1. English Teaching Activities in Alice’s Classes Alice Chiu Chung Shan Girls’ High School 2004, 12, 31

2. Alice Chiu  Education Department, NCCU, 1984  English Teaching, University of Wisconsin, 1991  Educational Technology, Tamkang University, 2004 alicechiu@tp.edu.tw http://vcm.csghs.tp.edu.tw/alicechiu/elt

3. Table of Contents  Teaching Philosophy  Teaching Activities  Food for thought

4. A learning theory developed by National Training Laboratories (USA) in 1960

5. Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation Smith & Ragan’s Model (1993)

6. positive interdependence individual accountability face-to-face promotive interaction interpersonal and small group skills group processing Johnson & Johnson (1999)

7. Teaching Activities  Text-based activities  Vocabulary  Readings Readings  Extension Activities Extension Activities  Assessment  Project-based activities  The writing process and writing portfolio  Three-minute Speech Three-minute Speech  Our Book Report Project Our Book Report Project  Activities that involve ICT  ICT in ELT ICT in ELT

8. Food for Thought  Ideals vs. Reality  Learner-centered vs. Teacher-centered  Ask ourselves:  What do we want?  What do we have?  How do we use what we have to get what we want?  What will happen as a result?

9. Career Cycle  Vonk’s framework (1989)  Modal Sequences of the Teacher Career Cycle: A Schematic Model (Huberman, 1995)  Dynamics of the Teacher Career Cycle (Fessler & J. Christensen, 1992)

10. pre-professional phase threshold phase (first year) the phase of growing into the profession (2 to 7 years) the first professional phase phase of reorientation to oneself and the profession the second professional phase the phase of running down Vonk’s Framework

11. Years of Teaching Themes/phases 1-3 4-6Stabilization 7-18Experimentation/ Diversification Stock-taking/ Interrogations 19-30SerenityConservatism 31-40Disengagement ( “ serene ” or “ bitter ” ) Career entry: survival and discovery

13. Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is a process, Working together is a blessing. A Closing Reminder…

16. References  蔡文榮 ( 民， 93) 。活化教學的錦囊妙計。台北市：學富文化。  Fessler, R., & Christensen, J. (1992). The teacher career cycle: Understanding and guiding the professional development of teachers. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.  Huberman, M. (1995). Professional careers and professional development: Some intersections. In T. R. Guskey, & M. Huberman (Eds.), Professional development in education: New paradigms and practices. New York: Teachers College Press.  Johnson, D., Johnson, R. (1999). Learning together and alone: cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

17. Text-based Activities  Reading Activities  Warm-up activities Listening comprehension Information gap Scrambled sentences Matching game Mind map  Reading Activities  Review Activities Role play Information hunting Writing the main idea Summary writing Creative writing Mind map

18. Text-based Activities— Extension Activities  Group tasks  Pride and Problem Pride and Problem  Dating survey Dating survey  Commercial Ads Commercial Ads  The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera