ESOL Basics I: A Toolkit for New and Less-Experienced Teachers (Bos, 1 of 3)

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Overview

This mini-course consists of 3 consecutive sessions and is primarily designed for teachers who are new to the ESOL field or teachers who do not have many years of experience in teaching ESOL. The modules for this mini-course are specifically designed to engage participants in a variety of exercises that will help them explore and discuss practices that have proven to work well in teaching adult ESOL (as well as some practices that do not work well for adult ESOL learners). Topics will include ESOL curriculum development (including the ABE ESOL Curriculum Frameworks), ESOL teaching approaches, lesson planning, teaching resources, and working with multi-level classes. Participants will also be encouraged to discuss challenges that confront ESOL teachers and possible strategies that can be used.

Details

1st session: October 3, 2007, 1:00pm - 4:00pm; 2nd session: October 10, 2007, 1:00pm - 4:30pm; 3rd session: October 17, 2007, 1:00pm - 4:30pm

When

October 3, 2007 from 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Where

• ALRI/Boston SABES Office, Wheatley Hall, 4th Floor, Room 167
• University of Massachusetts at Boston,
• 100 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester, MA 02125

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Topics

ESOL, Curriculum Development

Multi-session attendance required

yes

Contact info

John Zhang
john.zhang@umb.edu
617-287-4076 for info only. To register, please contact Andrea Lawless at 617-287-4079 or andrea.lawless@umb.edu.

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

As a result of the mini-course, participants will be able to:

1) Identify and discuss the roles of ESOL learners as workers, family members, community members and lifelong students, and the impact of these roles on goal setting and learning;

2) Understand the Mass. DOE ESOL Curriculum Frameworks and incorporate the strands and standards of the Frameworks into ESOL teaching;

3) Identify some obstacles such as learning disabilities and cultural differences that impact ESOL learning, and probe ways to overcome these obstacles to help ESOL learners set and meet learning goals;

4) Identify and analyze pros and cons of a variety of teaching techniques and their impact on both ESOL classroom participation and learning;

5) Access and utilize the on-shelf or on-line ESOL information/resources for curriculum development, lesson planning, classroom management and many other ESOL teaching and learning purposes;

6) In small groups or individually, plan a "lesson" that incorporates learned ESOL techniques and shared ideas, and connects with the ESOL Curriculum Frameworks.

Presenters

Kerline Tofuri

Presenters Bio

Kerline Tofuri, ESOL teacher and Project Manager at the English for New Bostonians (ENB).

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

yes

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