English Language Teaching and Materials Workshops

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MITESOL 2002 Workshop: Implementing Alternative Performance-Based Assessment at a Classroom Level

Adult ESL programs with successful EL Civics grants incorporate additional, non-standardized assessments into their everyday classroom routine. How do teachers have time for this? The presenter will demonstrate practical, efficient assessment activities gleaned from her colleagues in California, and information about standardized performance-based assessments (CASAS) and EL Civics grants.

ACMI 2001 Workshop: Creating Materials for Interactive Group Work

One of the challenges of a beginning ESL class is the amount of vocabulary in each subject area or lifeskill needed to engage the students in collaborative activities. Each text or workbook you use adds extra vocabulary, often with unfamiliar structures as well. However, you will increase practice and success if you use only one main text and develop introductory and reinforcement materials to complement that text. These materials can be developed as templates and saved for future use.

TESOL 2001 Workshop: Creating Stories for ESL Beginners

An ESL/EFL beginner's limited vocabulary and knowledge of sentence structure does not constrain a good storyteller. Stories with very few words can be relevant and humorous. Review the elements of a good story and some conventions that will help you communicate them in easy English. Customize each other stories by changing people and places, create additional practice materials to go with the stories, and collect your student's stories for future classes.

Additional Workshops are in the Bible Exploration Section

ACMI 2002 Workshop: Bible Exploration for Thoughtful Language Learners

Toronto 2002 Workshop: Leadership Training for International Small Group Bible Discussions