![Page 1: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
A Stranger in a Strange Land:Risk-Taking for Success
Will RennieEdinburgh School of English
![Page 2: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
A Stranger in a Strange Land:Risk-Taking for Success
2. Application to Teaching
3. Creating the Right Environment
4. Examples
1. A Beginning
![Page 3: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
A BeginningMadrid, 2011
![Page 4: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Lesson Learned
“I can do this.”
![Page 5: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Application to Teaching
• We should aim to instil that same belief in our students.
• We can’t always be there when they need to get through a communicative situation like mine, but we can help them get through it regardless.
![Page 6: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Application to Teaching
• Successful communication depends to some extent on the audience, and particularly their impression of the communicator
• Especially true for work in:- business- medicine- public speaking roles- teaching
![Page 7: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Application to Teaching
• What contributes to this impression?- accuracy- fluency- pronunciation- knowledgeability- manner/demeanour- confidence
![Page 8: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Application to Teaching
• We should aim to instil that same belief in our students.
• We can’t always be there when they need to get through a communicative situation like mine, but we can help them get through it regardless.
![Page 9: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Application to Teaching
• Confidence: - arguably the least precise area to focus on
in terms of lesson aims - also arguably the most important factor in
impression-makingWhy? - most people aren’t from a TEALS
background
![Page 10: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Application to Teaching
• We should, and can, do more to instil confidence in our students.
• What’s the key to this?
- make them comfortable taking risks.
![Page 11: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Creating the Right Environment
• things that need to be established to facilitate the right environment for risk-taking:- allowing students to make mistakes
(don’t always insist on accuracy)- having them practice language in real-life
contexts- getting them out of the school!- pushing them out of their comfort zone
![Page 12: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Examples
• directions practice• museum challenge
![Page 13: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
![Page 16: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
![Page 17: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Examples
• directions practice• museum challenge• plenary sessions• charity work• making videos for social media• Powerpoint karaoke
![Page 19: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
02/06/18 | | Slide
Needs
![Page 20: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
02/06/18 | | Slide
Architecture
![Page 21: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
02/06/18 | | Slide
Iden ty
![Page 22: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
02/06/18 | | Slide
Challenges
![Page 23: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
02/06/18 | | Slide
Innova on
![Page 24: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
02/06/18 | | Slide
Collabora on
![Page 25: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Examples
• directions practice• museum challenge• plenary sessions• charity work• making videos for social media• Powerpoint karaoke• lip sync battle• refocusing TESOL resources
![Page 26: A Stranger in a Strange Land - Connect, Grow, Thrive · 2020-01-31 · A Stranger in a Strange Land.pptx Author: will.rennie Created Date: 1/22/2020 4:21:20 PM](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042914/5f4ea6c25985a02fa559df70/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Negotiation