Nice presentation Alana!
Alana - great presentation today! I think that the topic of appreciating mistakes is something that many ESL students, especially at the beginning level, would benefit from. It's unfortunate that we ran out of time in class to do your activity - was it from the handout you gave us?
A couple of comments on the Crookes and Chaudron article - I also thought that it was difficult to get through but found it useful in re-inforcing the different phases of a lesson. Their section on textbooks reminded me of the communicative text that was used by one of my classmates last year during her TESL practicum. She wasn't sure whether it was the school or the teacher who enforced the strict use of the text (virtually all of the activities done in class were from the text). She found this unfortunate because after observing for only a short time, she quickly found that students were finding each class repetitive and predictable because most lessons repeated the usual dialogue practice, listening to tapes and answering questions. It will be interesting to see what ESL texts are used in secondary schools.
I'd also like to applaud Keith as everyone else has, because his presentation on effective technology was so helpful. It was especially encouraging to me because I am one who still prefers the good old chalkboard (you wouldn't believe how much trouble I've had with technology during presentations in the past: broken cassette players, missing audio clips, burned out projector bulbs...) But I do love technology and will continue to explore more ways I can incorporate it. It can be a wonderful aid for ESL students - last year I had the opportunity to watch ESL students present reading responses using powerpoint in the background. These particular students knew that powerpoint would be beneficial to them during presentations, because when they encountered pronunciation difficulties, the audience would still know what they were talking about just by looking at the screen. Everything was organized and really easy to follow with effective visuals as well.
That's it for now - have a good night!
Jillian
A couple of comments on the Crookes and Chaudron article - I also thought that it was difficult to get through but found it useful in re-inforcing the different phases of a lesson. Their section on textbooks reminded me of the communicative text that was used by one of my classmates last year during her TESL practicum. She wasn't sure whether it was the school or the teacher who enforced the strict use of the text (virtually all of the activities done in class were from the text). She found this unfortunate because after observing for only a short time, she quickly found that students were finding each class repetitive and predictable because most lessons repeated the usual dialogue practice, listening to tapes and answering questions. It will be interesting to see what ESL texts are used in secondary schools.
I'd also like to applaud Keith as everyone else has, because his presentation on effective technology was so helpful. It was especially encouraging to me because I am one who still prefers the good old chalkboard (you wouldn't believe how much trouble I've had with technology during presentations in the past: broken cassette players, missing audio clips, burned out projector bulbs...) But I do love technology and will continue to explore more ways I can incorporate it. It can be a wonderful aid for ESL students - last year I had the opportunity to watch ESL students present reading responses using powerpoint in the background. These particular students knew that powerpoint would be beneficial to them during presentations, because when they encountered pronunciation difficulties, the audience would still know what they were talking about just by looking at the screen. Everything was organized and really easy to follow with effective visuals as well.
That's it for now - have a good night!
Jillian
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