| Soft Skills |
Learning Activities |
| Communication skills |
Oral quizzes (listening and verbal); presentations (verbal, written, diagrammatic); role playing; modeling use of language in classroom; debates; comparison of literature work, websites, etc.; peer assessment; etc |
| Self-management skills |
Requiring email submissions of homework; designing presentations; having communication with teachers through email, Facebook, or VK |
| Effective thinking |
Comparing solutions for a problem and providing new alternatives; interpreting diagrams, graphs, statistical illustration, maps, etc.; generating questions that go beyond simple recall to higher order of thinking; relating new understanding to other concepts; giving students sample problems with missing information; giving variety of testing techniques |
| Management skills |
Giving students rubric; giving students checklists, subtitles, graphic organizers, mind maps, etc.; teaching students how to highlight important information, take meaningful notes; logging learning goals, new ideas and skills, additional home study to prepare for next class; allowing hand-written ‘cheat sheets’; being consistent in applying deadlines |
