Activity Modification and Synthesis Ideas

Activity Modification and Synthesis Ideas
For designing your activity portfolio, you may consider the following summary of the suggested modification ideas, which are derived from the ESOL Methods Course readings and support materials from TW1 to TW8.

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  From Product-oriented writing to Process-oriented writing
  
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  Top-down and bottom-up activities
  
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  From L.O.T. activities to H.O.T. activities
  
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  From Mechanical and Pedagogical tasks to real-world and authentic tasks
  
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  Activity that support pluralistic language teaching
  
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  Activities that integrate different language skills
  
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  Activities to practice particular micro-skills
  
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  Activities that support inclusive learning and teaching
  
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  Technology integrated activities (digital activities)
  
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  Activities for English learners with specific purposes
  
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  From Meaning and Use to Form
  
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  From non-participatory to participatory tasks
  
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  From cognitive to metacognitive tasks
  
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  From decontextualized to contextualized teaching
  
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  From deductive to inductive teaching
  
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  From instructive to constructive feedback
  
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  From dialogues to DCTs and role plays
  
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  From selected response and extensive production tasks to extensive production tasks
  
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  From structured activities to free activities
  
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  From huge scope to activities with a narrow focus
  
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  From mechanical activities to authentic tasks
  
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  From high TTT to high STT
  
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  Adding CCQs, ICQs and VCQs into activity
  
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  From summative assessment to formative assessment
  
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  From traditional assessment to alternative assessment
  
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  From incomprehensible input to i+1
  
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  From transmissive activities to transactional and transformational activities
  
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  From imitative performance to responsive performance
  
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  From individual to cooperative and collaborative tasks
  
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  Activity on the same content in different medium
  
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  Developing consolidatory tasks
  
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  Communicative grammar and vocabulary activities
  
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  From written practice to spoken practice
  
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  Need-based and level-appropriate activities
  
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  From “one size fits all” approach to differentiation activities
  
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  Extension activities and contingency plans
  
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  Set of activities with logical progression
  
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  From old methods to CLT and Post TESOL
  
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  Project-based, content based and task-based activities
  
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  Including DIY materials
  
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  Activities with critical thinking tasks
  

but not limited...