Capstone Case Study 2 Presentation

Presentation on Case Study 2

Krishna K. Bista PSE 6699

Observation Locale Undergraduate English Classes  ENG 4428: The Age of Johnson  ENG 2206: World literature after 1660  ENG 1101: Comp and Modern English

Problem found in the class High Involvement Style in the Class

High Involvement Style  Mostly teacher lead discussion groups  Frequent interruption in students’ quires

and/or presentation  Lack of situations in which students can interact and share information  mostly non-native students remain silent and raise no questions  lecture mode presentation

Features of High Involvement Style  Prefer personal topics  Shift topics abruptly  Faster rate of speech  Faster turn taking  Avoiding inter-turn pauses  Cooperative overlap  Marked voice quality (Tennen, 2005)

Causes of Problems  language anxiety and comfort with silence in

NNS  W/O sociolinguistics and geographical background for instructors  Different learning style in American classroom setting (Int’l vs. American)  Personality characteristics (Extroverts vs. Introverts)

Causes of problems: Teachers’ point of view:  Diversity students and subject matters  Perception of teacherly world  Technology & classroom activity design  Gap between “local knowledge” and

“standard requirement”

Solution of the problem:  Setting up a flexible learner-centered    

environmentent in literature classes knowledge of cross cultural students & their learning styles Well-designed multiple classroom activities to accommodate different learning styles Use of technology and wide range of teaching materials Other factors—age, intelligence, personality and motivation

Teaching

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