Critical discussion in class
I encourage my students from
day one to critically analyse
anything that I give them. We
go through many examples in
class. I deliver part of the
lecture and then I stop and say,
“Okay think about this particular
theory? Now what do you think
is wrong with it and when would
it not apply?” I try to get them to
think about what the theory
means, how we can analyse it
and whether it applies to every
situation. I model the types of
questions they should be
asking. (Academic)
Multi-level reading guides
I have found that for second
language learners it is
important to give them
questions to accompany the set
readings. It gives students the
processing time that they need.
I mix the questions up in terms
of difficulty. Some of them are
very literal questions and some
of them are inferential so that
they cater for different ability
groups. (Academic