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Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are among the skills that teachers at school are expected to develop. In a language class, this can be a challenging task especially for teachers who are not trained in this area. Yet, many may not opt for a formal face-to-face training for various reasons. Time i...

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Main Authors: Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah, Mohamad Ali, Afiza, Juhary, Jowati, Mohd Mydin, Raihanah
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Language:English
Published: IATED Academy 2017
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spelling my.iium.irep.572672017-07-07T02:10:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57267/ Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers Mat Daud, Nuraihan Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah Mohamad Ali, Afiza Juhary, Jowati Mohd Mydin, Raihanah PE English Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are among the skills that teachers at school are expected to develop. In a language class, this can be a challenging task especially for teachers who are not trained in this area. Yet, many may not opt for a formal face-to-face training for various reasons. Time is usually one of the constraints. In-service training programmes are also impossible to arrange for all teachers in the country. In a survey conducted on English teachers in Malaysia, it was found that they preferred to have this kind of training conducted both on-site and online. Majority of them preferred to have the bulk of the course to be run online. This paper discusses the strategies and approaches that can be adopted by English language teachers to develop their students’ critical thinking skills when teaching literary texts. The paper also highlights how these are shared with the teachers using MOOC platform. The platform helps to make the content accessible to more teachers. keywords: hots, language teaching, mooc. IATED Academy 2017 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57267/1/57267_HIGHER%20ORDER%20THINKING%20SKILLS.pdf Mat Daud, Nuraihan and Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah and Mohamad Ali, Afiza and Juhary, Jowati and Mohd Mydin, Raihanah (2017) Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers. In: 11th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2017), 6th-8th March 2017, Valencia, Spain. https://library.iated.org/view/MATDAUD2017HIG 10.21125/inted.2017.2151
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah
Mohamad Ali, Afiza
Juhary, Jowati
Mohd Mydin, Raihanah
Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers
description Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are among the skills that teachers at school are expected to develop. In a language class, this can be a challenging task especially for teachers who are not trained in this area. Yet, many may not opt for a formal face-to-face training for various reasons. Time is usually one of the constraints. In-service training programmes are also impossible to arrange for all teachers in the country. In a survey conducted on English teachers in Malaysia, it was found that they preferred to have this kind of training conducted both on-site and online. Majority of them preferred to have the bulk of the course to be run online. This paper discusses the strategies and approaches that can be adopted by English language teachers to develop their students’ critical thinking skills when teaching literary texts. The paper also highlights how these are shared with the teachers using MOOC platform. The platform helps to make the content accessible to more teachers. keywords: hots, language teaching, mooc.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah
Mohamad Ali, Afiza
Juhary, Jowati
Mohd Mydin, Raihanah
author_facet Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah
Mohamad Ali, Afiza
Juhary, Jowati
Mohd Mydin, Raihanah
author_sort Mat Daud, Nuraihan
title Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers
title_short Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers
title_full Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers
title_fullStr Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers
title_full_unstemmed Higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for English language teachers
title_sort higher order thinking skills integration into the teaching of literary texts: a mooc for english language teachers
publisher IATED Academy
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/57267/1/57267_HIGHER%20ORDER%20THINKING%20SKILLS.pdf
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