Episode 011: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
Update: 2014-06-06
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Show Notes: The Minimal Pair
Title: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
Episode no: 011
Date: Recorded on 5/29/14
Topics in Language Learning
Classroom Management
- Source: The English Skills Learning Center blog: “Tips on Classroom Management for Adult ELL classes” http://www.eslcenter.org/about-us/blog/103-tips-on-classroom-management-for-adult-ell-classes
- Classroom management—what and why?
- Challenges of teaching different age groups and cultural backgrounds in the same classroom
- Challenges of “mixed classrooms”—English and ESL
- Different college settings (Community college, 4 year college, grad school)
- The 7 tips the English Skills Center blog shares in their article, and how we implement them in the classroom:
- Make class expectations clear and realistic and stick to them
- Be consistent: set class routines that students can become familiar with
- Find a balance between being your students’ teacher and being their friend (respected vs. approachable)
- Work to engage all the students while teaching. Don’t base the pace of an entire class on one or two students
- Use interactive activities and open-ended questions as a chance to check student comprehension
- Ask for student feedback and incorporate it as appropriate for everyone
- Recognize that some discipline concerns need to be addressed immediately, while others are better done individually after class
- Plus, 3 more tips (from us) for an even 10!
- Follow the “golden rule”—treat students with the same respect you expect from them
- Don’t shame students into submission, participation, etc. (Brene Brown)
- Address different learning styles (in addition to pace) in order to reach everyone
[18:04 ]
Methodology
Visual learners
- FYI: listen to future episodes for similar segments about audio learners and kinesthetic learners!
- Source: Adam Simpson’s blog, “Teach them English,” http://www.teachthemenglish.com/2014/05/using-infographics-to-teach-language-the-why-how-and-where/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
- Beginning English
- Picto-wikis
- Infographic
- Timeline of events in a story
- Illustrating student work
- Diagrams: Venn diagrams, columns, thought-webs
- Building blocks of English writing (bottom of pyramid)
- Intermediate English
- Building blocks of English writing (top of pyramid)
- Outlining essays (outline as a “blueprint”)
- Videos (i.e. “School House Rock” for Grammar)
- Powerpoints (a picture is worth a thousand words—being succinct; animations—giving students a chance to answer first)
- Presentations (posters, Powerpoints, passed objects, etc.)
- Graffiti
- Advanced English
- Research presentations (Powerpoint and beyond)
- Videos (for the student and by the student)
- Including pictures in wikis (literal and abstract)
- Picture outline (a picture for each point)
[32:40 ]
Culturally speaking…
English-only debate
- Immigration issue
- Preserving L1/living in predominantly L1 communities
- Learning the spoken language of new country and letting go of L1
- Actively integrating both in daily life
- Language and identity
- First-generation Americans
- Kids caught between cultures
- 3rd culture kids
- Role reversal in immigrant families
- Multilingual countries
- The linguistic divide can cause political/cultural tension (i.e. Quebec)
- Language status (English vs. anything in the U.S.)
- Countries that were for
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