ESOL Toolkit: Introduction to Basics (CMA)
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- Overview
- This workshop is intended for ESOL practitioners who are new to the field or who don't have many years of experience. Participants will be involved in a variety of exercises that will help them discover and discuss aspects of teaching adult ESOL learners that provide a basis for good teaching practice. Learner diversity, goals and goal setting; components of curriculum and lesson planning; ESOL and EFF frameworks; materials; and internet sites will all be touched upon. The facilitators will model sound teaching practices while involving the participants in a variety of activities that can be used in the classroom. Interaction and discussion with colleagues from other programs provides an opportunity for sharing "what works".
- Details
- This workshop can be bundled with other ESOL workshops which include: Integrating Technology, Robin Schwarz a Webinar course, Critical Thinking and Reading Horizons, a phonetic based reading program for low-level students. Watch our September newsletter for more details.
- When
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October 30, 2008
from
04:00 pm
to
08:30 pm
- Where
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- QCC, Room 107A, Administration Building
- 670 West Boylston St., Worcester, MA 01606
- Topics
- ESOL
- Multi-session attendance required
- no
- Contact info
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Merilee Freeman
mfreeman@qcc.mass.edu
508-854-4296 - Indicators of Program Quality
- IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
- Learning objectives
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As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
§ identify and discuss the varied roles of learners as workers, family members, community members and lifelong students, and the impact of these roles on goal setting and learning.
§ describe the ongoing relationship between goals, curriculum and assessment as they affect lesson planning and instruction.
§ examine ways to help learners set goals, identify obstacles and benchmarks toward accomplishing goals
§ develop thematic units based on learners’ goals.
§ participate in a variety of activities that can be used in the classroom and that model sound instructional approaches, including a sample lesson.
§ begin to develop a follow-up lesson incorporating some of the techniques learned, being mindful of the components of learning.
§ discuss (briefly) and share ways to use technology in lessons.
- Presenters
- Robin Kacprzicki
Merilee Freeman - Presenters Bio
- Robin Kacprzicki has a been teaching Adult Education since 1986 – seven years in ABE at Worcester Adult Learning center and ESOL at Mt. Wachusett Community College since 1991, as well as several workplace ed programs. She has presented at several statewide and national adult education conferences. She represented Massachusetts at the National Symposium on Adult ESL Researcher in Washington, DC in 2001. Merilee Freeman, CMA SABES
- Host RSC
- Central Massachusetts Region
- PDPs
- no
