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- 1. Understanding Learners and Facilitating Learning: What Teachers Need to Know TESOL 2011 New Orleans Denise E. Murray Macquarie University MaryAnn Christison University of Utah THE WORLD OF ENGLISH
- 2. Learners of English “Within the space of a few years, there could be around 2 billion people learning English in many different contexts round the world.” (Graddol 2006, p. 100)
- 3. Whose English? (Kachru 1986) Expanding circle Outer circle Inner circle
- 4. WARM-UP ACTIVITY Overview of session • Warm-up activity • Group explorations – Classroom data – What teachers need to know • Overview of volumes – Contents – Who it is for – Features
- 5. Task 1 and 2 EXPLORE VIGNETTES. READ VIGNETTE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. Who is this for? • Teachers with different – Contexts – Levels – Purposes for learning
- 6. Focus of volumes • What English language teachers need to know and be able to do for their students to learn English
- 7. Task 2 WHAT DO YOU THINK ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW? IN GROUPS, CREATE A LIST OF TOPICS. CONTENT OF THE VOLUMES
- 8. What English Teachers Need to Know Volume I: Understanding Learning Part I: Identity and Setting Part II: Language awareness Part III: Learning Part IV: Professionalism What English Teachers Need to Know Volume I: Understanding Learning Part I: Identity and Setting 1. Learner identities 2. The world of English 3. English language teaching around the world 4. The cultural context 5. Learning about identity and setting Part II: Language awareness 6. The sound system 7. The system of words 8. The sentence system 9. Beyond the sentences: Spoken and written language
- 9. What English Teachers Need to Know Volume I: Understanding Learning Part III: Learning 10. Theories of learning 11. An introduction to second language acquisition 12. Second language acquisition and second language pedagogy 13. Learning theories in the classroom Part IV: Professionalism 14. Sustaining professionalism What English Teachers Need to Know Volume II: Facilitating Learning Part I: Planning Part II: Instructing for Learning Part III: Assessing for learning
- 10. What English Teachers Need to Know Volume II: Facilitating Learning Part I: Planning 1. Planning curriculum 2. Planning lesson content 3. Planning activities and managing classroom interaction 4. Selecting and adapting materials What English Teachers Need to Know Volume II: Facilitating Learning Part II: Instructing for learning 6. Teaching young learners 7. Teaching adolescent learners 8. Adult immigrants and refugees 9. Workplace literacy 10. Integrating language and content 11. Exploring one’s own instruction
- 11. What English Teachers Need to Know Volume II: Facilitating Learning Part III: Assessing for learning 12. Formative and alternative assessment 13. Large-scale assessment 14. Program evaluation Features • Situated in current research • Sample data • Classroom vignettes • Activities/tasks for interactive reading – Explore – Reflect – Expand