Following Is a List of Longer Presentations and Workshop Topics By

Following is a list of longer presentations and workshop topics by

Eve Smith, Senior English Language Fellow.

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

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.