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ISTEK Schools international ELT Conference -27-28 March 21010
ELT in a Globalized World: Exploring New Opportunities and Meeting the Challenges of Today
!st plenary- ANDREW WRIGHT - 27th March-2010 'Story telling' *tells stories of golden orioles, Egypt, google Earth, Christmas in trenches * Stories make nations e.g. Ukraine-trying to create a sense of identity *'' Whole truth is impossible to tell' * children create stories instinctly * Intellectual leg is not enough , we should also have a STORY LEG to stand up on * USE METAPHORS: The stories we hear make our minds represent our behaviours, principles, perspectives * 'You are a walking story collection' WHY STORIES IN CLASS? * to motivate sts (words+images) * to improve all skills * to recycle the language * to experience the language/ not STUDY it * to create bonds with sts/teachers-sts/sts * can be used as a ball for other lessons
LINDSAY CLANDFIELD - Flexible E-leraning 27th March-2010 Global- An e-workbook containing interactive material, multimedia material, printable resources and files you can put on a phone or Ipod. A new adult course frrom Macmillan. * to maximise learning outside the class * to encourage learners to assess their own progress *PSP= not a game console but a PERSONAL STUDY PLAN (a copy as a hard-copy available with me- to be used at the beginning of the course) *
2nd plenary - Nicky Hockly- 27th March 2010 ' Web 2.0: ICT and teachers' please visit the link below to download her slides: http://bit.ly/aAn67d * Today's learner is a 'digital native' who gets bored easily if given hard-copy texts and materials * shared sts comments : they 'power-down' in class- they find what they do in class less challenging if technology not integrated in the classroom * differences between Web 1..0 & Web 2.0 (refer to the link at the top for further info) Benefits of Web 2..0 tools in class *improves learner/teacher motivation * real life into the classroom *access to other countries/cultures= projects with sts * promotes e-literacy * free ICT tools Challengses: * learner/trainer skills (digital immigrants) * lack of /very limited computer access * slow connections * early adopters only- lack of training Suggested books and links: *Marc Pegrum- From Blogs to Bombs *http: //www.webheads.info ( Online Community of Practice of Teachers and EducatorsPracticing Peace and Professional Development through Web 2.0 and Computer Mediated Communication)
Graham Stanley -e-portfoio 27th March 2010 benefits: *the teacher can adopt a more learned-centered approach * learner preferences can be adapted better * easy to share work *for teachers- an ongoing record of professional development (from his abstract) Useful links to create websites easily *http://snappages.com *http://www.webs.com *http://www.xbuild.com easy blog creator *http://posterous.com (create your own blog by simply e-mailing the things you want to be published)
3rd plenary-LINDSAY CLANDFIELD 27th March 2010 'Culture, Celebrities and Content in an Era of Global English' Questions to be answered: 'What kind of 'education' are we getting in language education?' 'Can one teach a language without teaching culture?' LEARN ENGLISH * Culture is a part of a learning a new language- high culture (arts, literature etc). low culture (best friend, relations etc), culture with a capital C (knowledge of /about things), culture with a small c (do I shake hands, what time do they have lunch etc) ****A new culture emerged from media/internet The Rise of Celebrity Culture WHY did it occur? * reality TV showsvs nightly news * entertainment magazines (went up by 18,7%) vs newspapers (went up by 2%) * celebrity news( e.g. MJ's death) vs other kinds of news * celebrity perfumes * celebrity clothes labels * perception of celebrities as heroes *EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS- the number of celebrities used in these materials was 2% in 2000 and 28% in 2005-2006 HOW are they used in Educational materials? * for cosmetic reasons (they look nice) * as the subject of the text or a vehicle for language to be learnt (Madona's life) For practical reasons it's DIFFICULT * can be out of date easily LINDSAY worries about celebrity lives changing before coursebooks come out WHY IS THERE A NEED to learn English? *the 1980s- Reagan, Thatcher, the market 'British are proud of it' 'You need English to speak to native speakers' *Late 1990s- Cool Britania, Global, Celebrity culture, reality tv, a hip multicultural Britain, Spice Girls 'You want English to be a part of it' *The 21st Century- era of info, recognized Global English, new word It is the best times because.... It is the worst time because..... -Facts from different sources - sts should be warned about critical analysis of info (which info comes from which source) LEARN ABOUT ENGLISH * Global English-A world of material for lessons David Crystal' Sts should know that there is a variety of usage of English- different accents, dialects, usages etc To follow Lindsay's tweets, @Iclandfield @Global-course www.sixthings.com Suggested reading: ' A thousand Splendid Suns' by Khaled Hosseini
PECHA KUCHA EVENING 27th March 2010 by Lindsay Clandfield New speakers+ new topics but the rule is: each speaker is allowed a slideshow of 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, giving a total presentation time of six minutes and forty seconds before the next speaker is up. Here is Lindsay hosting the event and here is Jeremy Harmer doing his pecha kucha -Btw the quality is not that good, sorry :(
We were also at the pecha kucha evening
Lindsay
Andrew
The first day- 27th March, 2010
srtack added this comment 2010-04-09 13:48:36-05:00
Hey Sibel! It seems you attended Nicky's talk...I was just wondering if you noticed that she showed my and my student's blogs! ;) This is really cool, thanks for recommending it... Best, Sonja
srtack added this comment 2010-04-09 13:48:36-05:00
Hey Sibel! It seems you attended Nicky's talk...I was just wondering if you noticed that she showed my and my student's blogs! ;) This is really cool, thanks for recommending it... Best, Sonja