Workshops
Wednesday, July 30, 2003

3:00-4:30 pm
• Let’s Start with Content • The REEP EL/Civics Curriculum Open House
• A Community Treasures Hunt: Civics on a Shoestring • Writing Corrections: Tips to Ease the Load
• Get Your Students Hooked on English • Talk-a-Latte
• Museums as Community Resources • National Reporting Standards: Stage II

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In-depth Sessions
Thursday, July 31, 2003

8:30 am-12:30 pm
1. ESL BASICS. Jane Roy (Part 1 of 2). Designed for teachers with fewer than two years of experience teaching adult ESL. Topics to be covered include:
characteristics of language learners, cultural awareness,student-centered learning environments and basic lesson planning. Exemplary teaching techniques and materials will be highlighted.
2. INTEGRATING WRITING AT ALL LEVELS. Abbie Tom and Jane Harwell (All levels)
Participants will learn techniques for integrating writing into adult classes at all levels, examine the importance of writing for adult learners and learn about the process of writing.
3. NARRATIVE READING. Lynn Savage (High Beg.and up).
Effective reading lessons include pre-reading activities, not only factual comprehension questions but also questions that require extension beyond the text. This workshop focuses on the key steps of a reading lesson shown on video. Participants have the opportunity to develop their own lessons.
4. TEACHING VOCABULARY. Tom Bello (All whoare interested).
Current research on how language-learning adults actually acquire and retain new vocabulary has surprised the presenter. He will share the research and how he has incorporated it into his revised teaching practice. Attending teachers will be invited to share their responses and appropriate strategies in light of this research.
5. TIPS AND TRICKS FOR IMPROVING PRONUNCIATION. Elena Collins (All levels).
This session will address practical strategies for improving students’ pronunciation and integrating pronunciation and listening skills. Participants will practice applying error correction techniques and will be introduced to software that can complement classroom instruction.
6. CREATING A STUDENT-DIRECTED CURRICULUM. Lauren Lang (Beg./Multi-level).
Take advantage of students’ internal motivation by developing your curriculum based on what the students want to learn. How can the teacher help students define specific, achievable goals? What are ways to manage a variety of student study groups? Examples will be from a multi-level family literacy class.
7. NEEDS ASSESSMENT. Donna Moss (All levels).
Assessing learners’ needs, interests and goals is an essential part of instructional planning in adult education. This workshop will focus on effective ways to collect, analyze and apply needs assessment information to instructional planning.
8. USING LITERATURE WITH ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. Miriam Burt and Lynda Terrill (Intermediate and up).
The presenters will provide an overview and rationale for including authentic literature in all levels of adult ESL instruction as well as examples of how to use literature to meet a variety of classroom goals. Participants will develop activities appropriate to their own classes.
9. ESL/CIVICS LINK: Teachers Learn Online. Fran Keenan, Peggy Seufert, Barbara Farha (All levels).
Be among the first teachers to go online with ESL/CivicsLink—a professional development resource for adult education. Get hands-on experience with the modules. Test out the discussion boards and the online portfolio as facilitators guide you through ESL/CivicsLink.
10. WHAT WORKS IN THE WILLSTON COMPUTER LAB. Willston Center Staff.
Teachers of literacy, beginning and intermediate levels share their learning experiences and successful strategies for managing a large lab (25 computers) with students with very different levels of computer experience. They will also share teacher-made and web-based activities for different levels that have worked well with their students.

 

Workshops
Thursday, July 31, 2003

3:30-5:00 pm
• Then What Happened? Get Them Talking Through Picture Stories • Backup Activities for Blank Spaces
• Why Use Public Service Videos in ESOL? • Main Street in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective
• Mini-Sessions: Short Demonstrations of Practical Tips for All Levels • Read and Discuss: Adult ESOL Book Discussion Group
• Family, Health and Workplace Literacies: Applications of EL/Civics. • Healthcare in the USA: Empowering ESL Students
• The 3Rs of Volunteers: Recruitment, Retention Recognition • Learners as Individuals: Are They All Getting It?

 

Workshops
Thursday, July 31, 2003

5:15-6:45 pm

• Then What Happened? Get Them Talking Through Picture Stories

 • Fitness for ESOL Teachers

• Shared Writing: How Does it Help Beginning ESOL Learners?

 • Movin’ On

 

Special Publishers’ Workshops
Thursday, July 31, 2003
5:15-6:15 pm
 Pearson/Longman ESL USA Today

 

 
In-depth Sessions
Friday, August , 2003
8:30 am-12:30 pm
1. ESL BASICS. Jane Roy (Part 2 – Continued from Thursday).
11. HEALTH LITERACY TOOLKIT. Kate Singleton (All levels).
This session will present Virginia’s new resource for developing health literacy instruction in adult education programs. Participants will use the Toolkit better understand the health literacy curriculum and ESOL learners’ health literacy needs. Resources for teaching about health will be presented.
12. ENHANCING READING COMPREHENSION FOR UPPER-LEVEL STUDENTS. David Red (Intermediate and up).
Students at upper levels of proficiency need to be able to read complex authentic material to function in their work and studies as independent readers. Participants will review techniques, methods, and approaches for reading comprehension instruction, including graphic organizers, strategy-imparting activities, and critical reading.
13. TEACHING CULTURE THROUGH VIDEO. K. Lynn Savage (High Beg. and up).
Video is an especially strong medium for providing language instruction as it provides the nonverbal as well as the verbal part of a message. This workshop focuses on using video clips to develop second language learner skills in acquiring the target culture. Participants will experience a variety of video-viewing activities as learners and develop a similar activity of their own.
14. HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY "I LOVE YOU!" Tom Bello (All levels).
Join High Advanced adult ESOL students in a fun, but serious comparison of their languages and cultures with American English and culture as we try to build community, enhance language acquisition and cultural knowledge, and have fun.
15. TEACHING LITERACY-LEVEL STUDENTS. Joan Saslow (Literacy and Low Beg.).
This workshop will demonstrate dynamic, innovative, and effective teaching and assessment techniques appropriate for adult ESL literacy students. It will include lesson planning, the use of flashcards, games, and other activities. Walk away with new skills and materials that can be used right away.
16. MAKING ASSESSMENT WORK FOR YOU. Carol Van Duzer (All levels).
Assessing and reporting learner gains can be frustrating. Often, program staff is confused about who is demanding what information for what purposes. Participants will understand how accountability results can be used to improve instruction. They will explore, with the presenter, the myths and realities of assessing adult English language learners.
17. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR ESOL INSTRUCTION. Debby Cargill (All levels).
This workshop will demonstrate various ways to use your personal computer and the World Wide Web to create a variety of learning activities for your students. Participants will have the opportunity to create class-room materials that they can use again and again.
18. TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING AND ASSESSING ORAL SKILLS. Cheryl Fuentes (All levels).
This interactive session focuses on teaching and assessing oral skills in the adult ESOL classroom, with a focus on the characteristics of good assessment. Participants will learn a variety of techniques to teach and assess speaking skills, to adapt activities for multi-level classes, and to distinguish between teaching and assessment activities.
19. LESSON PLANNING. Carole Doyle (All levels).
In this session, participants will learn an easy-to-follow format for lesson planning, identify the stages of a lesson and develop a competency-based ESL lesson. "Lesson Planning" is a good follow-up workshop for those who have completed ESL Basics.

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