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Expression Through Drama: Linking Prosody, Embodiment And Emotional Awareness, Riah Werner
Expression Through Drama: Linking Prosody, Embodiment And Emotional Awareness, Riah Werner
Sandanona
Drama activities give students opportunities to practice expressing embodied emotions in a safe space. Focusing on emotional expression helps students make connections between the suprasegmental components of pronunciation and the meanings they carry. Participants will experience these exercises and learn strategies for implementing them in their own classrooms.
Identity And Language Learning In Multilingualism, Seullee Talia Lee
Identity And Language Learning In Multilingualism, Seullee Talia Lee
Sandanona
Why does a language learner learn a new language? How is one’s identity negotiated in certain language learning contexts? One’s identity has a tremendous impact on his/her language learning trajectory. This presentation describes key concepts of identity research in the Second Language Acquisition field. Also, the presenter suggests an imagined identity option for an English language learner as a legitimate multilingual citizen, not as a deficient non-native speaking second-class citizen.
How To Incorporate Short Films To Activate 4 Skills, Junko Kinomura
How To Incorporate Short Films To Activate 4 Skills, Junko Kinomura
Sandanona
Just a few minutes might change someone’s life. There are a great number of heartwarming short films on the Internet. These films are waiting for your students to watch them. The presenter will guide participants on how to incorporate films into English lessons to enhance the learner’s intercultural communicative competence.
Beyond The 4 Skills: Looking At 21st Century Skills, Sarah Morse
Beyond The 4 Skills: Looking At 21st Century Skills, Sarah Morse
Sandanona
The advent of internet and digital media has significantly added to the types of skills that students need to acquire in the ESL classroom to be successful in communication. The digital skills of viewing and representing should be added to the traditional four skills to prepare students for experiencing and creating multimodal texts.
Reconciling The Conflicting Agendas In The Second Language Classroom, Vinicius Souza
Reconciling The Conflicting Agendas In The Second Language Classroom, Vinicius Souza
Sandanona
How many times has your lesson plan failed? Why can't students pay more attention? The presenter will lead participants on an investigation of the main causes for the usual disconnect arising from the clash of interests and expectations between institution, teacher, and students, and its impact on course design.
We Hold These Truths: Teaching American History In China, Matthew Ingalls
We Hold These Truths: Teaching American History In China, Matthew Ingalls
Sandanona
Once insular, China is now allowing an increasing number of international schools, many of which require the potentially provocative study of American history. This demonstration will present strategies for teaching this subject to English learners. The presenter will also discuss moral and political issues with American history instruction in China.
Extensive Reading: Methods And Motives Behind Reading For Pleasure, Matt Peel
Extensive Reading: Methods And Motives Behind Reading For Pleasure, Matt Peel
Sandanona
Extensive reading is often not utilized in the ESL classroom in favor of intensive reading. In this workshop participants will explore the reading skills and learner benefits gained through extensive reading, and participate in fun, practical classroom activities that can be incorporated into an existing intensive reading program.
Chatterbox Teachers: Learning How To Zip It, Giovanna Alessio
Chatterbox Teachers: Learning How To Zip It, Giovanna Alessio
Sandanona
This workshop examines techniques for reducing teacher talk time in the classroom to increase student participation
Creating Imagined And Real Communities Through Classroom Activities, Bruna Tadross Ferrari
Creating Imagined And Real Communities Through Classroom Activities, Bruna Tadross Ferrari
Sandanona
Young learners have strong negative associations with formal learning and uninteresting content. Furthermore, it is challenging for students to speak English outside the classroom in a TL removed context. To rectify this situation, the presenter will demonstrate some engaging and interesting activities to encourage student participation and make learning fun!
Teaching And Learning Process On Renewable Energy And Sustainable Development, Caitlin Brotzmann Ba, Academic Director
Teaching And Learning Process On Renewable Energy And Sustainable Development, Caitlin Brotzmann Ba, Academic Director
Fostering Multicultural Competence and Global Justice: an SIT Symposium
Though the global situation is complex and daunting, education for sustainable development attempts to empower students with the knowledge, values, and ability not only to understand but also to act upon that understanding so that they might create a world in harmony with the environment. In summer 2009, 19 university students from North America came to Iceland to study renewable energy on the SIT Study Abroad (a program of World Learning) program ―Iceland: Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics.‖ The students traveled around the country, stayed with host families, underwent intensive coursework, visited power plants and policy firms, and conducted …
Acting Out In The Classroom, Kim Noel Daelhousen
Acting Out In The Classroom, Kim Noel Daelhousen
Sandanona
The use of theater strategies and activities in the language classroom provides a space for students, like actors, to play and thus more deeply incorporate elements of the target language. Participants will be “playing” along with the presenter to explore various theater-based activities.
Extending Community: Stories, Culture & Technology In The Classroom, Ginna Allison
Extending Community: Stories, Culture & Technology In The Classroom, Ginna Allison
Sandanona
How can cultural experience help to develop language skills? How can we reach beyond the classroom to create a sense of community? This session explores the spheres of personal narrative and technology and how they intersect with ESL to open rich opportunities for teaching and learning.
The Writer’S Voice: Developing Self-Expression In Esl Writers, Genevieve Halkett
The Writer’S Voice: Developing Self-Expression In Esl Writers, Genevieve Halkett
Sandanona
What is good writing? For many ESL students, this means grammatical accuracy; as a result, their own writing voices are often lost. The presenter will illustrate successful strategies and activities which can be used with a variety of levels and ESL writers to encourage fluency and self-expression.