Macrostrategies for Language Teaching. A Sample of Lesson Analysis

Authors

  • Mihaela Haldan Școala Gimnazială ,,Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu” Iași Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

teaching, learning opportunities, referential questions, display questions, mismatches, interaction, autonomy

Abstract

This study is a casual sample of lesson analysis based on the model offered by B. Kumaravadivelu in his book Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language Teaching(published by Yale University Press in New Haven and London in 2003), and it is meant to raise awareness that there is no “best method” ready to be used in the classroom, and that teacher beliefs, reasoning and cognition play a crucial role in shaping the whole process of student acquisition.

Author Biography

  • Mihaela Haldan, Școala Gimnazială ,,Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu” Iași

    Mihaela Harasim (m. Haldan) is a PhD student at the Faculty of Letters of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași. she also holds an MA in Applied Linguistics. Her previous publications include “Hole in the Wall” in Proceedings of the 2nd CommScie International Conference “Challenges for Sciences and Society in Digital Era”, December 2015, Iasi, Romania, p. 209-211 and “To Punish or not To Punish (Disruptive Behaviour): That is the Question” in Romanian Review of Young Researchers (RRYR)

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Published

30-07-2025

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016): Summer 2016

Section

Articles

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Macrostrategies for Language Teaching. A Sample of Lesson Analysis. (2025). RATE Issues, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.69475/