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Toward An Action-Oriented Approach To Global Citizenship: Tools For The Young Global Citizen, Siena Fleischer Ma, Manager Of Administration – Latin America And Europe, Vikas Budakoti Ma, Manager Of Administration – Asia & The Pacific
Toward An Action-Oriented Approach To Global Citizenship: Tools For The Young Global Citizen, Siena Fleischer Ma, Manager Of Administration – Latin America And Europe, Vikas Budakoti Ma, Manager Of Administration – Asia & The Pacific
Fostering Multicultural Competence and Global Justice: an SIT Symposium
We have reached a point in the evolution of global citizenship where the call to action is no longer critical, it is imperative. Sustainable change is the cornerstone of the effort to bring communities together to prioritize needs and implement intelligent growth. Development must be transformative, not palliative. Those who engage in education abroad have the unique and promising opportunity to address global issues and become active participants in the development process. Younger citizens often choose to pursue opportunities both small and large that contribute to safeguarding dignity while advancing growth. Students are often better positioned and more effective than …
Teaching English To Children With Adhd, Natalia Turketi
Teaching English To Children With Adhd, Natalia Turketi
Sandanona
How to teach English to highly distractable and hyperactive children? How does the process of the Second (Foreign) Language acquisition for such students look like? I will highlight these issues in my presentation and demonstrate a few activities that can be helpful in teaching ADHD kids.
Language Learning Through The Lenses Of An African Adult, Muchumayeli (Ishmael) Bhebhe
Language Learning Through The Lenses Of An African Adult, Muchumayeli (Ishmael) Bhebhe
Sandanona
Do you know that indigenous Africans are essentially pragmatic and/ or anthropocentric beings? Do you desire to meaningfully impact their lives through language learning? This session seeks to address such questions thereby showing why English language learning is most effective for African adults when directed towards meeting real needs.
Visual Arts: Its Place In The Language Classroom, Regina Valentino
Visual Arts: Its Place In The Language Classroom, Regina Valentino
Sandanona
The presenter will explore visual arts with respect to language learning. She will provide information about learning styles and multiple intelligences, and how they affect student learning. She will share activities that show how the visual arts can enhance students' learning and will, along with the audience analyze their effectiveness. Regina Valentino has a background in visual arts and personal experience with language learning.
Differentiation: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Dena Konneker
Differentiation: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Dena Konneker
Sandanona
When is differentiation helpful and when it is harmful? What are common pitfalls? What is the balance between meeting learners’ needs and holding them to equally high expectations? What are a few positive strategies that teachers should focus on? Participants will examine case studies around these issues.
One Of The Adjustment Challenges For Newly Arrived Iraqis, Sabah Al Adlai
One Of The Adjustment Challenges For Newly Arrived Iraqis, Sabah Al Adlai
Sandanona
Many Iraqi refugees have a higher proficiency in English than other newcomers groups but still need or want classes to improve their skills. Classes that meet these refugees ‘needs may be difficult to find because language classes for new refugee arrivals are often geared toward those with little or no English.
Cooperation &Collaboration: Interactive Ways Of Learning, Tatiana Garasyuta
Cooperation &Collaboration: Interactive Ways Of Learning, Tatiana Garasyuta
Sandanona
The presenter will investigate the efficacy of cooperation to facilitate learning in the EFL classroom. She will share the findings of the Russian educators working in this field. The presentation will highlight several interactive activities, which can be used to capitalize on cooperative learning.
Nest & Non-Nest Teachers’ Relationship With Global English, Hilary Pearson
Nest & Non-Nest Teachers’ Relationship With Global English, Hilary Pearson
Sandanona
This interactive workshop will explore various issues concerning the ever-changing dynamics of teaching global English by comparatively examining perspectives of NEST and Non-NEST teacher case studies as well as global English educational trends and their effects on English teaching by way of dialogue.