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The following is a list of teaching methods, learning activities and teaching aids. They have been suggested by teachers and trainers (from various backgrounds and disciplines) during training sessions I have conducted. They have been sorted into VISUAL, AUDITORY and KINAESTHETIC categories.
Click here for the unsorted list or sorted according to Multiple Intelligences.
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Audio-tapes |
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Audio-visual |
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Brainstorming |
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Buzz groups |
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Case studies |
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Cassettes |
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CD-ROM |
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Charts |
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Competitions |
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Computer presentations (Powerpoint) |
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Computer program |
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Debate |
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Demonstration - presenting |
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Diagrams - interpreting |
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Diagrams – making |
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Dictation |
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Discussion |
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Drama |
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Drawing and sketching |
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Estimating |
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Experiments |
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Explanation – student-led |
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Explanation – teacher-led |
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Field trip |
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Film |
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Games |
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Group exercises |
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Handouts |
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Hands on |
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Illustrations |
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Imagining |
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Instruction |
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Interactive whiteboard |
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Internet research |
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Language laboratory |
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Lecture |
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Listening |
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Maps - making |
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Maps – using and interpreting |
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Measuring |
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Mind-maps – interpreting |
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Mind-maps – making |
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Model-making |
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Models - observing |
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Music – composing and performing |
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Music – creating mood |
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Music – listening and interpreting |
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Note-taking |
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Observation |
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One to one |
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Open learning |
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Photographs |
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Physical representation |
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Pictures |
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Posters |
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Practical activity |
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Predicting |
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Presentation |
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Problem-solving |
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Project |
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Radio – listening |
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Radio – programme production |
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Reading |
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Recording data |
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Repetition |
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Researching |
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Resource-based learning |
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Role-play |
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Rote learning |
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Seminars |
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Simulation |
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Slide-show |
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Songs and raps |
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Sorting and classifying |
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Storytelling |
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Talk |
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Tapes |
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Television |
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Tutorial |
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Video - making |
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Video – watching |
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Visit (to museum, location, etc.) |
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Visiting speaker / expert |
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Wipeboard |
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Workbooks |
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Workshops |
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