Easy Podcasting for the Language Classroom
XXIV National Conference for Teachers of English
"Empowering Tomorrow´s Leaders"
San Jose, Costa Rica, January 23-25, 2008
Podcasts can be downloaded and listened to on an mp3 player or computer, offering language teachers and students possibilities for extra listening activities both inside and outside of the classroom. Participants examine existing podcasts, how to find them and integrate them into teaching and learning situations, as well as the basics of creating podcasts that empowers students by creating their own content for an audience in the class and around the world.
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Fostering Student Creativity Using Blogs
XXVI National Conference for Teachers of English
Instituto Guatemalteco Americano
"Pathways to Creative Language Teaching"
Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 5-7, 2007
A blog is an online journal that incorporates text, images, audio, video, etc. Blogging is a motivational tool that lowers student affective filters, allows for purposeful and creative language development that extends beyond the classroom, and creates a comfortable bridge to other kinds of writing. This hands-on workshop will introduce educators to methods of creating, implementing, and managing blogs and related Web 2.0 tools in the language classroom, giving students a worldwide audience for their work.
Universidad Tecnológica Lecture Series
San Salvador, El Salvador, Fall 2007
10/01/07 Stages of Second Language Acquisition
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10/08/07 Extensive Reading
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* Sample Postreading Activity
10/29/07 Selecting the Right Materials
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TBA Women in North American Culture
Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills
Universidad Católica del Occidente (UNICO)
Santa Ana, El Salvador, November 12, 2007
Creating Succesful Communication through Drama
Regional Conference for Teachers of English
English for Communication: Building Bridges For Success
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, July 5th & 6th 2007
NicaTESOL Conference
Reaching Out to Every Nica Classroom
Managua, Nicaragua, September 6th & 7th, 2007
Part of learning language is to act it, as communication involves more than just the spoken word. The presenter offers suggestions, guidelines, and exercises for using drama activities to develop successful communication skills in students of all ages.
New Directions in Technology: Bringing Blogging to the Language Classroom
National Conference for Teachers of English
Teaching English: New Perspectives, New Directions
Universidad Pedagogica Francisco Morazan
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 24-26 2007
A blog is an online journal that incorporates text, images, audio, video, etc. Blogging is a motivational tool that lowers student affective filters, allows for purposeful language development that extends beyond the classroom, and creates a comfortable bridge to other kinds of writing. This hands-on workshop will introduce educators to methods of creating, implementing, and managing blogs in the language classroom, giving students a worldwide audience for their work.
