If you enjoyed Celine Dion's serenade, this one will knock you out ;-)
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
CONNECT conference announcement
On behalf of Vance Stevens
This is to remind you of the free online conference starting in a
few days, May 17/18-20.
Our theme this year is CONNECT: Conversations on Networking,
Education, Communities, and Technology, and though not specifically
mentioned in the theme, many members of the Webheads community of
practice, http://webheads. info, are practitioners in language
learning.
This is the second time our community has hosted a free online
conference. You can replay the first one at http://2005. wiaoc.org
This year we kick off in a pre-show event at 22:00 GMT May 17, with
the start of a Webcastathon hosted by http://www.worldbri dges.net.
The conference itself starts at midnight GMT May 18 (evening of May
17 in the USA) with a keynote speech by Leigh Blackall and continues
for three days with more talks by Stephen Downes, George Siemens,
Etienne Wenger, Robin Good, Barbara Ganley, Teemu Leinonen, and many
other presenters whom you can see on the schedule at
http://schedule. wiaoc.org.
To attend the conference you can register for free at
http://www.webheads inaction. org and use the calendar there or the
schedule link above, or our online help pages, to work out how to
access the presentations and make comments or join forums. The will
be a voice stream of most events available at
http://www.webheads inaction. org , as well a live chatroom for use
during the conference, and we hope to have someone live online
available to assist you at any time during the conference at
http://www.tappedin .org
We look forward to your joining us May 17/18-20 for this unique
adventure in online professional development. We hope it will be
educational and F.U.N.
Vance Stevens
WiAOC Coordinator
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
creativity
Posted by Dr. Rossem, ALPDD List
If you are a teacher, does your program or school nourish creativity
and innovation? If so, how does this happen?
If you are a professional developer, how do your professional
development efforts nourish creativity and innovation?
Does your state ABE system nourish these? If so, how?
How do _you_ nourish creativity and innovation in your work and in
the work of your colleagues?
You will find at
click here
a list of possible sources � and examples � of teacher creativity
and innovation in adult literacy education.
What other sources and examples are you aware of?
To contribute your ideas of sources or examples, reply to this
message on the Professional Development discussion list and/or add
them to the above wiki page.
The Adult Literacy Education Wiki page,
has been updated
Saturday, April 21, 2007
An interview with Nicky Hockly, Consultants-E
An interview with Nicky Hockly, Consultants-E
Click here
Click here
Teaching EFL in Primary Schools through blended and distance learning
Teaching EFL in Primary Schools through blended and distance learning
Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou (Cyprus)
Abstract
The presentation shows how blended or distance learning can be used to enhance the EFL learning and teaching in not‐so affluent or technologically‐rich primary schools. Examples of synchronous and asynchronous e‐learning will be shared as well as the pedagogical and technological challenges posed by such a project.
Click here
Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou (Cyprus)
Abstract
The presentation shows how blended or distance learning can be used to enhance the EFL learning and teaching in not‐so affluent or technologically‐rich primary schools. Examples of synchronous and asynchronous e‐learning will be shared as well as the pedagogical and technological challenges posed by such a project.
Click here
YL Content-based teaching of young learners: possibilities of assessment
YL Content-based teaching of young learners: possibilities of assessment
Sanja Wagner (Germany)
Abstract
Working in a group on a content‐based task, presenting the outcomes and thereby using the target language,is a very complex performance. In this talk I will show how descriptors from the CEFR and ‘rubrics’ can help both teachers and pupils assess, not only the results, but also the manifold competences during project work.
Click here
Sanja Wagner (Germany)
Abstract
Working in a group on a content‐based task, presenting the outcomes and thereby using the target language,is a very complex performance. In this talk I will show how descriptors from the CEFR and ‘rubrics’ can help both teachers and pupils assess, not only the results, but also the manifold competences during project work.
Click here
Graded/levelled readers = effective scaffolding in EFL. Some concrete evidence!
Graded/levelled readers = effective scaffolding in EFL. Some concrete evidence!
Wendy Arnold (Hong Kong)
Abstract
This talk will present the interim results of a longitudinal classroom research project using a published levelled reading scheme across keystage 2 (aged 9‐12, total 400) in a Hong Kong government‐aided primary school. The students are monolingual, homogenous, mixed ability and mixed gender. The study tracked the students for three years with formative and summative data.
Click here
Wendy Arnold (Hong Kong)
Abstract
This talk will present the interim results of a longitudinal classroom research project using a published levelled reading scheme across keystage 2 (aged 9‐12, total 400) in a Hong Kong government‐aided primary school. The students are monolingual, homogenous, mixed ability and mixed gender. The study tracked the students for three years with formative and summative data.
Click here
50 ways to improve your international presentations
50 ways to improve your international presentations
Bob Dignen (UK)
Abstract
50 Ways to Improve Your International Presentations is a new book from Summertown Publishing. It isprimarily a self‐help manual for professionals but also provides excellent classroom material for teachers. The presentation will introduce the critical success factors for international presentations and demonstrate how the book can enable professionals to develop their international effectiveness.
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Bob Dignen (UK)
Abstract
50 Ways to Improve Your International Presentations is a new book from Summertown Publishing. It isprimarily a self‐help manual for professionals but also provides excellent classroom material for teachers. The presentation will introduce the critical success factors for international presentations and demonstrate how the book can enable professionals to develop their international effectiveness.
Click here
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Saturday, April 07, 2007
CALL Technologies and the Digital Learner:
Introduction
John I. Liontas
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ceds/2006/00000032/00000003/art00003
The Language Barrier?
Accent, Ethnicity and Ideology
In Taiwan’s ESL Education.
Taiwanese NNS
Native and Non-native: Who is more ideal? An Investigation of College Students・Appraisal of Native and Non-Native Speaker Teachers in the Classroom
EFL teachers’ perceptions of English language policy at the elementary level in Taiwan
Introduction
John I. Liontas
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ceds/2006/00000032/00000003/art00003
The Language Barrier?
Accent, Ethnicity and Ideology
In Taiwan’s ESL Education.
Taiwanese NNS
Native and Non-native: Who is more ideal? An Investigation of College Students・Appraisal of Native and Non-Native Speaker Teachers in the Classroom
EFL teachers’ perceptions of English language policy at the elementary level in Taiwan
More links
http://ist.colostate.edu/posters/ho_secondary_teachers.pdf (poster)
Intro to EFL
http://www2.dokkyo.ac.jp/~esemi029/articles/VideoingImpact.htm
Explorations in Language and Literacy
Learning: A Two-Year Case Study on a
Nine-Year-Old Chinese-English
Bilingual Child’s Chinese Invented
The politics of language names in Taiwan
Rethinking the English Pedagogy at Hope College in Taiwan
Intro to EFL
http://www2.dokkyo.ac.jp/~esemi029/articles/VideoingImpact.htm
Explorations in Language and Literacy
Learning: A Two-Year Case Study on a
Nine-Year-Old Chinese-English
Bilingual Child’s Chinese Invented
The politics of language names in Taiwan
Rethinking the English Pedagogy at Hope College in Taiwan
More readings
The fourth reason for claiming that English-language education in Taiwan is punctuated with confusion can be found in another recent major decision made by the central education authorities. Due to an acute shortage of communicatively proficient local English-language teachers, the government proposed in 2003 to embark upon a program of mass recruitment of native speakers to teach in elementary and junior high schools in the country.
http://www.chu.edu.tw/~wswu/publications/papers/journals/04.pdf (blogs)
http://www.academicjournals.org/err/PDF/pdf%202007/Mar/Huang.pdf
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00000510/01/crawford_teacher.PDF
http://www.buxiban.com/faqTW.asp
http://fredshannon.blogspot.com/2005/10/filipinos-teaching-english-in-taiwan.html
Teaching English from Elementary School in an Asian Context: A Language-planning Perspective
Inside the English Language Schools in Taiwan
Taiwanese English speakers will develop a distinct creole language which may be called. Taiwan English or China English, depending on the prevalent global political situation and. attitudes towards language and identity. (Quirk, 1990; ...
http://www.chu.edu.tw/~wswu/publications/papers/journals/04.pdf (blogs)
http://www.academicjournals.org/err/PDF/pdf%202007/Mar/Huang.pdf
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00000510/01/crawford_teacher.PDF
http://www.buxiban.com/faqTW.asp
http://fredshannon.blogspot.com/2005/10/filipinos-teaching-english-in-taiwan.html
Teaching English from Elementary School in an Asian Context: A Language-planning Perspective
Inside the English Language Schools in Taiwan
Taiwanese English speakers will develop a distinct creole language which may be called. Taiwan English or China English, depending on the prevalent global political situation and. attitudes towards language and identity. (Quirk, 1990; ...
More reading links
台南市國小英語教師教學態度及教學策略取向之分析[An. analysis of elementary school English teachers’ teaching attitudes and teaching approaches in. Tainan City]. Unpublished master’s thesis, National Tainan Teachers College, Taiwan. ...
http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/site/sh/detail_result.jsp
http://www.english.com.tw/modules/weblog/index.php?user_id=2
http://www.springerlink.com/content/a6l71450l8l476rm/
paraphrase differences between the Chinese translations and the original English form ... Elementary school teachers’ attitudes toward sex. education. The Journal of Sex Education in Taiwan, 3(2), 1-20. ...
http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/site/sh/detail_result.jsp
http://www.english.com.tw/modules/weblog/index.php?user_id=2
http://www.springerlink.com/content/a6l71450l8l476rm/
paraphrase differences between the Chinese translations and the original English form ... Elementary school teachers’ attitudes toward sex. education. The Journal of Sex Education in Taiwan, 3(2), 1-20. ...
New links to readings
http://www.hss.nthu.edu.tw/~fl/thesis/tesol/905259.pdf
Taiwan’s High School Education: High School Students’ Performances in Their Study Plans and Interviews
教育部 ( 民95 )。國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要。中華民國95年3月10日台國（二）字0950030031C號令修正國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要-語文學習領域（英語）
http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/EJE/EDU5147002/9CC/English-1.doc
教育部國教司( 民89 )。國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要 語文學習領域-英語 課程目標
http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/EJE/EDU5147002/9CC/English-1.doc
Codeswitching
Gill, S. & Rebrova, A. (2001). Native and non-native: together we’re worth more. ELT Newsletter. Retrieved July 20, 2004, from http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/March2001/art522001.htm
Maum, R. (2002). Nonnative-English-speaking teachers in the English teaching profession. ERIC Digest. Retrieved April 2, 2005 from http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0209maum.html.
Zhou, J. (1999). How can a Chinese teacher of English succeed in oral English classes? The Internet TESL Journal, 5(7). Retrieved March 2, 2005, from http://iteslj.org/Articles/Zhou-SuccessfulTeacher.html
Taiwan’s High School Education: High School Students’ Performances in Their Study Plans and Interviews
教育部 ( 民95 )。國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要。中華民國95年3月10日台國（二）字0950030031C號令修正國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要-語文學習領域（英語）
http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/EJE/EDU5147002/9CC/English-1.doc
教育部國教司( 民89 )。國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要 語文學習領域-英語 課程目標
http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/EJE/EDU5147002/9CC/English-1.doc
Codeswitching
Gill, S. & Rebrova, A. (2001). Native and non-native: together we’re worth more. ELT Newsletter. Retrieved July 20, 2004, from http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/March2001/art522001.htm
Maum, R. (2002). Nonnative-English-speaking teachers in the English teaching profession. ERIC Digest. Retrieved April 2, 2005 from http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0209maum.html.
Zhou, J. (1999). How can a Chinese teacher of English succeed in oral English classes? The Internet TESL Journal, 5(7). Retrieved March 2, 2005, from http://iteslj.org/Articles/Zhou-SuccessfulTeacher.html
Saturday, March 31, 2007
How to Write an Effective Discussion
How to Write an Effective Discussion, read the article in pdf file
click here
On Research Writing blog, click here
Writing Results and Analysis
How to write the methods section of a research paper
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On Research Writing blog, click here
Writing Results and Analysis
How to write the methods section of a research paper
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