1. PSTDP Week 5

2. Objectives Agenda You will: Review adjectives Reflect on your beliefs about your students Change text into student language Review the Principles of Language Learning Define communicative language teaching Stress the first word in compound words 1.Ice Breaker: Us 2.Warm Up: Our students 3.Re-write the Text: Teaching 4.Journal Reflection: Our teaching 5.Pronunciation

3. Ice Breaker and Warm-Up Ice Breaker: Circle: I’m ______ ______. adjective name Warm Up: Line Up Discussion: I believe students are ____.

4. Stand out Sandra Oregon weather

5. Ice Breaker and Warm-Up Ice Breaker: Circle: I’m ______ ______. adjective name Warm Up: Line Up Discussion: I believe students are ____.

6. Talk with Chalk Describe your students

7. Talk with Chalk: Sat am

8. Talk with Chalk: Sat pm

9. Talk with Chalk: Thursday

10. What can we say about our students?

11. What the book says: Students have different learning styles Students learn better when they are active We often don’t have enough time for mastery

12. Let’s turn this into easy English Do you mind coming to my aid? I’ve been all around this metropolitan area in search of public transportation. Could you please inform me as to its whereabouts? Excuse me, where is the bus?

13. Basic Principles of Language Learning Let’s turn this into easy English Page 22…it generally takes more than one practice opportunity to learn to perform any skill smoothly and automatically and language is no exception.

14. Basic Principles of Language Learning Please turn your quote into easy English Page 21…a communicative approach to language learning helps students learn grammar more effectively because their desire to communicate ideas can make them more interested in learning grammar structures that help them get their meaning across.

15. Basic Principles of Language Learning Please turn your quote into easy English Page 21 …the study of English is potentially more appealing and even exciting if English is seen as a tool that makes communication with a new world possible, allowing students to talk face to face with someone from a foreign country, read books or articles from the world’s vast library of material published in English or even watch films or listen to songs in English.

16. Basic Principles of Language Learning Please turn your quote into easy English Page 23 Learners who have a strong desire to learn and who feel good about their progress are far more likely to continue working hard over the long haul required in learning a language.

17. Basic Principles of Language Learning Please turn your quote into easy English Page 23 “Students are often unrealistic in what they believe they can and should accomplish in a given period of time, so their self esteem suffers.” Students who feel bad about their language learning are particularly vulnerable to discouragement and the temptation to quit.

18. Basic Principles of Language Learning Please turn your quote into easy English Page 29: …their primary motivation is what researchers call extrinsic motivation, in other words, motivation based on a reward that comes form outside of the learner.

19. Basic Principles of Language Learning Please turn your quote into easy English Page 29: …English teachers should also try to build their students’ intrinsic motivation by encouraging them to consider rewards that come from within themselves, such as a sense of accomplishment, a love of learning new things, etc.

20. You Do It at Home! Page 29: Another way to arouse and maintain student interest in English study is to make your courses as genuinely communicative as possible. Most people enjoy talking about themselves and learning about others, which provides a natural opportunity for speaking and even writing practice.

21. What is communicative language teaching? Page vi The main goal of language learning is to improve the ability to use language for communication and that many or most of the activities in language classes will be genuinely communicative in nature. A big part of your classes should be students communicating with each other. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

22. Portfolio Task #2 20 minutes in class Write a letter to your teacher in which you describe your philosophies/beliefs about learning/teaching. What is the role of oral language/ student communication in the classroom?

24. Pronunciation Rule #1: Compound Words Stress the first word in a compound word more than the second.  Ex nightclub, newspaper, backpack Stress the first noun in a two-noun compound  Seat belt, web page, office party

25. Some practice Beginning  Glasses for the sun  A towel for the beach  A brush for hair  Beans made of coffee  A chair for your desk  A shelf for books  A brush for teeth  A store that sells groceries Intermediate  A pad for your mouse  A program for your computer  Pages on the Internet  A tool for screws  A clip for papers  A place for pictures  A chair for relaxing  A basket for trash  A tall lamp

26. The Wiki – how to use it

27. Objectives Agenda You will: Review adjectives Reflect on your beliefs about your students Change text into student language Review the Principles of Language Learning Define communicative language teaching Stress the first word in compound words 1.Ice Breaker: Us 2.Warm Up: Our students 3.Re-write the Text: Teaching 4.Journal Reflection: Our teaching 5.Pronunciation 6.English assessment