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Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate — being prepared for professional challenges

Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate — being prepared for professional challenges. By Winnifred Tang, Ph.D. Dr. Winnifred Tang & Associates Learning Management Inc. Learn2ManageLD.com http://pro-ddayconferenceblog.blogspot.com/ Winter 2008. Agenda. Introduction Objectives

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Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate — being prepared for professional challenges

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  1. Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate — being prepared for professional challenges By Winnifred Tang, Ph.D. Dr. Winnifred Tang & Associates Learning Management Inc. Learn2ManageLD.com http://pro-ddayconferenceblog.blogspot.com/ Winter 2008

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Objectives • Resources: simple to high-tech • Questions & Discussion

  3. Meeting Challenges • Gain perspective on current challenges • Identify needs • Adopt strategic teaching • Encourage a spirit of collaboration

  4. Diversity — challenges and implications • Linguistic diversity http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/languageList.html • Cultural diversity • Socio-economic diversity • Cognitive diversity

  5. Getting a perspective: Information is everything! • Do your research  meet the diversity challenge by arming yourselves with lots of information. Relevant information gives you power! • Work through human networks…connect with colleagues. • Share resources…find a way to distribute teaching resources and information.

  6. Setting Goals for success • Effective diagnostics • Effective matching of content to students • Effective grouping of students to maximize learning • Effective use of classroom resources

  7. Matters of diagnostics… What are we diagnosing? What does it take to learn English as a second language? • Phonology (sound system) • Semantics (system of meanings) • Morphology (rules of word formation) • Syntax (rules of sentence formation) • Lexicon (vocabulary)

  8. Phonology • Learning the sound system of a language • sound-symbol correspondence • Building block for reading McCandliss, B. D., & Posner, M. I. (2003). Fostering Literacy through Understanding Brain Mechanisms. Education Canada, 43(2), 4-7.

  9. Language areas

  10. Language-based Learning Disability: Dyslexia • Phonological processing deficit • Working memory deficit • Syntactic processing deficit Gathercole, S., & Baddeley, A. D. (1993). Phonological processing and reading development. In Working memory and language. Hove, UK: Erlbaum Associates. Stanovich, K. E. (2000). Progress in understanding reading: Scientific foundations and new frontiers. New York: Guilford Press.

  11. What are the traits to look for? • Poor spelling • Poor decoding • Poor reading comprehension • Word retrieval problems • Poor organization • Lack of self-confidence, low self-esteem

  12. Intervention Strategies • Phonological awareness training • Structured instruction in grammar • Modeling effective reading strategies • Cultivate intellectual curiosity, engage in wide reading & frequent reading • Encourage language activities

  13. Elaborating on intervention strategies Meaningful activities Sensitive to student characteristics Social engagement Dr. Deborah Butler http://www.ecps.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/Butler/ReserchProj.htm

  14. The T-word: Technology The technology we love and hate!

  15. Conference Blog

  16. Hyperlinks

  17. See how easy it is to share information!

  18. Social Software at its best

  19. No substitute for a good teacher! We will always need good teachers!

  20. Throwing $ at a problem won’t solve it!

  21. Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate — being prepared for professional challenges Dr. Winnifred Tang Email: winnifred.tang@Learn2ManageLD.com Cecil Chau Email: cecil.chau@Learn2ManageLD.com

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