| Teachers are putting aside the chalk and board for | | | | stream students. Teachers decided to engage |
| free thinking. The dramatic change in pedagogy in | | | | students to explore all aspects of language by using |
| keeping with students to voice their opinions and | | | | simple literary texts. They designed their own tasks |
| some are even letting them to decide what are their | | | | and activities centred on these flash cards that using |
| interest. The schools want to nurture a generation | | | | students in learning, appreciating and using English. |
| that can think for themselves and have the ability to | | | | Schools require not only good use of English but also |
| generate ideas and solutions. | | | | model teachers who are able to guide and motivate |
| Today's knowledge-based world demands that | | | | their students to master the language. By being |
| students abandon its top-down, teacher-centred | | | | interested in their students and in teaching , language |
| mode of teaching for a student-focused system that | | | | learning is profoundly influenced by one's social |
| develops every child's talent. Many teachers are | | | | environment. This environment comprises at least |
| turning to buzzwords such as free discussions, | | | | four groups of participants : ( a ) the student's peer |
| project-based learning and creative thinking to shape | | | | groups in and out of the school; ( b ) the adults with |
| teaching methods. Schools need a generation of | | | | whom students interact; ( c ) the student's home |
| self-learners who are confident of their own opinions | | | | environment; and ( d ) the wider socio-cultural |
| and know what to do with constantly changing ideas | | | | sphere, largely influenced by the media. Nonetheless, |
| knowledge and informations. While language teaching | | | | what seems under-emphasized is the fact that |
| can certainly be much livelier and fun, perhaps schools | | | | building English language proficiency demands far |
| should highlight good teaching practices in many | | | | more than the dedicated efforts of English teachers, |
| classrooms. Teachers inspired by several innovative | | | | native or non-native. English language lessons occupy |
| and successful language teaching approaches that | | | | only a fraction of total curriculum time, so students |
| were featured. For instance, some schools showed | | | | are significantly exposed to similar or competing |
| how they used literature to teach English to technical | | | | models of languages in other classes. |