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Transitioning from Advanced ESL to Workplace and Further Education
Price, Donna
How can we provide our Adult ESL students with the skills they need to be successful in future education and work upon exiting ESL? In this session, we will look at how to incorporate note-taking, organizational, writing, critical listening, reading and thinking skills from beginning to advanced levels.
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Instructor/Student Conferences and Generation 1.5 College Composition Students
Charron, Annette
The feedback given to students in composition classes is a key component in the successful development of the students as writers. This study focuses on the participation of Spanish-speaking students in instructor-student conferences in two English 110 classes at California State University – Bakersfield. Handouts will be provided.
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Peer-Mentor Program Model
Ortega, Sheri; Samuels, Kenneth; Webster, Angela
This presentation presents a model of a student peer-mentor program. Peer-mentoring raises student motivation, while lowering attrition, by facilitating a student-centered classroom emphasizing collaborative activities with task-based projects that are mentor-led. Participants will receive handouts of a peer-mentor program adaptable to their individual programs and/or classes.
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The WRITE Institute: Summary Writing for Long-term English Learners (Workshop)
Goldman, Julie
The WRITE Institute of the San Diego County Office of Education is offering a packet of curriculum activities to scaffold writing for long-term secondary and college English learners and struggling writers. Participants will experience interactive demonstrations of strategies designed to help struggling writers summarize and analyze complex texts.
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Cadiero-Kaplan, Karen
This interactive workshop will illustrate two processes for developing academic vocabulay for writing in both narrative and expository text. Participants will engage in activities, view lesson plans and web-based examples for developing English vocabulary and writing in a critical manner. The presenter will provide an opportunity for individuals to brainstorm, discuss, and apply lessons and acivities grounded in critical literacy.
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OTAN Online Resources – What’s New and Exciting Marceta, Branka
Looking to expand your teaching toolkit? OTAN’s Web site offers many free resources for adult level ESL teachers. A collection of reviewed Web sites, online lesson plans and lesson plan builder, student success stories, technology integration videos, and ideas for using Web based resources and professional development will be discussed.
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Rapport, Resourcing and Real-time: Social Network Applications for Learning
Dupuy, Roger
Learn how certain digital social networking tools 1) encourage rapport in English, 2) aid teachers in the resourcing of digital content for the development of curricula, and 3) enable teachers to deliver this valuable and relevant curricula in real-time classroom contexts.
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Language & Lunch: Conversation and Culture Outside the Language Classroom
Hamilton, Karen
Language & Lunch allows students to practice speaking with a native speaker of their target language. This program emphasizes conversation skills and meaningful interaction in a relaxed environment. Do your students need more speaking practice outside of class? Come learn how to start your own Language & Lunch program.
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Creating a Cartoon Playbook for Teaching and Learning Chen, Lee
Have you ever thought about using cartoons as a teaching and learning tool? The values of Sunday funnies are obvious for classrooms: visual support, authentic language, and meaningful contexts. This demonstration will show how to benefit from these educational and entertaining resources. Handouts with links and dozens of cartoons will be provided. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
International Teacher EFL Rap Session
Bell, Holly
Bring your lunch and join us for an informal discussion about issues related to teaching English as a foreign language. This is a great opportunity to swap teaching ideas and to network with other EFL teachers from around the world. |
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