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Expression Through Drama: Linking Prosody, Embodiment And Emotional Awareness, Riah Werner May 2016

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 May 2016

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 May 2016

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 May 2016

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 Aug 2014

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 Aug 2014

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 Aug 2014

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 May 2013

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 Aug 2012

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!


Acting Out In The Classroom, Kim Noel Daelhousen May 2010

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 May 2010

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 May 2010

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.