Use of Pathways in English Language Teaching

Mr Salim Al Shukeli conducted an exclusive training session on using the prescribed text Pathways for new teachers on May 11, Thursday at ELC, UTAS-Ibri.The session focused on two main aspects of using Pathways: The first was using pathways in the classroom and other associated activities. It was a kind of analysis on why the three skills reading, listening and speaking, were covered and writing as a skill was not addressed. The communication skills, the presentation skills as well as the opportunities for critical thinking were also covered. Additionally, the training session discussed the advantages and drawbacks of teaching Pathways to students at the university.
The second domain was about My ELT platform and how it supports teaching and learning. The main features that a teacher needs to know about are as follows: creating a course, creating students’ accounts, enrolling students, assigning activities, deleting activities, checking students’ activities as well as grades, deleting activities, specifying the time for activities, generating reports and finally awarding marks.
The discussion during the session helped the audience contemplate their methods and students’ response to the activities.
The session was received well and was acknowledged.