U N I T 3 TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ACTION Teaching is not a set of abstract rules. This Unit will deal with teaching in action, i.e. how teachers adapt their teaching to different groups of learners, use new technologies and take learning disabilities into account. A. CLASS MANAGEMENT 1 Read the text and put the paragraphs in the correct order. Par. A ........ The psychological dimension concerns concepts like leadership, how to deal with students as people and with different learning styles; whereas the interactional aspect refers to the relationship between teacher and students and between students. Par. B ........ First of all, core teaching implies the organisation of time and space and the type of activity (explanations, instructions, error correction, feedback, etc.), but other dimensions, psychological, interactional and cultural, are also included. Par. C ........ Class management is a crucial issue in teacher training. To manage a class, a teacher should possess various competences because various aspects are involved. Par. D ........ Last but not least, the cultural dimension refers to the content of the different school subjects. 2 Read the following descriptions of different types of lessons and match them with the appropriate term. a. The teacher explains a topic by writing on the board or simply by speaking. b. Students work in teams to talk about topic. c. Students work in teams and help each other. d. Students have to find a solution to a problem. e. Students are involved in a simulation, for example, buying clothes. f. The teacher gives a word/topic and students say all the related words that come to mind. g. Students analyse a real-life situation or event a. 68 b. c. d. e. f. g. 1. brainstorming 2. case study 3. cooperative learning 4. discussion 5. lesson 6. problem solving 7. roleplaying