Fanning the Flame: Multiplying Effects of STEM Language Education Mark Dorr English Language Specialist (a United States Department of State program)

Will you make great improvements in your profession? What will you do? Will you have such a tremendous impact in your career that you change the world? Will you make great improvements in your profession? Will you have an incredible effect on the lives of thousands of students? Will you change one student’s life? Georg Enescu’s concert

What kind of teacher are you? Gatekeeper? Gardener? Something else?

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What is ESP for stem? One definition: An ESP courses is designed for students’ needs; related to the discipline it serves; and is a language course that supports, and draws from, content instruction. STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEAM

Teach for your students 10 years from now Help them develop the interest, drive and confidence to use the language. Help them build skills that they can use later. Help them learn strategies to handle new problems.

STEM students tend to be very goal- driven STEM students tend to be very goal- driven. Grab that interest and use it to fuel their language learning efforts. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Encourage open-ended language use and projects. Keep encountering the language from different angles. In other words, spiral. Encourage open-ended language use and projects. Teach the language of process! Story of two teachers: one open, other not, suc.

The Language of process can be fun! https://youtu.be/Wfw8IyRTWUw

An Animated Rube Goldberg machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyuukbzJvB8

Before Then Prior to As a result, First, Second, Third, etc. Once Subsequently Step After Finally Which + SP verb (causes/moves/flips, etc.) the Verb+ing (jerking, flipping, completing, etc.) the

Some Student Projects that ring a bell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFWHbRApS3c&t=96s