tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37888754008143866932024-03-08T03:50:33.814-08:00Bringing Web Skills to LTEKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055690382055603412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788875400814386693.post-55977728910099914042014-10-30T12:02:00.002-07:002014-10-30T12:02:27.204-07:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Week 4 PROJECT STEP: Describe a Class Issue</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Class description:</span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">19 students aged 16 - 18</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">intermediate level of English</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">multicultural background </span> </span></li>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Issue:</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><span style="color: #351c75;">collaborative writing</span></u> </span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How is causes problems:</span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">logistical issues when two or more students work on a text together</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">the need to make endless copies on flash drives that go between students</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">no possibility to work simultaneously</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">no possibility to update drafts online</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">one student forgetting his memory stick at home = inability to share his work with his partner</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">switching back and forth between different text editors leads to formatting issues (cell spacing or tabulating distorted, images missing, ...)</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Additional related issues:</span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">due to the cumbersome way of working on a text or a research, students tend to lose motivation soon after starting</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">quality of work suffers</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">complaints to teacher about unreliable partners (forgotten memory stick, failure to save changes in document, ...)</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055690382055603412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788875400814386693.post-6016647724436403372014-10-24T01:49:00.001-07:002014-10-24T02:00:04.072-07:00Week 3: Skill-building Websites for Oral/Aural Skills <a href="http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/the-best-sites-to-practice-speaking-english/" target="_blank">Best sites to practice speaking English</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/topics" target="_blank">TED Talks - a list of topics</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_chung_autism_what_we_know_and_what_we_don_t_know_yet#t-68085" target="_blank">Wendy Chung: Autism</a><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055690382055603412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788875400814386693.post-2879271322968509572014-10-24T01:39:00.001-07:002014-10-28T10:30:22.904-07:00Week 2 PROJECT STEP: Describe a ClassI chose my 11th grade class for the project.<br />
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Class size: 19 students, aged 16 - 18 <br />
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Type
of class: paramedical section of technical high school (these students
will go on to train as nursing aides, counsellors and carers for the
elderly and the disabled)<br />
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English level: intermediate<br />
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Course material: New Headway Intermediate Fourth Edition (Units 7 - 12)<br />
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Cultural
background: this is a class consisting of a mixed group of students
where the majority are second generation immigrants from Portugal and
Cape Verde, and the minority are native Luxembourgers and naturalized
Luxembourgers of Italian descent. The vehicular language of the class is
English, with occasional explanation given in Luxembourgish or French.<br />
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Goal:
improve fluency in spoken English, expand day-to-day vocabulary,
practice listening and reading skills, improve writing skills, and build
job-specific vocabulary bank (related to the health care sector due to
their future professions)<br />
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Class frequency: 3 periods of 50 minutes each per week<br />
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Instruction method: frontal for introductions to new topics/explanations/instructions for upcoming projects<br />
groupwork/pairwork for reading and listening tasks<br />
flipped classroom for grammar and vocabulary practice<br />
independent work for research and writing tasks<br />
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Quizzes and practice on computers (www.edmodo.com)
Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055690382055603412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788875400814386693.post-89807846129365897012014-10-14T02:42:00.000-07:002014-10-14T02:42:14.893-07:00<h3>
<span style="color: purple;">How it all started...</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last June, I was contacted by the US Embassy here in Luxembourg with an offer of an online course funded the American English Institute. The ambassador's representative, Ms Shaheen, explained that this course was for ESOL teachers and that they couldn't apply directly, they needed to be nominated by the embassy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found this offer intriguing and decided to check out what programs the Institute was offering - I had been thinking of creating a niche for myself at my school and this opportunity came at the right time. Web-based teaching skills for ESOL teachers was right up my alley, so to speak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I enthusiastically requested to be nominated by the embassy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In July, I received a reply and submitted a motivation letter, explaining my interest in the offered subject, and my willingness to set aside a couple of hours every day for 10 weeks to dedicate to the online class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then I waited for the decision: will they nominate me? Will I be accepted?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finally, at the end of the summer break, I received an official email confirming my admission into the Fall 2014 Web Skills Online Class program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you, American English Institute and University of Oregon, for giving me this opportunity to broaden my knowledge and skills and to grow as a technology minded educator.</span><br />
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055690382055603412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788875400814386693.post-43192972178320013972014-10-08T13:18:00.000-07:002014-10-08T13:18:09.649-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">1-UO AEI Webskills Fall 2014</span></span></div>
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<span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">This 10-week online training course for English Language Teachers (ELTs) is offered through the <a href="http://aei.uoregon.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American English Institute</a> at the <a href="http://uoregon.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Oregon</a>,
Department of Linguistics. </span></span><br />
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<span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">This course is funded
through the E-Teacher Scholarship Program.( <a href="http://aei3.uoregon.edu/eteacher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://aei3.uoregon.edu/eteacher/</a> )</span></span><br />
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<span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> I teach 7 classes this year:</span></span><br />
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<li><span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">8TEA (francophone class of newly immigrated teens) - beginners</span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">9TE (germanophone class) - pre-intermediate level</span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">9TEA (francophone) - pre-intermediate level</span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">9PO (2 classes) - beginners</span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">10PS - intermediate level</span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">11PS - intermediate level</span></span></li>
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<span><span style="color: #661c18; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055690382055603412noreply@blogger.com1