TESOL 2013 OverviewWith Amanda and Tim

Agenda

0Activities0Other Interesting Sessions

Discussion Leads

0 Overview: Students learn by becoming the teacher and presenting a topic and leading a discussion.0 Critical Thinking=Conduct research on their topic

0Think about their topic in depth. 0 Collaboration = work closely with the instructor.

0Teacher checks their info for relevancy.0 Checks discussion questions.

0 Creativity = Students control how they will present their slides and how they will lead their discussion.

0 Communication = They will:0 Present relevant information.0 Field questions0 Paraphrase discussions.

Discussion Leads

0Audience Participation0 Students are peer reviewed.0 Students evaluate themselves as presenters AND

audience members! (Did I ask questions? Was I engaged?)

Discussion Panel * Example

0 Topic: Coca Leaf0 Background/History0 Scientist views0 Benefits (4 examples)0 Legal uses ~ Medical Treatment0 Graph0 Video that touches on the issue (no longer than 10 minutes)0 Discussion Question #1

0 Student Facilitates by fielding quesitons, paraphrasing, and directing questions to other students (Y/N questions, conditional questions, information questions)

Being Explicit

0Overview: Our students come from cultures that communicate in a way that assumes their listener knows as much as they do. This can have problems in terms of written and spoken output.

0High Context:0 Most of the information is in the physical context or is

assumed to be internalized/known by the listener/reader. Tends to be nonverbal communication.

0Low Context:0 Most of the information is explicitly stated.

HIGH

Japan, Korea, China Arab Countries

Greece Spain Italy

England France

North America Scandinavian Countries

German-speaking Countries

LOWE.T. Hall and M. Hall

Understanding Cultural Differences (1990)

Defining Terms / Describing Things

Sample 1: Conversation between instructor and students

Instructor: Oh, my last meal was five thousand years ago. Can anyone explain "meal"?

Multiple Students: Food. Lunch. You want potato and sandwich.

Instructor: Yes, together those are a meal. How would we explain the meaning of meal? Those are good examples.

Male Student: Like lunch. Like lunch meal.

Instructor: OK, again those are good examples.

Male Student: A list of foods. A list of food and drink.

Defining Terms / Describing Things

Sample 2: Define communication.

Response: When I think about it, my mind draw different picture, such as wife and husband, cell phone, TV, meeting

Sample 3: Describe a traditional food from your country.

Response: First, it is masterpiece. Most people know Bubble Tea from Taiwan. It’s on behalf of Taiwan. When people talk about Bubble Tea, there are thinking to Taiwan.

Argumentative WritingSample 5: The effects or benefits of Taekwondo

The first beneft helps people to develop mind training. For

example, people who learn taekwondo overcome their limitation

though practice and excercise. So, they can raise concentration

and control their mind. If they are child to learn taeknowdo, they

might make right sociability. Although taeknowdo is fighting

sport, children can developed their sociability by fight. And

second benefit is to make their body healthy…

Creating Content

5. Double Entry Journal0 From written texts0 From audio texts

Notes from written/audio texts Personal reactions/responses

• Key words• Quotes• Paraphrases• Important ideas• Summaries of interesting or

important ideas from the reading/recording

• React to the ideas• Express any points of confusions

you have• Ask questions of writer/speaker• Relate ideas to other recordings,

readings, discussions you have had on the topic

• Make connections to your own experiences, thoughts, or ideas

Creating structurePresenting PIE / TEA 0Point: What is the point? What is the topic?

This sentence is often referred to as the topic sentence.

0Information/Illustration: What are the examples? What is the support of the point? These sentences are often referred to as the supporting sentences.

0Explanation: How can we elaborate on the point and examples to make the ideas more clear for the reader? These sentences are often referred to as the explanatory sentences.

Production analysis1. Coding/highlighting one’s writing/transcripts0 Identify the PIE parts of your paragraph.

- Circle the P- Underline the I- Box the E

0 Is there something missing in your PIE? If so, build some new ideas to explain your point. DON’T leave your reader/listener to make the connections that you are making!

2. Descriptive Outlining 0What does the paragraph say?0What does the paragraph do?

The first beneft helps people to develop mind training. For example, people who learn taekwondo overcome their limitation though practice and excercise. So, they can raise concentration and control their mind. If they are child to learn taeknowdo, they might make right sociability. Although taeknowdo is fighting sport, children can developed their sociability by fight. And second benefit is to make their body healthy.

RevisionThe first benefit is that it helps people to train their mind. For example, taekwondo is that people must overcome alone their limitations though continuous training. In this process, they can develop their patience and grow confidence. Not only that, children who learn taekwondo can develop cooperation and camaraderie while they get a time to exercise with others. Second benefit is that people who learn taekwondo can make their body healthy.  

Sample of PIE Chart Implementation

Sample lesson plan 3Context0 Class: Intermediate Reading, Writing, and Grammar Class0 Topic: Being “Green”0Writing Objective: A source-based paragraph to respond to a

topic using unit readings.

Unit plan1. Students have read and are familiar with all unit readings. 2. Introduce DEJ and show sample entries. 3. Have students do entries for homework.4. Bring DEJ back to class ready for discussion. 5. During the test, provide descriptive PIE outline chart.6. Proceed with the writing task.

Double Entry Journal

Paired Reading To Develop Reading Strategies and Cross-Cultural

Awareness

0Overview: Students read paired high-interest readings to develop reading skills and cross cultural awareness.

0Paired Reading: A reading on two separate readings with opposing ideas on the same topic. For example:0 The Right To Carry Arms0 More Gun Control

In Paired Reading lessons, students:

0 Do Pre-reading & Vocabulary work 0 Preview ywo complementary texts (A or B) and choose one. 0 Read Texts independently with the purpose of learning and

sharing new information. 0 Students Pair Up according to their texts: A-A, B-B 0 Check Understanding using focus questions to verify their

understanding of the text. 0 Form groups of Four (A-A-B-B) and they present their text’s

information to each other using the focus questions as a guide. 0 Use their personal experience, background knowledge, and

information from the text as the basis of a whole group discussion of cross-cultural issues and critical literacy.

Aram DeKoven - Subconsciously Held Bias: Exposing the Myth of Racial

Colorblindness

0 Overview: Subconscious behavior can impact our interaction with our students.0 Gives several examples of studies from people like Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob

Rosenthal.0 Hot/Cold Coffee0 African American names vs. white names

0 Teachers are the first gatekeepers.0 “Harvard Test” – random data

0 When a teacher had higher expectations of a student:0 More input/info0 Faster response time0 More detail in explanations, esp. for mistakes

0 Bias from:0 Body language (posture, facial expressions)0 Laughter/nonlaughter

Eli Hinkel - Creating Curriculum for the Best Language Course Ever Taught

0 Overview: How to design a course that might possibly be the best language course ever taught.0 How to organize the course.

0What and in what order.0What to spend time on and what to not spend time on (future

perfect progressive)0 Teach the students not the material.

0 “The fact that something is taught does not mean it is learned.”0Give plenty of tests. Tests make students study.0Allow yourself to get lost with new classes/materials0Review! Review! Review!

Links

0Here is more information and the sources of where I appropriated a lot of my slides:

0Lighthearted Learning (Paired Reading)0 http://www.lightheartedlearning.com/tools-tips

0Eli Hinkel:0 http://www.elihinkel.org/TESOL2013/default.htm

0 I will email you the slides for Being Explicit