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Engage and
Extend
Christina Cavage
June 2016
What does your classroom look like?
Students Needs vs. Data Driven
Integrating Technology, Building Collaboration
Flipping the ESL Classroom
Have you thought about Flipping Your Class?
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What is The Flipped Classroom?
Breaking down classroom walls
Create new opportunities to learn
Microlearning
Flipping the ESL Classroom
No flipped classrooms are identical…
Flipping the ESL Classroom
FLIP represents the four pillars of the ideology
• Flexible Learning Environments
• Learning Culture
• Intentional Content
• Professional Educators
Flipping the ESL Classroom
Flexible classroom environments
“Controlled Chaos”
Rearrangement of learning space, tailored to activity:
Group work, pair work, independent study, performance,
evaluation, research
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Learning culture –a shift
‒ Instruction can take place outside of class time at each individual’s
pace
‒Class time is about…
exploring topics deeper, assessing understanding, asking questions
giving opportunities for students to apply concepts
Flipping the ESL
Classroom
-ED endings Video
Learning Content:
At home, students can watch
video
In the classroom, application
activity
Classroom
Application
Activity
Another example…Count and non-count nouns
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Intentional Content
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What content should be taught in
the classroom?
• Communicative
• Application of structures
What content can (and should) be
taught outside of the classroom?
• Heavy cognitive load
• Structures that some learners
need repeated
Intentional Content
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LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK…
Do I have to create my own videos/
audios?
Flipping the ESL Classroom
Flipping the ESL Classroom
Flipping the ESL Classroom
• Professional Educators
• In the flipped model, teachers become more crucial
• Flipping can be more demanding in the beginning
• While less direct instruction, more planning on what to flip
• During class time, observing, giving feedback, assessing
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Explore-Flip-Apply
‒ Initial class exploration (activate background
knowledge)
In class teachers introduce the lesson with a
situation
Students work together in class and explore
what they know
Students study/learn concept or language at
home through video or other media
Next class meeting, students understanding and
apply learning to situation
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• EXPLORE Example
• Teacher presents situation in class: How do you make a good argument in writing?
• Students can get into groups and discuss, generate a list
• Class reviews a list
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Flipping the ESL Classroom
Example-Apply
Back in class students could . . .
• Generate an outline for the
writing assignment, first in
groups
• Generate topics and outlines
• Peer critique the outline
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Example-Apply
Back in class students
could . . .
• Create two
conversations—one
formal and one informal
• Perform conversations
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What we know about
Flipping
Flipping is blended learning
at its best...
Flexibility to layer a lesson
Flipping the ESL Classroom: Back Loading
In class…
Pre-speaking or
pre-writing work
Vocabulary work
Group discussions
Flipping the ESL Classroom:Front Loading
In class…Post-Reading Activities
• Group
activity/project
• Extend the reading
• Identify grammar
structures and their
functions
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What we know about Flipping
Flipping is blended learning at its best...
Learners have increased learning opportunities
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What we know
about Flipping
Flipping is blended
learning at its best...
Learners develop
greater autonomy
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What we know about Flipping
Flipping is blended learning at its
best...
Lower levels of Bloom’s taxonomy
are moved outside of the
classroom (understanding and
remembering) while upper levels
(analyzing, applying, evaluating
and creating) are explicitly
worked on in the classroom.
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What we know about
Flipping
Flipping is blended
learning at its best...
Appeal to digital natives
Flipping the ESL Classroom
What we know about Flipping
Flipping is blended learning at its best...
Offers many advantages for teachers:
Bridge experiences/expectations
Stay more informed
Be better informed
Offers flexiblility
Allows us to go back to a social, cooperative
language classroom
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Flipping the ESL Classroom
Flipping Your ESL Class
• Next Steps?
• Choose materials with vibrant digital tools (publisher generated with videos, audios)
• Utilize YouTube, TEDTalks, Khan Academy…
• Review helpful resources:• http://flippedlearning.org
• http://longmanhomeusa.com/blog/tag/Christina-Cavage/
Flipping Your ESL Class
• Next Steps?
• Think about integrating technology rather
than using technology
Let’s hear . . .
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