G.A. and Topical G.A.

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 AIMS OF SESSION
2.INTRO TO G.A. AND TOPICAL G.A.
3.APPROACH, PREPARATION, TIMING AND
LOCATION
4.G.A. SESSION GUIDE
5.G.A. FORM
6.TOPICS FOR TOPICAL G.A.
7.QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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1. INTRO TO G.A. AND TOPICAL G.A.

• GA-ing : is a one-to-one consultation on teaching.

• GA-er : is a teacher who has been with us for a long

time and has wide experience of the levels you’ll be teaching.

• GA-ee : is a new or less experienced teacher

consulting the lesson to be taught.

• Topical GA : is a GA-ing but focusing on certain topics in

steps and stages of the lesson

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2. APPROACH, PREPARATION, TIMING AND LOCATION
GA-er
• Encourage teachers to
make their own lesson plans
• Elicit and avoid sounding
bossy
• Talk over lessons already
APPROACH
and to be taught
• Everything is just a
suggestion
• Concentrate on the task at
hand
GA-ee
• Try to do as much as you
can yourself
• Don’t regard your GA
superior to you
• Talk over lessons already
and to be taught
• The final word is yours
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2. APPROACH, PREPARATION, TIMING AND LOCATION

GA-er GA-ee
• Know as much as possible
• Discussing a rough outline
• Before an observation “GA” before observation is possible
is possible
• Familiarising the syllabus • Preview the syllabus of the
level to be taught at the start
PREPARATION • Preview the syllabus at the of the term
start of the term
• Be prepared to answer
difficult questions

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2. APPROACH, PREPARATION, TIMING AND LOCATION
GA-er
• Meet Regularly, at least 10
lessons per term
• Do not do it at the last
moment
• Avoid doing it in MP slots
TIMING
• Do not make teachers do 2
GA’s in a day
GA-ee
• Meet Regularly, at least 10
lessons per term
• Do not do it at the last
moment
• Avoid doing it in MP slots
• If you can’t make a meeting
let your GA-er know as soon
as possible
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2. APPROACH, PREPARATION, TIMING AND LOCATION

GA-er GA-ee

LOCATION • Find a quiet place • Find a quiet place

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3. GA SESSION GUIDE

1. PRESENTATION

• Does the elicitation lead to the scene setting

• Is there any vocabulary pre-teaching needed
• Kinds of presentation
• Context of presentation
• Variation of activities

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2. DRILLING

• Not monotonous
• Snappy
• Not too much choral
• Variation (open pair, choral)
• Clear white board consolidation

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3. GA SESSION GUIDE

3. CONTROLLED PRACTICE

• Set the scene and draw a clear aim of that activity

• Anticipate problem by doing pre teaching
• Variety of activities

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3. GA SESSION GUIDE

4. PRODUCTION

• Activities should be aimed to give students chance to apply

target language
• Variety of activities
• Procedure is the same as controlled practice but production
is freer

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4. G.A. FORM

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5. TOPICS FOR TOPICAL GA

• PRESENTATION USING VISUAL

• PRESENTATION USING CASSETTES
• PRESENTATION USING DIALOGUES
• DRILLING
• PAIRWORK / GROUPWORK
• LISENING SKILLS
• READING SKILLS
• GUIDED ROLE PLAY
• FREER ACTIVITIES
• A COMPLETE LESSON
• TBL
• ACTIVITY BASED LEARNING

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6. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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