Request for Presentation or Workshop by the Senior English Language Fellow (2012-2013)

Request for Presentation or Workshop by the Senior English Language Fellow (2012-2013)

Presenter: Eve Smith, Senior EL Fellow, US Department of State

In order for the speaker to prepare an appropriate presentation for your institution, we request that you complete the following form. We appreciate having your requests at least 3 weeks before the event.

Your Name:
Name of Institution (school, organization, or university):
Location (City):
Contact person for organizing the event:
Telephone number(s) including a cell phone:
Email address:
Date(s) you are requesting the speaker. Please provide several options:

1. Type/Name of presentation(s) you are requesting:

Please read the attached file on the topics Eve Smith covers. Which topic(s) would you like Eve to do? What is the ideal length of time you would like the presentation to be? What is the time limit you are willing to have if the ideal length of time is not possible?

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1. Can you describe the audience(s) for the presentations/workshops (i.e. what do they teach, what is their background)?
   
   

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1. How many people will be in the audience?___________________________________________________

1. What are your goals for the program (What would you like your teachers to be able to take away from this workshop)? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What is the proposed program (i.e schedule—please feel free to attach a rough draft)? _____________________________________________________________________________________

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1. Please describe the room/furniture setting (please be detailed) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What equipment could be available for the speaker’s use? Please check:

White board □ Flip chart □ LCD Projector □ Computers□ Internet□ Copier for handouts □

1. Please provide travel options and schedule from Kyiv to your city and return: _____________________________________________________________________________________

1. Any additional comments?

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Thank you very much for your request. Please email this form to [e-mail] and [e-mail]

Request for Presentation/Workshop by Senior English Fellow 2012-2013

Eve Smith, Senior English Language Fellow, U.S. Department of State, will be visiting schools or universities to give presentations and conduct seminars on the English Language methodology to teachers of English from Kyiv and outside of Kyiv. Please find below the list of possible topics. In order for Eve to prepare an appropriate presentation for your institution please complete the request form (attached). We appreciate your requests at least 3 weeks before the event.

Following are other possible presentation and workshop topics:

- Listening—A Critical Skill

- ESP Building a Curriculum for Business Professionals

- The Importance of Vocabulary (appropriate for University)

- Teaching Academic Writing

- Lesson Planning

- Skills That Make a Difference: Goal Setting and Conflict Resolution

- Test Development Process and Guidelines

- Student Test-Taking Strategies

- Teaching English to Young Learners – Listening and Speaking

- Teaching English to Young Learners – Reading and Writing

- Increasing Classroom Interactions – Methods and Techniques: Increasing classroom interaction can be difficult. Often, teachers feel that students aren’t engaged in the activities; however, this might be due to our own lack of clear guidance in the activities we ask them to complete rather than disinterest on the part of the student. The presenter will discuss how to create task-based activities that stimulate discussions and interactions as a group in the classroom.

- Classroom Management: Learning to manage a classroom to create a safe and encouraging environment for language learners is not an easy task. Come explore some of the positive classroom managing techniques researchers have developed to foster a safe learning environment in the classroom. Once we have explored them in the workshop, take them to class and give them a try. You may just be amazed at how some of the techniques can alter student behavior in your classroom.

- Exploring Vulnerability as a Trait of Good Language Learner: Vulnerability is not something that we are taught to embrace; however, research has shown that being vulnerable improves our ability to learn through our mistakes. Participants will discuss why and how vulnerability plays a role in successful language learning. This topic is theoretical and delves into psychology.

- Grammar Games: How do we make grammar fun? How can we teach grammar in a more communicative way? The presenter will explore these questions and then introduce a collection of grammar games for a variety of levels with participants.

Each workshop will last 90 minutes and can be shortened to 60 minutes if preferred. Please indicate your preference. For longer workshops, see the list below.

Following is a list of presentations and workshop topics. Every presentation on this list is between 2 to 3 hours long with the exception of the presentations with time limitations written directly next to the title.

Other skills covered in the workshop are: goal setting, conflict resolution, group and pair work, communicative teaching practices, classroom management and lesson planning.

Culture and Language Through Film: The presenter will explore the dialogue, scenes, themes, grammar, vocabulary and follow-up activities for a movie of your choice so that you can present the information and activities to your students. Select ONE of the age appropriate movies below and include the name of the movie in the section that reads “Type/Name of presentation(s) you are requesting”. For more information about the movies, please watch their trailers on YouTube. All movies have been donated to the ETRC and are available to be borrowed.

University Soul Surfer Alice in Wonderland Secretariat The Blind Side Invictus

Secondary Soul Surfer Alice in Wonderland The Blind Side

Primary Akeelah and the Bee Alice in Wonderland

Culture and Critical Thinking through Film: Many hold stereotypes about the people of cultures other than their own. As language teachers, we have an opportunity to help students to move beyond these stereotypes by teaching them to analyze movies. The presenter will explore common stereotypes about U.S. culture and show how to teach students to move beyond these stereotypes through critical thinking by using movie clips.

Encouraging English Learning through the WWW: As the integration of technology into our daily lives continues, using the World Wide Web in the language classroom is becoming a requirement. This “hands on” workshop will focus on a guided exploration of different websites, and how these websites may be used to stimulate English learning in and out of class.

Successful On-line Activities and Projects: The World Wide Web has massive amounts of teaching resources and possibilities for classroom projects. It is often hard to decide where to begin and what types of projects can be successfully completed on-line. The presenter will show and describe several projects with on-line components that were well received by students.

Considerations for Writing Assessment: Writing assessment can, at times, be tricky. When do we do it? How do we do it? And, how should we handle assessment in large classes? These questions and answers will be discussed during the workshop. An additional topic will be the advantages and disadvantage of peer review.

Pair and Group Work: Many students resist the idea of group work for many reasons, yet research has shown that it is a beneficial skill for students to practice. How do we get students to work in groups and successfully navigate some of the common problems that occur? In this workshop, teachers participate in an activity designed to teach students the importance of group work and how to have better success as a group member.

Life Long Learning: Staying inspired to be a teacher is a lot of work. We all suffer from burn out at some point in our careers. This workshop explores how to acknowledge burn out and move beyond these sentiments in a constructive and productive way. Some of the topics discussed include finding and participating in professional development, leadership, goal setting and perspective.

Teaching Summary Writing: This workshop explores how to teach summary and response writing in university settings. Topics explored are the use of on-line new sources, the purpose and structure of a summary, annotation and peer review. Participants will complete a summary and peer review that will be used to stimulate discussion and further information about the structure of a summary and appropriate ways to give feedback.

Listening Isn’t Just Catching the Main Idea: What’s your follow-up response to a student that has just given a well thought out critical answer to a question in class? Many would say, “Excellent, great, good job!” These responses end the discussion and a potential real communication moment. What if, instead of ending the discussion, we recognized this as the beginning? This workshop works on listening skills, critical thinking, turn-taking and discussion follow-up as a source of empowerment for both teachers and students.

Transforming Our Relationship with Our Textbooks (1 day-4 hours): This workshop explores how to add and integrate interactive and communicative activities while using a program designated textbook. Teachers will be required to bring their textbooks to the workshop. During the workshop we will work together in groups and individually to add a more communicative element to the participants’ proposed lessons.

Independent Learning: With the continual rapid expansion of Internet usage, teachers and students are exposed to new possibilities for English language enhancement. This session will present the implications Independent learning has on teaching and learning, present several successful independent learning activities that the speaker has used in classes and encourage the group to share their experiences with each other.

Fundamentals of Language Assessment (1 day- 4 hours): Testing can be used as a learning tool for students, but often ends up as something they dread. How can we transform both our relationship and that the relationship our students have with testing? This workshop explores the cornerstones of testing, test types, student testing strategies and testing for the different skills, Internet resources and alternative assessment. Towards the end of the workshop teachers will review and critique tests that exemplify good and bad testing practices.

Revised 16/11/12

Дата добавления: 2015-11-04