ESP - Term 1 week 1 meeting 1

This week we discussed ESP. These are some of the suggestions baring in mind the level of students and time allocated for ESP :

• focusing on ESP as a learning process and not as a final product.
• engaging students in the ESP learning process by asking about their needs and wants
• helping students be aware of their own abilities and potential
• training students to use different strategies to help them with ESP in general. These strategies, students  can continue developing after the course
• practice using mind-maps
• learning to classify words using grids and drawings and shapes
• students create ESP flash cards in their major ( term  1 - 2 -3 )
• preparing a three minute presentation in their major  ( term  3 )
• preparing a two minute demonstration in their major ( term 2 )
• using authentic material  
• students look for online website or blogs in their major
• students prepare their CV  
• students can create a dictionary for ESP using a small notebook . students can add words and pictures and drawings mind-maps about their major
• working in groups or pairs  - students prepare a project for ESP -( timelines - a master mind-map - a notebook ESP dictionary ....)

Please share your suggestions with us on this blog

Week 15 curriculum meeting summary

" if everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself"

Henry Ford

We explored how the project ideas on the Interchange resources website can be used in Project Based Language Learning. We created a weekly plan for one of the topics to be covered in the following weeks based on these ideas.

We gathered the names of the  Presentation contest winner students from each class.  Week 16 will be  the College Stage Presentation Contest. The College Level Presentations will be held week 16 on Wednesday, 16 December in the Auditorium.

I would like to thank Mr. Oybek for his help and support and for keeping us  informed of the important topics related to the curriculum, and I would like to thank all the teachers for their continuous  help and support.

Week 13 meeting

 Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. 

Frederick Douglass

Good morning team,

We would like to thank Oybek for sharing with us a summary of the main topic covered in our weekly meeting. And we would like to thank Abdullah for sharing his views on teaching reading.

At the end of the week meeting,  Abdullah delivered ten minute talk on teaching reading. He shared with us some guidelines and tips and activities as well as some reading strategies which can help our students improve their reading . then, the floor was open for questions and discussion. 

Teaching students to read in a foreign language is not easy. We need to find material that is suitable for their language level, which they find interesting and relevant. Some teachers prefer authentic material and others look for short passages form different resources. Some teachers let students choose a short fiction book, which they find interesting and suitable for their language level. There is no one solution that fits all students, but the important think is that we all need think creatively and work as a team by sharing our experiences. 

Share with us some positive stories and experiences on teaching reading. 

Week 8 Term 2 meeting

Goodmorning team

Mr. Oybek proposed the following agenda for our 
today's meeting:
- Mr. Imran will update us with the preparation for the Football Tournament
- Mr. Oybek will share with us the details of GYP Speaking Competition initiated by 
TVTC

Mr. Oybek will brief us about the topics discussed in his meeting with the 
Country Director on Monday.
- Mr. Oybek will discuss the ways of getting students to use Classroom Language 
to increase Student Talking Time and the use of English.

Week 2 term 1 Curriculum meeting

This week curriculum meeting :

Every semester we have a presentation contest. This week Mr,Imran gave us his plan on how to prepare students to give a three minute presentation. At the end of the discussion other teachers give their thoughts and ideas on how to improve on the presentation project.

Week 1 Term One Curriculum Meeting (TTT)

Source: Okaz  Saudi newspaper

Why reduce T.T.T ?
what are the strategies to reduce T.T.T ?
What are the positive uses of  T.T.T?
How to increase S.T.T ?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of T.T.T ?


 We discussed in this session ( TTT) teacher talking time. Teachers  draw their classroom chair arrangement, and their movement inside classroom and how it effected their T.T.T. Then, we shared our views on how to minimize teacher talking time.

T.T.T=  teacher talking time
S.T.T = Students talking time

What percentage of talking time do you give for  TTT and STT in  the  language classroom? share your views with us.

Curriculum meeting week 19 term 3 - Language Games

program buildings

Language games:

This week, we had a training session where we played a game. The teachers were divided into two groups, and there was a chart with numbers from 1 to 20. We can not write notes. Each team must call two numbers and try to match the information in both numbers so that they make sense. 

At the beginning, we were slow, but few minutes into the game everyone was participating and engaged. what was interesting is that Mr. Obek choose sentences what were related to information teachers needed to know at work. That what made the game meaningful and not just a game.

I think the concept of gamification in learning a new language is very important and teachers should give it more attention if they want their classes to be fun and enjoyable.

Also this week, Mr. John Zerling from EGA visited us and made classroom visits, and then had a meeting with the teachers. 

That's all for this week.

Week 15 Curriculum Meeting

     Last week meeting was interesting. We had our first curriculum meeting with Mr. Oybek our new site- director in the program.We discussed our plan for term three. The events and contests,then we had a question and answer session about the program. 

The questions covered the curriculum and lesson planning and and  using the blogs as tools to document  and share and reflect on our development journey. 

week 16
classroom presentations

week 17
Program presentation contest

week 18
Graduation Ceremony

week (19-20-) 
Reviewing and preparing for the tests

Week 21
Final Exam week


We had a cake and drinks in the meeting to celebrate our first curriculum meeting with our new new site-director. It was not just a another meeting, we also had our share of laughs and everybody participated in asking and answering questions.