Classroom Teaching versus Teacher Training

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Audience Assessment Attendance
Students versus Peers Different Goals, Tasks, Required or Voluntary

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and Feedback

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 The classroom teacher
gives language knowledge
to students
 The trainer builds on
participants’ expertise and
prior knowledge and
connects with participants
as peers
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 Classroom assessment
checks understanding of
English language content
by students and is both
formative & summative
 Training assessment is
usually formative, focuses
on methodology, and has
the goal of helping
participants with teaching
 Classroom students are
grouped by language
level and are required to
attend regularly
 Training participants are
motivated to attend by
career-related goals and
their attendance may be
voluntary or required

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Class Length Evaluation Classroom
Management
Duration and Frequency Different Measures Distinct Roles and Strategies
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 Classes are offered  Classroom success is  Teacher acts as authority

regularly over a session
or semester
 Trainings may be offered
as a single workshop or
an on-going training
evaluated by students’
advancing (moving on to)
the next level
 Training success is
evaluated by participants’
ability to use what they
learned in their teaching
figure for students and
changes instruction for
age and grade level
 Trainer acts as facilitator
for participants

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