The ABCD method is one of the best structured methodologies that I have knew.
I had already had contact with this methodology in the course "Train of trainners" in Japan, and I applied to teach business topics in the SMEs.
But though I knew and had used it 2 years ago, indeed for the English class I was not thinking about how to apply it. It was really helpful to read the guides sent us with the basis of the method, and examples for application in these kind of english courses.
I enjoy greatly, running the exercise and really think about how practical and concise way the student could learn what is really planned.
Management of student expectations is one of the biggest challenges and the ABCD method is an extremely effective tool in order to overcome this challenge, since the method requires the teacher to think why and how, and helps students understand where they are arriving after the whole process, not imagining, but with tangible and measurable, what is their mission.
I am very happy because I see more and more the light on what I can improve in my current educational process, and although I know we are just beginning I love the idea of having a clear structure of our final work and how to apply it with our current students and / or the new ones.
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