Language Exchange  

Colleen Coffey, Marquette University

Benjamin Stewart, Wikieducator (http://wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez)Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

August 24, 2010

What is it and how does it happen?

Students:What happens before the session?  ActivationWhat happens during the session?  InteractionWhat happens after?  Refection

Teachers:What happens before the session?  Plan

What happens during the session?  Implement

What happens after?  Reflect/plan

Planning for groups

During the language exchange

During the language exchange

Scheduling partners

Active learning partnership

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The "role" of the teacher

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How do we know what is happening? Is it important to know what is happening? Why? What types of activities and assessment tools give us measureable outcomes?

Theory

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Complex               versus         Constructed

Theory

Differentiated instruction/assessment: content, process, and productSheltered instruction: planning, comprehensible input, interaction, assessmentConnection, contagion, (Christakis & Fowler, 2009), and complexConnective community: Open, diverse, autonomous, and interactive (Downes) 

Questions to consider related to LEsHow to develop a network of educators who are interested in participating in language exchanges (LEs)?   

 

Q & A

  colleen.coffey@mu.edu