teaching speaking online tesl 2014

Teaching Speaking OnlineTESL Ontario Judy Thompson

Technophobe’s Journey to Online Teaching

• LINC, Peel Board, Sheridan College…

• Speaking specialty

• Developed some materials

• Posted a LinkedIn profile

• Trend Business School in Brazil – had a program

• Got hired all over the world – my own program

• Teach executives online

Agenda

1. Basic Technology

2. Assessment and Program Content

3. Online Market/|Marketing

Tools of a Technophobe

• Audacity – free voice recognition software recorder that shows amplitude

• Skype – free voice, text & video sharing software

• Dropbox – free cloud stored/shared files

• Pamela – 90$/year Skype recording program

• Otterwave – 10$ app voice recognition amplitude and individual sound assessment

Audacity

Skype Screenshot

Otterwave Screenshot

The Content is the Thing

Coaching vs. Teaching

Teaching is traditional, broad and forgettable –lots of information they can’t remember or use

Coaching is customized, razor sharp and starts where the student is and takes them where they need to go - you get paid a lot more

Get a niche and be the best at teaching it.

X Ray of the Fracture

Cry Wolf Diagnostic Passage

Date: ___________________Reader’s Name: ___________________Listener’s Name: ___________________

Cry Wolf

Once upon a time, a lonely shepherd boy sat watching his sheep. Nothing unusual ever happened on that quiet hillside, so the boy decided to play a trick on the townspeople. He cried, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!” The villagers ran up the hill armed with sticks to drive the wolf away. There was no wolf.Everyone was angry that the boy was just pulling their leg, but the boy enjoyed his little joke. The next day he cried, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is eating the sheep!” Again the villagers ran to help. The boy laughed at them.On the third day, a big hungry wolf attacked the sheep. The terrified boy screamed for help, but no one came. The wolf ate all the sheep. The boy realized too late the importance of telling the truth.

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Pattern Teaching Techniques

1. Unteach – Remove blocks that aren’t real

2. Only teach what is missing for each individual

3. Anticipate issues from first language and use appropriate exercises

4. Leave them with HW and real world examples

5. Shift from teacher’s responsibility that they learn – to theirs

6. It’s very fast, 10-15 hours for the complete program

The Color Chart is Loaded

• Vowel sounds in an easy logical format

• Bridge to pronunciation from spelling

• Access to spelling from listening

• Priority - All vowel sounds are NOT equally difficult they’re missing short vowels and Purple

• Word stress dictates the word color

• Linking is in the letters

Words

The single most important feature of English

• Stress-based language

• Accents don’t matter

• Use their names first

Every word in English is a color on that one page.

Sentences

• Some words are important and some are not

• Grammar doesn’t matter when you are speaking

• Grammar words are reduced to tiny grunts

* Wolves Eat Sheep

Clear, Powerful Demonstrations

WOLVES EAT SHEEP

The WOLVES EAT SHEEP

The WOLVES EAT the SHEEP

The WOLVES will EAT the SHEEP

The WOLVES have EATen the SHEEP

The WOLVES will have EATen the SHEEP

Understand your Topic Deeply

Linking is for better listening skills, they don’t have to do it themselves.

1. Consonant Consonantbus _ stop bu stop

2. Consonant Vowelturn _ off tur noff

3. Vowel Vowelgo _ away go waway

Expressions

Conversation works because of:

• Context

• Collocations

• Conventions

Expressions and humor are marks of fluency.

Marketing

• Who has money to pay for an expert and no time for English lessons?

• Make graduated proposals – levels of content Budget, Standard, Deluxe and outline clearly what the client can expect

• LinkedIn provides a world of possibilities for experts who make a difference quickly

• Flesh out your profile and join groups

• HR hires your niche for their bottom line

Big Finish

http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-e-learning-statistics-for-2014-you-need-to-know

In 2011, it was estimated that about $35.6 billion was

spent on self-paced eLearning across the globe.

Today, e-Learning is a $56.2 billion industry, and it's

going to double by 2015.

Teach what no computer can teach

www.thompsonlanguagecenter.com

judy@thompsonlanguagecenter.com

(905) 757-1257