The use of an interactive smartboard as an efficient tool in English teaching

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn”

Interactive board as the most effective instrument of interactive method

Types of interaction The interaction between a teacher and a pupil The interaction between a pupil and a pupil The interaction between a teacher and a pupil The interaction between groups of pupils

The main rules of the use of an interactive smart board All pupils must participate; Active participation is encouraged by teachers; There mustn’t be more than 15 people in the group; The classroom must be prepared for the work with AN interactive board

The efficiency of the lessons with an interactive board When using the interactive board, pupils remember 90% of what they are doing during the lesson.

Why do we need the board The board can make the lesson better: You can make presentations, create models; It improves the understanding of grammar rules and communication topics; Pupils take active part. They like the work with the board. The board improves the planning of the lesson, its rate.

Kinds of activities Work with texts and images; Making notes on the board; Saving the notes for their further usage; Looking through Web-sites; Making tasks with the help of the models; presentations by the pupils.

Examples of activities: Work with texts (disappearing dialogue): - We need to go shopping. - I don't think so, we've got a lot of food here. - We don't have much milk or bread, and we don't have much water. - Oh, OK. Lets go shopping this evening.

- We need to go _______. - I don't think so, we've got a lot of______here. - We don't have much milk or______, and we don't have _____ water. - Oh, OK. Lets go _______this evening.

We need ____ go _______. I don't _____ so, we've ___ a lot _______here. We don't ____ much _______, and we ____ have _______. Oh, OK. Let’s __________ this _______.

Grammar rules Uncountable nouns Countable nouns How much milk butter water coffee is there? sugar flour How many potatoes onions oranges carrots are there? apples bananas

Conclusions The use of an interactive board improves the teaching results; An interactive board can change the pupils’ attitude towards studying; With an interactive board teachers can use visual, audio and kinaesthetic means of education; Children learn to interact successfully; Children are interested and motivated to learn a foreign language.

If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.