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Building a castle teaching writing through teacher performance. Colin Walker P rofessor at Hoseo University. forward. Above Average People. Theron Muller - MASH Academic Publishing. Greg Hadley – supervisor in the Birmingham MA programme. Ben Cecil – my Geography 100 professor.
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Building a castle teaching writing through teacher performance Colin Walker Professor at Hoseo University
Above Average People Theron Muller - MASH Academic Publishing Greg Hadley – supervisor in the Birmingham MA programme Ben Cecil – my Geography 100 professor
Contents _____________________________________ • 1) The writing box • 2) Teaching Performance • 3) Technology • 4) Evaluation and creativity _____________________________________
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The Writing Box summarized • ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’ – Steve Jobs. Start from the middle (eg body sentences) Add topic and closing sentences later.
2) Teaching performance ZoltánDörnyei ___________________ Dörnyei, Z. (1998) Demotivation in language learning. Paper presented at the TESOL ’98 Congress, Seattle, WA, March cited in Dörnyei, Z. and Ushioda, E. (2011) Teaching and Researching Motivation. 2nd Edition. Pearson Education Limited. Great Britain. P. 148
What is teaching performance? Crookes and Schmidt (1991) way to motivate students: Relevant Interesting Meets student expectancy Satisfaction _____________________ Crookes, G. and Schmidt, R. (1991) 'Motivation: Reopening the research agenda'. Language Learning 41(4): pp. 469-512. Walker, C. (2011) Managing student motivation through teaching performance University of Birmingham, CELS Essay Bank (in press).
Teaching Performance: making lessons that are 1) Relevant, 2) Interesting , 3)Meet student expectancy, and 4) give satisfaction • Leadership – supportive error feedback • Student rapport • Encourage students to make good mistakes
Why is teaching performance important? • Ben Cecil (Dean of Niagara College) • Students: L2 learning outside the class • Teachers: it can advance your career
3) Technology Chris Giblin uses twitter to encourage student writing _______________________ De Mente, B.L (2004) Korean Business Etiquette. Tuttle Publishing. Singapore. Antithesis: “I separate my private life from my work life”
4)Evaluation • Show the students what you are looking for. I like writing that has: • Expectancy • Grammar • Creativity • Organization • /10 • /5 • /5 • /10
Summing up • The Writing Box – helps students organize ideas • Teaching Performance: • Student rapport • Encourage students to make good mistakes • Leadership – supportive error feedback • Technology is awesome! • Evaluation • Encourage student creativity
Contact Colin Walker www.chosenresume.com colinjerwalker@gmail.com @colinjerwalker