The Islamic University- Gaza Deanery of Higher Education Faculty of ...

contemporary techniques and methods used in ELT , itencourages teachers to be aware of ICT techniquesInterviewer : the training materials, do they reflectcurrent theories or recent theories employed..ordiscoursed in the field of ELT, you know, ELT everyday, every minute we have something new…so…doyou…Participant 4 : I still remember last year I conducted asession entitled Task based approach, and I think it is upto date approach so perhaps, from now to another time,we are trying to update the training materials, since wethey are very old, perhaps from 1995,1997 and very fewmaterials were perhaps produced in 2002 and 2005,that‟s it….Participant 1 : ….. and there was an assignment entitled"cognitive grammar" prepared by Mohammed El-Qasem in Jordan and it was really a very creativematerial.Participant 5 : and also we try to cope with moderntendencies like learners style, the theory of MultipleIntelligences , utilizing technology in teaching…all ofthemParticipant 3 : but still… I would say, not everythingtraditional is bad…sometimes we need some traditionalmethods..this is very important point..the bestmethod..is the method that works by teachers ….sometimes we need to make exchange betweentraditional method and new onevery old, perhaps from1995,1997few materials wereperhaps produced in2002 and 2005We try to cope withnew tendencieswe need sometraditional methods.Interviewer : Let's go to the training techniques andmethods used by you in training techniques andmethods used by you in training sessions. Whattechniques do you rely on mostly?Participant 8 : The techniques used by us can bedescribed as , relevant , applicable , practice more thantheoryFlexibility and choice in using themEncourage trainees to add their own personality andviewsrelevant ,applicable , practicemore than theorywe help them toadd their ownpersonality and viewsParticipant 7 :- It is difficult to say whether the trainingtechniques were acceptable to the trainees since theevaluation sheets filled by the end of each session didnot cover adequately nor sufficiently this particularaspect of the trainingGenerally speaking training techniques are somethingwe can't judge onthe usefulness and thesuitability of thetraining techniques227