IATEFL Online
I really like this picture that I used when teacher training on a Young Learner course,although it says children..I think it can easily be replaced by language learners.
Sunday 6 April 2014
IATEFL 2014
This year IATEFL was held in Harrogate and it has been the first year I have really engaged with it online.What was so fantastic was being able to watch the plenary sessions streamed live and interviews with leading ELT influencers.What has also been wonderful is following responses and comments through blogs and twitter feeds..how lucky we are to be able to access all this wealth of experience and new ideas..
IATEFL Online
I really like this picture that I used when teacher training on a Young Learner course,although it says children..I think it can easily be replaced by language learners.
IATEFL Online
I really like this picture that I used when teacher training on a Young Learner course,although it says children..I think it can easily be replaced by language learners.
Friday 4 April 2014
Project Based Learning Part Two
Stage Four:
The students gave a summary of their survey and report to the rest of the class and then focused on what recommendations they would make.We looked at an outline of a proposal together and the groups started to draft some ideas about what key areas they would propose and the benefits of these areas to the school and students.
While some students were working on the draft, other group members started to research student lounges in other school to report back to their group.
Stage Five:
The students started working together on creating their presentations..one group in particular wanted to try Prezi.Each member contributed pictures and text they had recorded during the previous days and negotiated the best way to incorporate his in their presentation.
Stage Six:
The students gave a summary of their survey and report to the rest of the class and then focused on what recommendations they would make.We looked at an outline of a proposal together and the groups started to draft some ideas about what key areas they would propose and the benefits of these areas to the school and students.
While some students were working on the draft, other group members started to research student lounges in other school to report back to their group.
Stage Five:
The students started working together on creating their presentations..one group in particular wanted to try Prezi.Each member contributed pictures and text they had recorded during the previous days and negotiated the best way to incorporate his in their presentation.
The students had time to practice delivering their presentation to an audience of English language students,teachers and school management who expressed the intention of possibly implementing changes to the student lounge.This gave the project real validity and personal investment for the students.
Here is the link to one of the presentations:
Student Lounge Presentation
Stage Seven:
The students were given the opportunity to reflect on their presentation performance and give feedback to one another immediately after. I uploaded on presentations onto YouTube and shared on our class Facebook page.As the presentations were on Friday, I told the students to watch them and identify areas of strength and weakness in their language and delivery. Together we would then evaluate the project and language skills the following week.
Here is the link to one of the presentations:
Student Lounge Presentation
Stage Seven:
The students were given the opportunity to reflect on their presentation performance and give feedback to one another immediately after. I uploaded on presentations onto YouTube and shared on our class Facebook page.As the presentations were on Friday, I told the students to watch them and identify areas of strength and weakness in their language and delivery. Together we would then evaluate the project and language skills the following week.
Project Based Learning Part One
I decided to spend a whole week doing a Business English project with my students.I decided to follow a project based approach.The first stage was the problem:
Stage One: The student lounge needs to be updated and redesigned but the school doesn't know what to do with the space.As a group you need to create a proposal based on your own research and suggestions about what you would do with the space.
Stage Two: The students brainstormed the strengths and weaknesses of the current student lounge firstly as individuals then in a group brainstorm..some of the students started to suggest changes and ideas during this stage.The group identified the most important areas they would focus on an decided to create some questions to ask fellow students in other classes.
Stage Three: The groups wrote survey questions together and then approached different classes to ask the questions.Once the results had been collected the students decided how to organise the data and the relevance of it compared to their own suggestions.We then looked at how to write a report based around a summary which was started in class and completed for homework.
Stage One: The student lounge needs to be updated and redesigned but the school doesn't know what to do with the space.As a group you need to create a proposal based on your own research and suggestions about what you would do with the space.
Stage Two: The students brainstormed the strengths and weaknesses of the current student lounge firstly as individuals then in a group brainstorm..some of the students started to suggest changes and ideas during this stage.The group identified the most important areas they would focus on an decided to create some questions to ask fellow students in other classes.
Stage Three: The groups wrote survey questions together and then approached different classes to ask the questions.Once the results had been collected the students decided how to organise the data and the relevance of it compared to their own suggestions.We then looked at how to write a report based around a summary which was started in class and completed for homework.
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