MOVING FORWARD:

MODERN EFL TEACHING

TECHNIQUES

Professional Development Workshop

April 1 – 2, 2011Elista

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BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN WEBINARS FOR

TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ValeSiApril 2, 2011

Elista

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WHAT IS A WEBINAR?

= Web-based seminar= interactive lecture= presentation= workshop Duration: 45/60/90 minutes

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SHARING ONLY MY OWN EXPERIENCE

BaW (Becoming a Webhead) 2010, 2011 (live + recorded)

Shaping the Way We Teach English (USA State Department) 2010 – 2011 (live + recorded)

Longman Tertiary Week (Pearson Longman Publishing House) February 2011 (live)

Macmillan (recorded) 4

WHY IS IT NECESSARY?

Watch, listen and decide for yourselves…

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BENEFIT 1

Remaining at home

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WHAT YOU NEED

An Internet connectionA headset An e-mail addressTime…time…time…

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TIMETABLE BaW: January, February (once/twice a week)

Macmillan: 3 pm UK time, first Wednesday – each month, except summer;

http://www.macmillanenglish.com/BlankTemplate.aspx?id=43108

Organized by the USA State Departtment. To get registered in April 2011 webinars, e-mail to: http://moscow.usembassy.gov/elo.html

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BENEFIT 2

Learning in the newest educational environment – the virtual classroom

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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (BAW 2011)

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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (USA)

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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (LONGMAN)

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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (MACMILLAN)

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ONE MORE MACMILLAN WEBINAR

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PARTICIPANT INTERFACE

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BENEFIT 3

Communicating with ESL/EFL expertsAsking questions, taking part in polls

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LECTURERS

Graham Stanley, English for the British Council in Barcelona

JOAN KANG SHIN Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, UMBC

Rick Rosenberg

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LECTURERS

Julia Williams is the author of Learning English for Academic Purposes, published by Pearson Longman ESL in 2005.

Carol Numrich from Columbia University: Consider the Issues: Advanced Listening and

Critical Thinking Skills, Longman, Inc., 2004, 1995, 1987 (only one of her numerous books)

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KEVIN MCCAUGHEY

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LESLIE OPP-BECKMAN, PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT, AMERICAN ENGLISH INSTITUTE

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DIANE AND NORBERT SCHMITT

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CAROL NUMRICH

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DAVID HILL

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JEREMY HARMER

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PAUL EMMERSON

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BENEFIT 4

Discussing Various Themes and choosing format of participating

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LONGMAN TERTIARY WEEK OF ENGLISH

The principles of assessment and testing

Moving toward a more authentic listening practice

Principles for effective vocabulary teaching

Critical expression: strategies for teaching critical thinking

Teaching writing today: the same as yesterday?

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SHAPING THE WAY WE TEACH ENGLISH

• What Makes a Great Listening Task• Task-Based Instruction• Best Practices: Teaching English to Young

Learners• Differentiated Learning• Ten Great Teaching Tools• Critical Thinking in the TEFL Curriculum• Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)• English for Specific Purposes (ESP)• Activating Materials for Communication• The Movable Class: Managing and Varying

Movement in the Classroom

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BENEFIT 5

Refreshing knowledge on Methods of teaching ESL/EFL

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BENEFIT 6

Before and After Webinar Communication

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BENEFIT 7

Becoming a part of a community

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BENEFIT 8

Practical application39

just immediately after the webinar

receiving a lot of different materials – free!

watching and listening to a recorded webinar at any convenient – for you!!!!!!!! – time!

sharing with colleagues40

BENEFIT 9

Splendid Speech Practice

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Listening to American, British, Australian native and non-native speakers

All four language skills developed

Even Speaking – in smaller webinars

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BENEFIT 10

Certificate

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SO, WHY…Now, could you answer the question that I asked you before?

Ready to attend?!

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FEEDBACK Any questions? Visit my wiki on professional development at:

http://wikipdworkshop.wikispaces.com/

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RESOURCES

http://www.macmillanenglish.com/BlankTemplate.aspx?id=43108 Macmillan webinars

http://www.techfuels.com/everything-else/7899-labtec-242-headset.html picture of headset

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EAP-Now-Students-Kathy-Cox/dp/1740910737

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RESOURCES

http://www.carolread.com/ http://www.renison.uwaterloo.ca/directory/williams-

julia.shtml http://ce.columbia.edu/American-Language-

Program/Faculty http://pages.uoregon.edu/leslieob/resume.html http://www.umbc.edu/education/faculty/bio/

shinj.htm http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/bio

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