1. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org PToT Seminar 2010 La Carmela de Boracay, Philippines, March 4-8 Alan S. Mackenzie, Regional Project Training Manager Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org

2. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Day 1: PToT Success Factors MT’s: What made your PToT courses successful? PToTs: What your Master Trainers did to make your course successful?

3. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Examining an Issue Causes IssueConsequences Possible solutions

4. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Loop-Input Has anyone used it? Met it before? What did you think about it? How could you use it in class? How could you use it in training sessions?

5. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Jaynee Moon’s Recommendations ToTs need immediate practise in: –Facilitating workshops and reflecting and feeding back on their practice –Planning workshops with coaching/feedback –Adapting existing resources for the local context

6. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Jaynee Moon’s Recommendations ToTs need longer term support through: –Emotional, professional and practical support networks –Self development –Keeping up to date on TEYL

7. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Possible Interventions Organisation: –Individual –pairs/buddies –clusters –whole group Modes: –Self-access –F2F –Online

8. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Possible Interventions Observation and feedback on workshop facilitation Workshop planning toolkit Online community with structured tasks/support CPD self-study pack

9. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org What?How?But… Add desired actions here Enablers and actors here Constraints and realities to be aware of

10. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Communities of Practise Mutual Engagement : Through participation in the community, members establish norms and build collaborative relationships. Joint Enterprise: Their interactions create a shared understanding of what binds them together and is (re)negotiated by its members. Shared Repertoire: Produces a set of communal resources which are used in the pursuit of their joint enterprise. Wenger, Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity (1998, CUP)Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity

11. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Scale International National Sub-national District Cluster School Inter-personal

12. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Your Communities of Practice Which communities of practice do you belong to? –What is their Joint Enterprise? –What happens in them? –How do you participate in the community? –How do members of the community communicate together? –How do they share resources?

13. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Online Communities of Practice PMI

14. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Course Development Process 1.Defining content themes 2.Specify learning outcomes 3.Design assessment tasks 4.Organise a short course plan 5.Define learning resource availability and needs 6.Develop sample session plans

15. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Good Learning Outcomes: Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Timebound

16. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Which of the following are outcomes? 1.Trainees will be able to teach directions. 2.Trainees will learn about participating in an online community. 3.Trainees will demonstrate their ability to post a message on an online forum. 4.Trainees will organise a workshop for teachers in their local area. 5.Trainees will share ideas about teaching grammar. How would you turn them all into outcomes?

17. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Learning Outcomes What will your trainees be able to do by the end of the course?

18. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Assessment

19. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org What are these assessment types? Which of the below is not a true in this story?: Choose one A,B,C,D “How did you accomplish this task? Do you think you did it well? What problems did you have? How could you do it better next time?” Write a paragraph (at least ten sentences) about your family. “So can anyone tell me what X means?” Produce a tri-fold pamphlet explaining your school to visitors from another country.

20. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org Planning the course What enabling knowledge and skills will trainees need? What activities will equip trainees with required knowledge, skills and understanding? What will need to be taught and coached, and how should it be done? What materials and resources are best suited to meet goals? Is the overall design coherent and effective?

21. ACCESS ENGLISH: Transforming the teaching and learning of English in East Asia www.britishcouncil.org OutcomeAssessmentEvidence