1. Distance Learning Foundation With support from the U.S. Embassy RELO Office Bangkok, Thailand

2. Using Media for English Language Teaching

3. Quick General Review Session 3: Other Radio Sources What was it about?

4. Review of Session 3 What activities did you do? What new things did you learn as a participant in the session?

5. Implications for Teaching: Session 3 What did you try in your classes (or if you haven’t had a class yet – what do you hope to try)? WHAT WORKED? WHAT DIDN’T?

6. Print & Online News Session 4: 23 June 2010

7. Guiding Question How can the news help students with their critical thinking?

8. “Guess What I’m About” Part 1 Look at the following pictures from different newspapers. Talk with your partner. What is this news story going to be about? (up to one minute per picture) How do you know?

9. What is this news story going to be about? How do you know?

10. What is this news story going to be about? How do you know?

11. What is this news story going to be about? How do you know?

12. “Guess What I’m About” Part 2 Match the pictures with their appropriate news headlines. (sheet) How do you know they match? What clues are in the headlines and the pictures?

13. (1) Rubble of a Broken City Strains Haitians’ Patience (2) Plus-size Revelation: Big Women Have Cash, Too (3) Missing from the World Cup? China Be prepared to explain and share.

15. Learning Chinese in Mexico: Children prepare for the future What do you think this news story will be about? How do you know?

16. Putting the Puzzle Together Part 1 For each group read and discuss ONLY YOUR part.Then summarize it in your own words. 7 minutes

17. Putting the Puzzle Together Part 2 ONE or TWO representatives from each group make a new group and share your summaries. Part 1 Rep. + Part 2 Rep. + Part 3 Rep. = New Group 7 minutes

18. Putting the Puzzle Together Part 3 What was the entire news story about? Please briefly share your summary with the rest of the class.

19. Highlighting Aspects of the Story Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? In your new groups, prepare a question for each aspect & ask the rest of the class to answer it. 5 minutes

20. Debate Side A “Pro” or Agree Side B “Con” or Disagree Learning more than one language must be required in school. 5 minute prep

21. Implications for Teaching What kinds of activities did you do in the session or ‘class’? What skills did these activities focus on? How can these activities be adapted/changed for your language classroom? How was critical thinking included in the lesson?

22. Assignments Assignment from the lesson or ‘class’ Assignment to apply in your classroom

23. Korp Khun Mak Ka Thank you very much and See you in the next session!

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