Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com -
http://kalinago.blogspot.com -
http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com
Teaching Advanced Learners
Business English
VHS Leinfelden 13-06-09
Agenda
10.00 11.30 Defining the Advanced Learner
11.45 13.00 Textbooks vs. Authentic Material
13.00 13.45 Lunch
13.45 15.00 Internet / Videos
15.15 16.15 Role & real play
16.15 - 17.00 Feedback and Grammar
Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com -
http://kalinago.blogspot.com -
http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com
Who are the advanced learners?
What are
(will be)
their jobs?
Why do advanced learners keep taking English classes?
What do they need to learn?
What do they want to learn?
Where are the resources?
Do you create a learning program?
If so, how?
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered
himself is mightier still.
Lao Tzu
Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com -
http://kalinago.blogspot.com -
http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com
Reading, Writing & Vocabulary
11.45 - 13.00
Business + News (+Magazines)vs.Business Blogsvs.Bestselling
business booksvs.Textbooksvs.Company materials
The Business World
BooksThe Google Story
The Long Tail
Tipping Point
Microtrends
MagazinesThe Economist
BusinessWeek
Time
NewspapersFinancial Times
BlogsSeth Godin
Presentation Zen
Dumb Little Men
The customer is not always right
Engadget
Autoblog
The Business English World
Blogs for language learnersHow to learn English
English Spark
English at Home
Business Spotlight
Bite-sized-English
Ways to teach
Vocabulary
Clusters
Descriptive Webs
Venn Diagrams
Word WebsT- charts
Flow Charts
Matrix /Process Grids
K-W-L-H
S
W
O
T
To lead people, walk beside them.
Lao Tzu
Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com -
http://kalinago.blogspot.com -
http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com
Listening, Watching & Vocabulary
(examples)
14.00-15.15
Authentic Podcastsi-tunes
Authentic videoYouTubeTEDBig ThinkPop!Casts
What else have you seen or found?
What could you look for?
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an
opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to
nurture your dream.
Lao Tzu
Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com -
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http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com
Adding drama
15.15 - 16.15
Role plays, case studies and decision dilemmas
Real play The Superhero
The Chair
16.15 - 17.00Giving FeedbackGrammar
Dramatic
Activities
TextbooksMarket Leader
Intelligent Business
Supplementary booksBusiness Roles 1 + 2
Decisionmaker
InCompany Case studies
Business Rewards
Methodology bookDrama & Improvisation, OUP by Ken Wilson
The Chair
Who is the Expert?
What can you teach us?
Adapted from Experts - Ken Wilson, Drama and Improvisation
OUP
The Superhero,
item of office equipment
and a building in the city centre...
What happened?
Adapted from Superhero, household object & location - Ken
Wilson, Drama and Improvisation
Fossilized Errors and Feedback
?
Advanced Grammar
Verb infinitives, ing forms
Determiners & quantifiers
Participle clauses
Leaving words out
Prepositions
Connectors
and...
Photographs:www.flickr.com1 + 5 kung fu by hyeenus
3 + 4 she knows kung fu by richard masoner
6 + 7 tai chi praying mantis by stevendepolo
9 -13 shaolin kungfu monks by dennis kruyt
15 + 16 the art of shaolin kungfu by kevin poh
18 + 19 Franzli kungfu panda by Roberto Rizzato
20 .45 r.p.m art chair by Gary Bridgeman
21 it's not easy being a superhero by Esparta
22 tai chi praying mantis festival by stevendepelo
23 kungfu tournament by midwinterpolo
Recommended ResourcesTask based Language Learning and Teaching
Rod Ellis OUP
Drama and Improvisation Ken Wilson OUP
Second Language Needs Analysis Michael Long CUP
One to OnePeter Wilberg LTP Teacher Training
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