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Middle School Teachers Kuwait Day 1
Mary Lou McCloskey www.mlmcc.com
Strategies for Teaching English Language to
Middle School Learners
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TESOL 2015
Introduction
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Please silence mobile devices
2. Note-taking encouraged; slides (without photos) will be posted at www.mlmcc.com
3. Strategies Guide
4. Modeling Process
5. Collect Strategies
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Agenda
1. Community-Buildiing through languagein the Classroom
2. Needs Assessent
3. Characeristics of the learner
4. Princples of active, interactive learning (with practices that illustrate them
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1. BUILDING COMMUNITY
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NAMES
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How to make a Name Tent
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BUILDING COMMUNITY• Name Tents• Postcard Life History (McCloskey)
• Marvelous Modifiers (Go To, p. 29)
• Things in Common (Go To, p. 30)
• 3 Truths, 1 Lie (Go To, p. 30)• Stir the Class (Go To, p. 37)
• Team NamesLevine, L. N., Lukens, L., & Smallwood, B. A. (2013). The GO TO strategies: Scaffolding options for teachers of English language learners, K-12. For Project EXCELL.
Available online at www.cal.org/excell. orhttp://facstaff.bloomu.edu/dwalker/Documents/go-to-strategies.pdf
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POSTCARD LIFE HISTORY
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(Draw) When I was young…
(Draw) I love to …
(Draw)My goal for this workshop is…
(My name is)______ (I live in)______ (I am a)______
(Draw) Important people in my life are…
Postcard Life History
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Postcard Life History• Model.• Learners create cards. Scaffold as needed.• Share with a partner.• Partners exchange cards.• Partners share with a second pair, each
person introducing partner, or
• Each introduces partner to whole group.
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PAIR-SHARE (STRATEGY #35)
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Pair-share
• Ask a question or give a problem• Learners have time to think/write about it• Learners share ideas with a partner• Pair joins another pair. • Each person shares his/her partner’s
ideas
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Teach “Zero Noise and Full Attention” for instructions
0 noise signal means:• No noise• “Six eyes on me”• If someone near you hasn’t
seen the signal, show it to them
Rehearse using the signal
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2. Needs Assessment
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Needs Assessment
In a group of 4, discuss:
1. Challenges of Englishlanguage education in Kuwait
2. Hopes/goals for howthis workshop can address one or moreof these challenges
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Teach learners how to collaborate
Create a Cooperative groups rubric.
Pair- share: How should we behave during a discussion so everyone learns? ▫
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What a good discussion looks like
•Students are on topic•Everyone is engaged and participating•Everyone has a role•Respecting ideas when we disagree•Giving different points of view•Sharing opinions and ideas•Accept and build on one another’s ideas•One person speaks at a time•Multilevel groups •Comes to a consensus •Listening and repeating others’ ideas 18
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Teach learners how to collaborateCooperative groups rubric.
How should we behave during a discussion? ▫Listen to one another ▫Check our understanding▫Speak one at a time▫Connect what we say to the persons before▫Try to come to consensus, or explain our
disagreements and understand the other side.19
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Teach learners how to collaborateFishbowl
•While a group discusses, have other learners stand around the outside and take notes on their participation, using the rubric.
•Then debrief, talking about what was done well and how the group members could do even better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFr9iLY7zdc
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Fishbowl: Let’s Try it!
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Exit Ticket: Hopes and Goals
• Write your most important hopes/goals on post-its.
• Post on your way out