Saturday, April 21, 2007

An interview with Nicky Hockly, Consultants-E

An interview with Nicky Hockly, Consultants-E
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Saturday, April 07, 2007

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Chu

Hsu


THE IMPACT OF MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTS ON SELF-CONFIDENCE OF LOW-ACHIEVERS WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY


Qualitative Report

Mixed methods
Reconstructing English Language Teaching in Taiwanese English Departments: An Interface between language and literatu

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~gopric/res.html

A STUDY OF TEACHERS’ CONCERNS WHEN
IMPLEMENTING AN INNOVATION IN TAIWAN
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
http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap/wei04067.pdf

http://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/projekt_ejournal/jg-11-1/beitrag/Merkelbach1.htm

http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2001/chpt17-3.htm

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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

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; ...

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Foreign language anxiety

LANGUAGE USE OF BEGINNING STUDENTS IN A TAIWANESE ENGLISH IMMERSION PRESCHOOL


List of journals

Exploring the Effectiveness of Implementing
Cooperative Learning and CAI at Hsing-Wu College


http://www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw/ConcentricLinguistics/PDF/Vol.28/No2828.pdf

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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. ...

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