CLASS ACTIVITIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

By conducting various activities an English teacher can enrich the classroom and
its (English language) learning atmosphere by teaching relevant poems, essays,
short stories that provide global perspectives on the subject/topic that is under
study/discussion.
ACTIVITIES:
1. GROUP ASSIGNMENT/DISCUSSION:
In order to achieve English teaching goals an English teacher can:
 Divide students in small groups.
 Give them a week for group assignment.
 They will meet outside the classroom, interact and work as a team. It will
improve their functional English skills.

2. DISCUSSION DURING LECTURE:

In order to achieve English teaching goals an English teacher can:
 Divide the sections of the book/novel/poetry books/play according to the
strength of the class (number of the students of the class).
 Assign them their tasks i.e.: that they have to research about the themes,
author, character analysis etc.
 Students will discuss or give mock presentations about their assigned
sections of the book, novel, poetry books, play etc.
SAMPLE ACTIVITY:
Select a poem/short story or a short essay of the writer Charles Dickens. Draw a
thematic analysis of the selected text (i.e. poem, short story or a short essay) with
the famous novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (or any novel or published
literary work of Jane Austen).
SAMPLE ACTIVITY:
Write a short poem or short story regarding a particular theme/issue.
THINGS TO DISCUSS DURING LECTURE:
 What students learnt about the novel, short story, poem or short essay)?

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 What students learnt about the author?
 How this all information has influenced their (students’) interpretation about
the novel, short story, poems or short essays?
 How this all information has influenced their (students’) overall analysis
(regarding the particular novel, short stories, poems or short essays)?
(The End)