of instruction.

I will try to engage my learners by:

 Informing them early on in class what I am going to teach and the usefulness of the lesson
 Using a combination of different teaching methods and strategies
 Connecting teaching to real life situation of the students using realistic examples and case
scenarios
 Asking the students questions or their opinions about the topic so that they can contribute
to the learning process
 Dividing the students into groups so that they can learn from each other through discussions
 Handing them worksheets with fill up the gaps, handouts with information which they can
refer to during the lecture.

2. You have assigned a task, and some of the students have already completed it, but others are
still working.

For the students who have already completed their assignments, I will ask them to hand over their
work and assist me in completing the activity in the classroom by collecting worksheet or workbook
etc. This will keep them busy so that they won’t go around disturbing other children in the class.

This will take care of the discipline issue and also boost the student’s self-confidence and in turn will
also nurture a sense of responsibility in the students.

When the other students who finish late sees that the ones who finish their task early gets to help
the teachers with the activities of the class, they will try to complete their own work early the next
time so that they get similar opportunities.

3. A group of students come into the classroom after the lesson has begun.

I will ask the students the reason for their being late for class. And until their reasons are genuine I
will inform them that next time they are supposed to manage their schedule to be on time for the
class. I will instruct them to take their seats silently without disturbing others.

I will also inform them that their late arrival disrupts the chain of thoughts that are being discussed
in the classroom and also diverts the students’ attention.

To prevent late comers, I will try to keep important things at the beginning of the class such as a
small quiz which carries points, or assigning an assignment at the onset of the class so that the
students know they can’t miss these important activities.