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Where’s the Knowledge?

This workshop aims to explore the role and importance of related content in the development of ESL competencies and provide guidance on planning its effective use. Participants will gain insights into the five elements of related content and discover strategies for incorporating them into their teaching. Topics covered include language repertoire, cultural exploration, text analysis, and the use of strategies. Join us to enhance your knowledge and competence in ESL instruction.

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Where’s the Knowledge?

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  1. Where’s the Knowledge? SPEAQ 2007

  2. Workshop Goal • To understand: • the role and importance of the Related • Content in the development of the three • ESL competencies • how to plan the use of the Related • Content and make pertinent choices.

  3. Agenda • Welcome and Introduction • The Cycle Two Core ESL Program at a Glance • Getting Familiar with the Five Elements of the Related Content Preparing for the task Discovering the Related Content Planning the use of the Related Content 4. Wrap Up

  4. The Elements of the Related Content… • are resources essential to the development of the three ESL competencies; • need to be taught and explicitly modeled; • are taught in context and used in context.

  5. Students… • Explore different aspects of English culture • Experiment with and expand their language repertoire • Experiment with and expand their use of strategies • Use processes to deepen their understanding of texts and to write and produce texts • Deconstruct texts to analyze the internal and external features

  6. A knowledgeable ESL student… A competent ESL student…

  7. Intelligent and well informed Oxford English Dictionary Well informed, especially about a particular subject Gage Canadian Dictionary Understanding of or information about a subject which has been obtained by experience or study, and which is either in a person’s mind or possessed by people generally Cambridge Dictionaries Online Having the necessary skill or knowledge to do something successfully Oxford English Dictionary Able to do something well Cambridge Dictionaries Online Having requisite or adequate ability or qualities Merriam-Webster Online Having the ability to act effectively by mobilizing a range of resources PFÉQ Knowledgeable and Competent?

  8. Learning and Evaluation Situations All five elements of the Related Content are compulsory and must be considered when planning a LES.

  9. Phases of the Pedagogical Procedure Pedagogical planning Classroom activity Analysis of what took place Follows the classroom activity with the students The teacher Precedes the classroom activity The teacher • Preparing the task • Carrying out the task • Integration • Interaction • students, • teacher & • knowledge

  10. Task • Read the text, Do Racy Ads Aimed at Teens Cross a Line? • Read the Response Process in the Related Content (p.44-45). You have 7 minutes to complete the task!

  11. Discovering the Related Content How can we use this text as is and have students come to an understanding of it?

  12. Instructions • Form a team. • Skim the Related Content section of the program. • Culture (p. 38-39) • Language Repertoire (p. 39-41) • Strategies (p. 42-43) • Texts (p. 53-54) • Answer the guiding questions on the handout. • Share your ideas with the group.

  13. Planning the use of the Related Content • Which element of the Related Content must be included in your planning when you want students to understand a text? • Which other element(s) would you choose to address?

  14. A knowledgeable ESL student… A competent ESL student…

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