This is a presentation given by Justine Ritchie and Martin McMorrow at the CLESOL (Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages) Conference in Wellington in July 2014. It covers key aspects of organising learning experiences for English language learners outside the classroom space, whether that be in natural or social environments and includes some example activities.
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CLESOL 2014: Learning Outside the Classroom
1. LEARNING OUTSIDE
THE CLASSROOM
• What is LOTC?
• What different LOTC
environments are there?
• How can we help learners
prepare for LOTC?
• What activities can be
included during LOTC?
• How can we exploit LOTC
in follow-up lessons?
2. What is Learning Outside the
Classroom (LOTC)?
• Learning in any environment (including
buildings or open spaces) outside the
four classroom walls
'Learning outside classroom … wonderful!'
MH, Grandmother, Beginner ESOL learner from
China.
3. What is Learning Outside the
Classroom (LOTC)?
• Involves real-world encounters and
authentic language
'It is essential, because you meet people
everywhere, anytime... you can become fluent
in English, understand local accent, enrich your
vocabulary...'
P, Former Journalist, Upper Intermediate ESOL
Learner from the Czech Republic
4. What is Learning Outside the
Classroom (LOTC)?
• Can create memorable experiences
'It is good idea because it is beneficial to chat.
It is good to go shopping and watch
cinema. It is good to improving my English
speaking with people and listening.'
A, Tibetan Monk, Intermediate ESOL Learner
5. What is Learning Outside the
Classroom (LOTC)?
It is good idea because sound interesting. I
wish it. There are many helping me - speak
English, heard English. It is good for my NZ life.
J, Mother and housewife, Intermediate ESOL
learner from Korea
• can also be the basis for classroom
learning (in the form of preparation and
review sessions
6. What different kinds of LOTC
environment are there?
Natural
• Beaches
• Domains
• Bush walks
• Gardens
• etc
11. What activities can be
included in LOTC?
• Challenge cards
• Alphabet / Colour Trails
• Treasure hunt
• Story-telling
• Research tasks
• Evaluation forms
•
• Secret Shoppers
Games &
Challenges
12. Functional
Dialogues
Recording
Paired practice – one
student participates, the
other observes and gives
feedback
Students making audio,
video or image recordings
on their phones to use in
follow-up activities
13. How can we exploit LOTC in
follow-up lessons?
Language
• Past tenses
• Question forms
• Superlatives / Relative Clauses
• Modal verbs
• Vocabulary
15. LOTC Task
In pairs or groups, brainstorm an LOTC
activity you could use with your
student(s), including the:
• Location
• Language and Cultural Learning goals
• Tasks for Preparation, the Activity itself and the
follow-up lesson