USING BOARD IN THE

LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

TEACHER USE OF THE BOARD

1. Using the board to help manage classrooms
Write important message on the board.

Display information as a reminder.

For group work, board can be used to:

Post group members names,
each persons duties,
keep students informed of how many minutes
remain in times activities and tests,
post scores for competitive activities.

 Benefits:

Students will have a better chance

of understanding and remembering
the information.
Record important information.
Present confusion.
Save valuable class time.

2. Using the board as a teaching tool

A get-ready-to-learn tool
(Eg: at the beginning of the class, write a
question, riddles, tongue-twisters, etc).
Present new concepts to students.
(Eg: As we write on the board, we can explain
what out writing means and students may
question.)

Determine students readiness for new material,

to review material and to assess students
success at mastering the material.
(Eg: new vacabularies)

3. Using the board to record student

input.
We can ask students to brainstorm a
topic while we record what they say.
We can record questions and record
students answers.

Advantage of making a board record is

that it can be referred to as long as it
remains visible.

STUDENT USE OF THE BOARD

Writing on the board is a hand-on, learningby-doing activity.

USING THE BOARD IN

RESPONSE TO TEACHER
PROMPTS

Students use the board for generating own

writing, editing their own and their peers public

writing.

Checking answers to quizzes and playing games.

Students can be encouraged to draw
illustrations on the board to accompany their
writing.

SPONTANEOUS STUDENT
USE, NO TEACHER INPUT
Student who have been made aware that the
board belongs to them as well as to the teacher
sometimes write on it spontaneously.

Write the answers to a quiz on the board

-teacher has not announced that this is the

method of checking answers that will be used.

BENEFITS
Visual element:
- stimulates students interest
- Help students understand and
remember the new information teachers

are presenting