DLIC-CEC-EPN Teacher Training Workshop Handouts

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Cycle One, 2009

• Getting the Most out of Listening Activities
• Three Techniques for "Teaching" Grammar
• Adaptable Grammar Activities  (sample sheets for pelmanism/snap! and dominoes here)

Cycle Five, 2008

• How to Use Interchange - no handouts, Cambridge University Press workshop
• Is Cheating Wrong? (no handout)
• The Principles of Memory

Cycle Four, 2008

• Activities to Improve Memory and Promote More Efficient Language Acquisition (no handouts available)
• Two Reading Strategies: "Chalk Talk" and "Save the Last Word for Me"
• The Language Teaching Experience: the Challenge of Change - no handouts available, off-site workshop

Cycle Three, 2008

• Meaning vs. Form: Identifying and Making Grammar Connections
• Motivating and Engaging Teenage Language Learners
• Activities to Develop Language Awareness

Cycle Two, 2008

• Reading and Speaking Activities for Multi-Level Classes
• Teaching Writing Using Text-Type Based Approach
• Dictation for Intermediate Levels (and on)

Cycle Four, 2007: There are no copies for this cycle.

• Using Cambridge Readers - The benefits of extensive reading.
• Using Interchange DVDs - Fun activities per level using Interchange's own DVDs and Video Activity Book.
• Speaking through Reading - Strategies to speaking and reading skills.
• Grading Oral Exams: Using and Writing Rubrics - Exploration of the use of rubrics and how they could help with CEC's final oral exam standards.

Cycle Three, 2007

• Exploring Second Language Reading - Learn to distinguish between top-down and bottom-up reading skills.
• Using Music in the EFL Classroom - Fun activities using music, many adaptable for beginners.
• Strategies for Using L2 in the EFL Classroom - Strategies to get students speaking in English.
• Making Grammar Practice and Homework Meaningful - Exercises and activities to review/check homework that are motivating and engaging at all levels.

Cycle Two, 2007

• International Standards in ELT - Learn about the Common European Framwork (CEF)and the Cambridge ESOL exams
• Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary - How important is vocabulary? What are some ways to help students remember it?
• Speak Slower, Please: Listening Activities for English Language Learners How to distinguish between testing listening and teaching listening

Cycle One, 2007

• Blogging for Beginners (Blogging for Educators): on-line TESOL EVO Workshop - Explore ways to use the Internet to teach English
• Student Assumptions re Good Teaching: on-line TESOL EVO Workshop - Explore ways to use the Internet to teach English

Cycle Five, 2006

• Mobile Phone Mania: Using Mobile Phones to Teach English - Explore ways to harness your students' mobile phone enthusiasm

Cycle Three, 2006

• Reading Using Graphic Organizers - Train your students to relate the world of the text to real life
• Practicing Grammar Using Party Games - Develop grammar practice activities that take into account different kinds of learners

• Creating Extension Activities: Time Management in Lesson Planning - Learn the tricks experienced teachers use to wind down activities just as class time finishes
• Mobile Phone Mania: Using Mobile Phones to Teach English - Explore ways to harness your students' mobile phone enthusiasm

Cycle One, 2006

• Learning by Listening - Make efficient learners out of your students by discovering the different types of processing your students do when listening
• The Conversation Class: Teaching Speaking - Finds ways to not only get your students speaking, but speaking correctly
• Creating Readers: Teaching Reading - Improve your students'reading comprehension using authentic language and increasing cultural knowledge
• Reading Using Graphic Organizers - Train your students to relate the world of the text to real life

Cycle Five, 2005

• How Do You Say: Using Dictionaries in the Classroom - Find ways to hone your students' dictionary skills
• Ready, Set, Go! Icebreakers and Warm-ups for All Levels - Use these quick activities to build rapport among your students and keep them motivated
• Using Group Collaboration to Improve Class Atmosphere - Build trust relationships among your students by practicing the skills of collaboration
• Learning by Listening - Make efficient learners out of your students, and discover the different types of processing your students do when listening
• The Creative Classroom: Using Art to Teach English - Visualize the language through the arts