Oxford Seminars:

Day 1 Part 2

June 11th: half day overview

Effective vs Ineffective teachers

• Teacher roles

• Teddy Stoddard anecdote

• Find it Fastest Skimming Game

• Break ≈ 2:15

Education Theory and MI Theory

• Types of Learners

• MI Theory

• Break ≈ 3:40

Diverse Student Needs and Lesson

Planning 1

• Differing student needs and

backgrounds

• How to work it

• Test-Teach-Test

• ESA: The Importance of

Engaging

Training Manual: Pages 46-47

• Look over the writing prompts

• Write your answers

• There’s no such thing as a wrong answer

Feedback

• Turn to a partner

• Share your answers with them

• Let’s list our ideas!

Teacher Roles

• Work with a partner

• What roles do you think teachers play?• 3+

• Harmer page 23- Were you right?

• Most interesting new ideas?

What other roles do you think teachers have?What do the various roles look like?Is one more beneficial than another?

The Teddy Stoddard Anecdote

• Read pages 44-45 in TM

• What is the message of this anecdote?

Game: Find it Fastest (48-49)

1: “Go”

2: “Stop”

3: Write and hold it up

Later, you will

need to debrief

this…

Why do we need a useful context?

Why should lessons be interesting?

Should you simplify the way you speak English?

List 3 physical rewards that can motivate students

Are all errors bad? Why/ why not?

Does native language affect English learning?

Why should we encourage students to think in English?

3 minutes: Read ESL Teacher Self-Evaluation *50-51

• Read the section

• What is your response to these ideas?

• Benefits? Disadvantages?

Pages 56, 57,66, and 67…

• How can these make someone a more effective teacher?

• Create a list of 3 do’s and 3 don’ts for teachers• Be sure to have

reasons for them!

Break!

Visual 18

Kinesthetic 15

Auditory 12

What type

of learner

do you think

you are?

Pair Inventory:

• Page 23

• Collect information about your partner

• Now, add up their scores, using page 24

• Any differences?

Later, you will

need to debrief

this…

Discussion:

• What are the problems with this 3 part division?

• Do you think there are more learning styles than this?

A Different Assessment

• You will receive a series of statements

• Mark each one T/F

• Add up your scores for each symbol ()

• Which one is strongest for you? What does each symbol mean?

Myself Smart

People Smart

Body Smart

Math Smart

Nature Smart

Word Smart

Picture Smart

Music Smart

5+ = very strong

3-4 = moderate

Less than 3 = developing

MI Theory: The Basics

• 1904- Paris• Find students “at risk”

• Intelligence Tests• Quantifiable

• Measured

Alfred Binet

1993: A New Idea…

• He was curious• How can people with

brain damage still cope or learn?

• New concept:• Ability to solve

problems

• Fashioning products in a context-rich and natural setting

Howard Gardner

Multiple Intelligence Theory

The difference between

“intelligence” and “aptitude”

*Intelligence implies that 1 is

more meaningful, valuable, or

somehow better than the other

*Each is equally as valuable, they

just operate differently

Everyone

has all 8…

They work

together

There are

many ways

in each

An Intelligence Poster: My Example

An Intelligence Poster: My Example

• Now that you’ve seen my example, your turn!• What is the intelligence?

• Who is a famous person related to it?

• What questions to ask when planning?

• How to bring it into subject matter?

• How to let students show understanding?

Now go see…

• Take notes as you walk around:

1) What intelligence?

2) A 3-7 word summary

3) What famous person?

4) 1-2 ways to bring it in

5) 1-2 ways to demonstrate understanding

Implementing an MI approach

• What are the benefits?

• What are the disadvantages?

• How to do it…?

Break!

How could learners be different from each other?

• Across a whole school/ language center?

• Within a class?

What do you guess are the characteristics of…

• Beginner students?

• Intermediate students?

• Advanced students?

Read Harmer pgs 16-19

• Why does he suggest 7 levels instead of 3?

• What’s the difference between a beginner and a false beginner?

• What are the differences between elem and pre-intstudents?

Brainstorms:

• With your group, brainstorm ways of approaching classes:

• With true and false beginners

• With beginners and elementary students

What are your ideas?

Pair Discussion:

• What is motivation?

• How does motivation influence students?

• What is motivating you to take this course?

Motivation Worksheet (A test-teach-test activity)

• Complete the worksheet

• You can work with a partner

• GOOD LUCK!

Later, you will

need to debrief

this…

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic

Intrinsic

• Doing something because you find it rewarding

Extrinsic

• Doing something because you think

you’ll be rewarded for it (by others)

The overjustification effect: When people lose

interest or reduce intrinsic motivation for having too

much extrinsic motivation attached to it Ex: little kids

Now try to fix your answers on the worksheet- Will you get it right now?

Test-Teach-Test

• Step 1: Test students to see what they know

• Step 2: Fill in gaps in their knowledge

• Step 3: Re-test

Engage-Study-Activate (ESA)

• What do you think this means?

• Read pgs 51-53

What is the importance of Engage activities?

Sample lesson plans: 54-56

• Are these age and level appropriate activities?

• Why/ why not?

• Come up with a new engage activity…

What engage activities would you use for…

• An adult conversation class

• A children’s grammar class

• A composition course for teens

End of Day Recap:

• GTKY/Icebreakers

• Materials and Course Expectations

• Culture shock

• Effective vs ineffective teachers

• Teacher roles and self-evaluations

• Education theory/ MI theory

• Diverse student levels

• Motivation theory and diverse student motivations

• Lesson Planning: Engage

Homework:

• Debrief jigsaw reading, conver-stations, find-it-fastest, pair inventory, and test-teach-test activities

• Come up with 12 month personal goal timeline to counteract culture shock (MP)

• Harmer DVD: Video Clip 1 + p. 246: 1

Q & A/ Goals and Background Sheet

• If you have any questions, please ask!

• Fill in your background/goals sheet