Graphic Organizers as Effective Methods in Teaching Classroom English
- 1 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 2 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State Pedagogical Institute of Humanities, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 3 Department of Social-Humanitarian Disciplines, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 4 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 5 Department of English Grammar, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Andijan State University, Andijan, Uzbekistan
- 6 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State Pedagogical Institute of Humanities, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 7 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State Pedagogical Institute of Humanities, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 8 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State Pedagogical Institute of Humanities, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 9 Department of English Teaching Methods, Osh State Pedagogical Institute of Humanities, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- 10 Science and Research Department, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Abstract
This article is investigating a variety of techniques in teaching English such as class discussions, presentations, small group discussions, pair work, group work, special projects, and task-oriented assignments. It is beyond the argument that different kinds of methods and teaching techniques should be tried to make the teaching better. It depends on teachers how they make good use of methodologies of teaching English. In this paper, various methods such as “Mind map”, “Venn diagram”, and “Brainstorming”, approaches and their techniques in teaching students are described and applied as an ESL instructor’s tool. Students list and categorize the concepts and ideas relating to a topic in these activities. It is important to note that all the above techniques have the common goal of education—to teach students to communicate in English, as well as participate in the development of individual students.
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