Igniting the Adult English Language Learner TESOL Workshop Steve Przymus

Workshop Objectives  SWBAT learn various TESOL strategies and have opportunities for guided practice  SWBAT practice the strategies Morning Message, The Human Computer, Task-based Language Teaching, The Song of the Week, Coffee & Cookie Break, Inside/Outside Circle, Musical Share, TESOL Tech, and Bingo Night from the perspective of a student and discuss applications for each for their own classrooms  SWBAT learn various TESOL strategies and have opportunities for guided practice  SWBAT practice the strategies Morning Message, The Human Computer, Task-based Language Teaching, The Song of the Week, Coffee & Cookie Break, Inside/Outside Circle, Musical Share, TESOL Tech, and Bingo Night from the perspective of a student and discuss applications for each for their own classrooms

A Rain Dance  Let’s get warmed up and ready to go!  Two truths and a lie  Magic  Let’s get warmed up and ready to go!  Two truths and a lie  Magic

Keys to eliciting language from students: Set students up for success! Affective filter Motivation Affective filter Motivation

The Morning Message  Today___________________________ ________________________________  I feel ___________________________ _________________________________  I want___________________________ _________________________________  Today___________________________ ________________________________  I feel ___________________________ _________________________________  I want___________________________ _________________________________

The Morning Message  Today___________________________ ________________________________  Last night I ______________________ _________________________________  After class tonight I_______________ _________________________________  Today___________________________ ________________________________  Last night I ______________________ _________________________________  After class tonight I_______________ _________________________________

Morning message  Today___________________________ ________________________________  If I ____________________________ I _______________________________  I really hope_____________________  I’m looking forward to______________  I can’t wait_______________________  Today___________________________ ________________________________  If I ____________________________ I _______________________________  I really hope_____________________  I’m looking forward to______________  I can’t wait_______________________

The Song of the Week  Taps into different learning styles and motivations  Fun way to study grammar  if clauses  “if I had a million dollars, I would…”  How many things can you understand and write down from the song If I had a million dollars by the Bare Naked Ladies?  17? If I had a million dollars.pptxIf I had a million dollars.pptx  Taps into different learning styles and motivations  Fun way to study grammar  if clauses  “if I had a million dollars, I would…”  How many things can you understand and write down from the song If I had a million dollars by the Bare Naked Ladies?  17? If I had a million dollars.pptxIf I had a million dollars.pptx

Fun ways to review content  Inside/Outside Circle  Musical Share  The Congo Line  Inside/Outside Circle  Musical Share  The Congo Line

Community Bingo Night  Mixing NS & NNS  Negotiation of meaning  Ask clarifying questions  Slower rates of speech  Re-wording sentences  Increased usage of nonverbals  Food & Music/Distractions  Everyday Bingo: Everday bingo.docxEverday bingo.docx  Mixing NS & NNS  Negotiation of meaning  Ask clarifying questions  Slower rates of speech  Re-wording sentences  Increased usage of nonverbals  Food & Music/Distractions  Everyday Bingo: Everday bingo.docxEverday bingo.docx

Coffee & Cookie Break  10 & 2 (Time for clarification in L1)  Structured L1 Use  10 & 2 (Time for clarification in L1)  Structured L1 Use

Differentiation/ Multi-level Teaching Focus Form Meaning (grammar activities)(Communicative activities) Focus Form Meaning (grammar activities)(Communicative activities)

Community Language Learning “The Human Computer”  Identify important contextual communicative situations  Student led content  Human Computer Ex.) I was thinking about joining the Art club.band\Output\Output.aifI was thinking about joining the Art club.band\Output\Output.aif  Teacher aided pronunciation, syntax, and discourse appropriateness  Great for differentiated instruction, for increasing student motivation, and lowering the affective filter  Opportunity for meaningful practice with speaking, writing, listening, and reading  Identify important contextual communicative situations  Student led content  Human Computer Ex.) I was thinking about joining the Art club.band\Output\Output.aifI was thinking about joining the Art club.band\Output\Output.aif  Teacher aided pronunciation, syntax, and discourse appropriateness  Great for differentiated instruction, for increasing student motivation, and lowering the affective filter  Opportunity for meaningful practice with speaking, writing, listening, and reading

Community Language Learning: example  Materials needed: Tape recorder or computer and a meaningful idea  How to enroll your child in pre-school, or How to request an early childhood speech & language evaluation, etc.  Let’s practice  Materials needed: Tape recorder or computer and a meaningful idea  How to enroll your child in pre-school, or How to request an early childhood speech & language evaluation, etc.  Let’s practice

Task-based Language Teaching  Perform functions/tasks  Emphasis on the process of communication, not on mastery of forms  Errors are natural  Teacher’s Roll: Facilitate & Observe (list needed vocabulary, grammar forms, and discourse errors to address afterwards)  How do I get to the mall from here? taskbased.mov taskbased.mov  Real Communicative Activities:  Information gap, choice, feedback  Perform functions/tasks  Emphasis on the process of communication, not on mastery of forms  Errors are natural  Teacher’s Roll: Facilitate & Observe (list needed vocabulary, grammar forms, and discourse errors to address afterwards)  How do I get to the mall from here? taskbased.mov taskbased.mov  Real Communicative Activities:  Information gap, choice, feedback

Task-based Language Teaching  Increases interaction, output, and forces negotiation of meaning  Forced Output: Makes learners aware of their gaps in knowledge  Great for meeting the needs of a diverse group of proficiency levels  Let’s practice:  Needed: meaningful task with somewhat predictable use of language, frontload, time to collaborate on task  Increases interaction, output, and forces negotiation of meaning  Forced Output: Makes learners aware of their gaps in knowledge  Great for meeting the needs of a diverse group of proficiency levels  Let’s practice:  Needed: meaningful task with somewhat predictable use of language, frontload, time to collaborate on task

TESOL Technology  Blogs  Anonymity, lowered aff. filter, time to think, increased motivation, taps into diff. learning styles    PowerPoints  Literacy through pictures  Unit 13Fernanda.pptx Unit 13Fernanda.pptx  Contextual Language Learning  Google accounts (google talk, gmail, blogs, chats…  Skype, Facebook…  Blogs  Anonymity, lowered aff. filter, time to think, increased motivation, taps into diff. learning styles    PowerPoints  Literacy through pictures  Unit 13Fernanda.pptx Unit 13Fernanda.pptx  Contextual Language Learning  Google accounts (google talk, gmail, blogs, chats…  Skype, Facebook…

Keys for Increasing Interaction  Tap into prior knowledge  Lower the affective filter  Increase motivation/meaningful communicative tasks  Tap into prior knowledge  Lower the affective filter  Increase motivation/meaningful communicative tasks

Small group & Large Group Application Brainstorming  Ideas  Questions  Comments  Ideas  Questions  Comments