elicit (vb) eliciting/elicitation (n)

elicit (vb) eliciting/elicitation (n)
Eliciting is a technique for encouraging the students to be involved in and actively contributing to the lesson. Rather than
the teacher telling the students everything, the teacher asks the students for responses and information throughout the
lesson. Eliciting can be done through questions, gesture, mime and pictures. For a good example of this, see the picture
presentation activity on page 9 where the teacher elicits the students’ ideas and uses them for her presentation.
Eliciting is also a good technique for correction, giving the student a chance to correct him- or herself, before offering other
students the chance to help. Only then, if there are no responses does the teacher supply the correction. For example:
Notice that the teacher responds positively, even where there is a mistake. The student is not left feeling embarrassed by
the correction as it has been handled sensitively with praise and encouragement.
feedback (n)
Feedback is a response from the teacher to the class after an exercise or task has been completed. It takes a number of
forms but could, for example, be praise or correction of errors the teacher has heard.