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Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Groups. Combining Learning with Fun!. Beth Kupper -Herr Leeward Community College, Hawaii. Let’s start with an icebreaker…. What the groups are all about. Who What How. When Where Why. …and “what else”. WHO. Participants Students taking language classes

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Language Conversation Groups

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  1. Language Conversation Groups Combining Learning with Fun! Beth Kupper-Herr Leeward Community College, Hawaii

  2. Let’s start with an icebreaker… Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  3. What the groups are all about • Who • What • How • When • Where • Why …and “what else” Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  4. WHO • Participants • Students taking language classes • Language instructors • promote program • extra credit • resource for leaders • Leaders • Native speaker students • Coordinator • organizes groups • trains and works with leaders • communicates with instructors • provides attendance data Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  5. WHAT(overview) • Small group led by native speaker • Purposes: • improve speaking and comfort level • learn about culture and country • have fun! • Meet one hour per week • Membership is set (encourage cohesion, bonding) • Participation is voluntary… • but when students sign up, they are told “This is a commitment” Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  6. WHAT(overview, continued) • This semester, we offer groups for • English (ESL) • Spanish • Japanese • Hawaiian • Korean • Chinese 23 groups! Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  7. HOWget enough leaders Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  8. HOWset up groups Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  9. HOWset up groups • Assign students to groups (4 – 6 per group) • Accept that you can’t always get every student into a group • Track attendance (we use TutorTrac) Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  10. HOWget started Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  11. HOWkeep records Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  12. WHERE • Groups meet inside & outside • Groups can get noisy! • Have sheets & mats Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  13. WHEN • Time & day • When leaders are available • When students are available • Soon after class meets • Minimum 5 weeks, maximum 10 weeks Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  14. WHYBenefits for students Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC Who has a YELLOW paper?

  15. WHYBenefits for leaders Who has a BLUE paper? Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  16. WHYBenefits for instructors Who has a GREEN paper? Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  17. ISSUES, POTENTIAL PROBLEMS & DECISION POINTS • Attendance? • Stay flexible • Stay positive • Mixed levels? • Pay or volunteer? Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  18. WHAT ELSE? extensions or variations of the program • Foundation building groups (101 level) • More peer group activities for our Learning Resource Center Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  19. Conversation Celebrationa major event! Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  20. Some groups went outside… Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  21. Faculty joined in… Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  22. Games, snacks, fun! Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  23. More activities to try • Calendar chat • Conversation starters • Charades • See Conversation Leader Guide for more • Conversation leaders have great ideas! Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

  24. Thanks for coming! Additional copies of handouts distributed at this session can be downloaded from:http://tiny.cc/languagegroups Want to continue the “conversation”? Contact me at bethkh@hawaii.edu Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC

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