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CATESOL 2017 Santa ClaraDay 1Literacy for VESL Refugee LearnersThere is a gap in employment-related materials specifically for teaching literacy level adult ESL learners. This presentation describes the development of a curriculum created to fill this gap focusing on contextualized lessons that target two specific skills: filling out a job application and answering questions in a job interview.Ss goals - ESL for jobs and communityNeeds assessments with interpreters Learned about the lack of orientation to classroom routinesDeveloped contextualized lesson around these goals and used a lot of non L 1 group workSample materials p. 3Worksheets, “walk and talks” charts = practice and informal assessmentPerformance based assessment = filling out a simple job app and conducting an interview with a rubric These materials are available from ??? (not at this time but check CATESOL site) Recastscc 205 Recasts are a preferred method for correcting speaking errors in the classroom. Unfortunately, this gentle form of feedback usually goes unnoticed. This presentation addresses the reasons for this and the dilemmas to providing corrective oral feedback for adult language learners. Is there a better way?Students don’t notice recasts or rephrasing –“they are ambiguous” maybe the teacher is a good listener or is questioning the validity of what they are saying, therefore, ”low uptake” and/or repair of statement; in her study (class of Adult Ed ESL 25-65 > less than junior high ed in L 1) partial explicit corrective feedback was more effective than more ambiguous recast.Cites studies by BrownSs. Her name is Maria. He’s from Mexico.T. She is from Mexico (recast) vs. explicit, “Whoops (+ intonation makes it more salient. Change that, we use the pronoun, She. She’s from Mexico. partial, She’s…She used her transcripts from her cell phone to study responses. Comedy in the Classroom (Cindy was there)10 situations and the language needed to have a dialogVideos or 8 Cartoons & rotate around the room + language scaffolded to discuss itFriday, October 20, 20174:00 PM - 4:45 PMEL Civics Blended LearningRyan de la Vega, OTAN trainer, Torrance Adult SchoolAlisa Takeuchi, OTAN trainer, Lincoln Education Center/VESL LiteracyUse Moodle to create a blended learning environment for your ESL learners. Use this course to help your students achieve digital literacy while gaining EL Civics payment points for your agency. See what's been done in the past and brainstorm ideas for the new workforce preparation objectives.To experience the sample course - follow this link (EL Civics Through Distance Learning Course) and use the Guest Login.EL Civics online?Ryan and Susan’s site Sweetwater LingtTalking to healthcare provider How about PPP with microphone?( make a template, teach Ss how to use it, save each PPP per student COAAP’sBill Bliss/Pearson (We should invite Pearson to demo My Lab and SS +)Digital Divide (“Old Divide” was ? Bill’s friends didn’t have TV’s in the early 50’s!)Now the Internet of things/devices has a similar divide.Only 68% High Schools have recommended bandwidthBill began a short presentation about the new edition within this context:Side By Side has upgraded to meet WIOA (longer readings, writing, more academic and career prep). pearsonelt- jbrice19usual pweslwithjim@ESSUPT-DRAFF-MASSY-MOTIF-ABBOT-TUNES Page 82 as sampleInside cover has access code for e version of book (audio, journal via ipads/FB, gamification with activities – matching, mult choice, concentration, cartoons, videos – from the software, BUT….Digital Divide 1998-2018"In today's world, lack of technology skills is similar to not knowing how to read or write, especially when you consider that the majority of jobs in the future will be technology-based," said?Diego Scotti, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon. "Partnering with?Rory Kennedy?to bring this documentary to life made sense because she's been at the forefront of social issues for decades. Our hope is that this documentary will bring awareness and spark dialogue on this serious issue that is impacting the success of kids in rural, suburban and urban communities across the U.S."Rory Kennedy documentary Do you want to watch 3 minutes?Or read about it….( ) about/responsibility;Thankfully, much more political than I expected at a Side By Side demo, and way too much information….but extremely interesting.ESL Ss have Broadband access at about 10% , Ss use smartphone at only 59%, and they say too expensive to get computersSmartphones limited vs. computersCells limited when Writing, filing, Khan academyPlus Ss use free wifii when and where they can (sidewalk in front of school)Joan Ganz Cooney Center has researched this a lot.Broadband should be an essential public utility (Not to mention Net Also low income Ss often babsat with labs vs. direct teaching and or project based groups 43% of Hispanics buy tech for kids (30% U.S. born do)100, 000 San Joseans lack broadband right in the Silicon Valley!Ed, Employment, Digital communication all more difficult on a smartphone/ ex x 9So, Bill wants a “New Deal” for broadband (a la 1930’s rural electricity problem) light to study byEveryone discounted service and devices but TRUMP dumped it 2/3/17 FCC in general reduced by Trump Admin.Private Sector still in the game $9.95 a month (Comcast, AT&T)Public Library association has ed. video’s for teaching new computer users.Google launched solar powered balloons in Puerto Rico recently for cell receptionAction Points: AB 1665 Internet for All Good or bad? …”support to bridge the digital divide is perverted into a thoughtless gift to private interests. “AB 1665?was conceived to advance?Internet for All?by engaging local communities across our least connected regions. But after effective lobbying by industry?AB 1665?was inverted to disenfranchise local efforts in favor?... the Legislature has rolled back the standards for telecommunications broadband services to rural communities to levels at a one-fourth set by the FCC as national standards.”USA Learns teachers 4th course Citizenship… Invite OTAN to train us?NRS 2-5 (so maybe our levels 1-4?) 10 million users every country in the world (USA, Mexico, China)Self-Guided Student account or Teacher Guided accountsMaybe better to enroll students in their “home” classes and not the labTeacher can communicate with students and grade writingUSA Learns Official You Tube ChannelRegister and share class “key” (code)Save in my files (+ desktop)and project for students.New students with no email use eslstudentMesa+Jim@ Give them all the same password = studentClick on class name to see roster and messagesPlenary BailyInspire, inform, entertain Best Teacher/Worst Teacher (Be that Best Teacher)Adult RapJaime (new standards –elps?), Mirian – Son’s story talk the talk code switching “Still Survival English”, Bill – reasonable time frame for BICS/CALPS caveat about voc ed.Got a autographed Bill Bliss SS book 1 for the fundraiser3 pm H2 CypressTeaching Pronunciation to Adult ESL LearnersAdults learning English face many objectives–grammar, vocabulary, reading, composition. Should beginners learn pronunciation? Yes! Pronouncing clearly is a vital part of speaking. Teachers can help learners establish good habits in pronunciation and perception from the beginning with focused listening and speaking tasks, appropriate strategies, illuminating resources, and informed choices.Marsha Chan, Mission College & Sunburst MediaPronunciation Doctor, Sunburst MediaYou may know me as the Pronunciation Doctor on Youtube with over 2000 free videos at . At this conference, I’m giving 5 presentations and co leading the Teaching of Pronunciation Interest Group meeting. I welcome you to attend them all... Read More →Humor & Props: Laugh Your Way to Better Engagement & AcquisitionBy Christine So146685014795500ESL instructor at at Chabot College in Hayward & American Language Program at Cal State University East BayWhy use humor and props in foreign language teaching?Your students’ emotions are their conditions for learningFocusing on visible objects reduces anxiety, taking the focus off self-conscious studentsPutting new words in obvious context means less time reaching for their dictionaryEngaging multiple senses→more ways something is learned, more neural connections in brainTask-based learning creates genuine need to speak in ways discussion questions cannotPrevents mental burnout and disengagement in long classesClassmates bond being playful, creating a sense of community in a classroom of strangersLaughter releases dopamine, which enhances memory of eventsThe Order of Today’s ActivitiesWARNING: Underlinedparts = You will be asked to participateWatch video of ESL students in a combined low-high beginning classroom engaging in unscripted conversation when they were assigned a role and task (but not lines) and are sent to stations full of props resembling a bookstore, grocery store & flea marketWatch video of ESL students “selling a product” in a pretend tv advertisement in class3. Twoaudiencemembersactasstudentsin“EyeDoctor”Role-Play. (See chart on p. 7) Optometrist repeats: “Can you see this?” to practice correct emphasis and deemphasis of modal can vs. can’t “I CAN’T see” in the negative and unstressed “I can SEE” in affirmative)Read list of Absurd Role-plays (p. 3), voteononefavoriteabsurdsituation about which 2 lucky participants will create a skit in a few minutes...Meanwhile, pass around and see 40 different props while our actors plan their absurd skit. Got ideas how a prop could be used in teaching a certain function, grammar concept or skill?Twoaudiencemembersdoanimpromptudemo of an absurd role-play from list. (p.3)Funny cartoons, photos, 30-second youtube videos as discussion starters.Pair up with person near you, at your seat discuss the cartoon or video projected.(See p. 5 Discussion questions on bottom)See a funny dialog-free short film that can be used as fluency practice in simultaneous narration, retelling actions taking turns alone up front . (p.6 has more shorts on Youtube)An audience member stands & narrates the second time we watch same short film.Worksheet for pretend TV ads students plan & film same day in classExample of a TV ad for a small store:Do you like bananas? We’ve got bananas!Do you like strawberries? We’ve got strawberries!You don’t like strawberries? No problem...We’ve got oranges! You don’t eat *fruit? No problem.We’ve got vegetables!Come on down to! (name of your store) We’ve got the best prices! Now you write what you and your partner want to say:Do you likes? We’ve gots !! Do you likes? We’ve gots! You don’t likes? No problem….We’ve gots!! You don’t wants? No problem...We’ve gots!Come on down to(name of your store)! We’ve got the best prices!ListofAbsurdRole-plays: Pick Your FavoriteStore where everything is outrageously expensiveIce cream shop where they have only one flavor leftThe waiter who always brings what you didn’t orderA customer in a restaurant who is never satisfied with the foodThe doctor who is never worried and thinks “It’s nothing.”A babysitter who lets the kids do very unsafe thingsLittle kids lie to their new babysitter about things their parents let them doTotally unqualified applicants at job interviews with wrong personality for a jobSkits Enlivened by Household PropsHaggle at the Flea Market (bring CDs, DVDs, Books, Magazines from home)Sorry, we’re out of that. (clean cereal boxes, egg cartons, milk jugs, bottles in recycling bin)Shop then try to return an item (anything!)Storm Newscast (plastic microphone, paper plates make great fans to create wind, shaking poster board can make “thunder”)Pretend TV Commercials selling items. (office supplies or food props from recycling bin)Crazy Infomercial in which students make up 5 unusual, unexpected uses for an object (example: a giant “water noodle” swim toy for kids or an unfamiliar object)Working in a preschool & two little kids start to fight over a toy (toys from yard sales, your kids)Babysitting 2-year-olds who do unsafe things (mardi gras beads, coins, scissors, coffee cup)Optometrist (pages of random letters /numbers printed in huge font, then smaller font sizes that doctor uses to ask, “Can you see this?” to practice correct emphasis and deemphasis of the modal can “I CAN’T see” in the negative and unstressed “I can SEE” in affirmative)Soap opera with scenes begun in one dramatic starting line-- but students must write the rest of their scene’s lines. (ex props: $1 reading glasses from Dollar Store for “parents”, plastic ring from supermarket 25-cent machine for fiancée, fake flowers that can be thrown in anger…) Examples of soap opera scene starters:I saw your boyfriend with another girl yesterday. What? You don’t want to marry me?My parents don’t want me to marry you.Project one big funny cartoon, photo or a 30-second video on screen at a timeFluency Practice, Grammar Practice, Pronunciation Practice Scroll to a new image every 1 minute or soCartoons are great for more advanced grammar too! Ex: Modals of inference in pastThey musthavebeen married a long time.The husband musthavedone something bad.What?He might have.Use funny video clips of kids from Youtube to teach advancedgrammar in context…Past tense contrasted with past perfectSimple Past vs. Unreal past conditional,Modals of inference in pastModals of advisability in past,Modals of ability in pastEx. video Baby bites brother’s finger.. video Toddler is terrified in the car wash.! Now with the person next to you…..On the board or in a separate handout, you could provide sentence scaffolds like this which they reuse for each new short video clip:What happened?. (past tense)●Why?The little brother might have. (possible reason)●Opinion:The big brother shouldn’t have. (but he did)●Late advice:The big brother could have(but he didn’t). It’s too late now.Some Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films with Little to No Dialog to Get Your Students Talking or Writing1.) “Getting Started” (12:14 min) From the National Film Board of Canada is taken to new heights in this absurd tale of a music student avoiding piano practice.*Perfect for discussions about good study habits, distractions, using present tense, negative present tense. Teacher can ask individual students to stand by movie screen and narrate actions as they happen since there are so many silly distractions in one minute.7315209525002.)“Special Delivery” (7:07 min)From the National Film Board of Canada. 's failure to shovel the front stairs leads to a dead mailman on his doorstep and a vanishing wife.*Good drama for practicing intermediate level grammar: past tense verbs, negative past tense verbs, and more advanced vocabulary of regret, modals of obligation, ability and conjecture in past tense should have, could have, would have and drawing connection to moments of regret in their own lives.7315209525003.)“Lavatory-Lovestory” (8:00 min.)Russian cartoon with no dialog bored single woman works a dull job running a men’s public restroom. She doesn’t see who leaves her flowers every day. Perfect for practicing simple past tense, negative past tense, romance vocab.*Perfect for very low levels. A simple animation with no words.7315209525004.)“The Cat Came Back” (7:37 min.)From the National Film Board of Canada. hilarious attempts by Mr. Johnson to get rid of a persistent yellow cat that appeared on his doorstep have made this sing-song a beloved classic. No dialog but occasional soundtrack of the song “The Cat Came Back” playing in background.*Excellent for beginners to practice third person singular verbs both affirmative and negative.7315209525005.)“The Big Snit” (9:54 min.) wonderfully wacky animation film is a look at two simultaneous conflicts, the macrocosm of global nuclear war and the microcosm of a domestic quarrel, and how each conflict is resolved. Presented with warmth and unexpectedly off-the-wall humor, the film is open to a multitude of interpretations.*Good for more advanced students to have political discussions without naming names of countries.102870049593500898525648970005756275640080003291840000TOZ LPED PECFD171894538798500E?rcZP30905450003364865-2730500217614541148000219456085026500IIi"? ..12345678810"10287008077200011 ................
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