Introduction

Video extracts

Key quotations

Short articles

Reflective diary entries

Stories

Activities

Checklists

Further reading

Activities

Introduction

While we see facilitation as a process, which develops differently and often excitingly with every group that we work with, there are some activities, which can help the process to be more effective and satisfying for trainer and participants alike. Some of the activities in this section are around a particular methodological topic while others are more reflective in nature. Most of them are offered here with post-use comments from the contributor, designed to help readers of this publication to understand and appropriate them for their own purposes. We also hope that the cross-referencing to key themes will help readers to see more clearly where it might fit into their own scheme of things.

Some of the activities have been tried and tested with experienced teachers on in-service courses (e.g. The pleasures of a journey, Andragogy vs. Pedagogy), while others come out of a pre-service context and were used with beginner teachers (Talk and explanation, Promoting successful language learning). We have also included activities which can be used in the foreign language classroom (e.g. Building a team, My conflict, Global deadlines).

We believe that working in a facilitative mode in any context requires a collaborative learning culture. An important part of creating such a culture has to do with giving and receiving feedback – we have therefore included two activities on this very important area (Giving and receiving feedback, Feedback on professional portfolios).

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