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ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E.

ITAF Foreign Language School conducts specialized English courses for military personnel, offering intensive training and certification. The school emphasizes collaborative learning through various methodologies and environments to enhance language proficiency. With modern facilities and a focus on teamwork, the school aims to achieve success through interactive group processes and individual accountability.

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ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E.

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  1. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E. BILC 2010 – Collaborative Learning Prof. Benjamin C. PIM

  2. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E. • LOGISTICS • OVER 34,000 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE SPACE • OVER 180 ROOMS WITH IN-ROOM FACILITIES + 35 ROOMS AND BARRACKS AT PORTO POTENZA (TESTING CENTER) ; • N° 35 CLASSROOMS AND N° 12 VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS • N°3 MULTIMEDIA LABS • N°2 LABS FOR E-TUTORS

  3. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E. MISSION Conduct intensive and specialized english language courses Advise and monitor language courses to personnel by private schools linked to military personnel Carry out teacher training and support Certify language proficiency for Air Force IAW NATO STANAG 6001 – Joint Forces Language Test (JFLT)

  4. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E. On base courses General conditions Class sizes (8 -10 students) Content (ILR & STANAG-based) Teaching – intensive (7 hrs/day) Facilities (Labs, Internet, SAT TV, etc.) 6

  5. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E. 2008 - 2010 + 10% increase in level 3s 15.39% - 25% 7

  6. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL – S.L.E. We all work together as a team.... and that means you do everything I say! 8

  7. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together.

  8. Methodologies Environments ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

  9. collaborative learning vs. individual learning individual vs. team homogenous vs. heterogeneous ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

  10. Five steps to success ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

  11. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL 1. Positive Interdependence • Role • Identity • Outside force interdependence • Simulation interdependence • Environmental interdependence • Goal interdependence • Incentive interdependence • Resource interdependence • Sequence interdependence

  12. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL 2. Individual and Group Accountability

  13. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL 3. Interpersonal and Small – Group Skills • Motivated • Effective leadership • Make decisions • Trust • Communicate • Conflict

  14. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL 4. Face to Face Promotive Interaction • Promote • Encourage • Support • Explain • Teach • Check • Discuss • Connect • Foster

  15. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL 5. Group Processing (Reflection)

  16. There are six key-steps involved in planning collaborative learning: approach content teams materials tasks and roles time and space ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL Planning for Collaborative Learning

  17. Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) Jigsaw Group Investigation ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL Choose an Approach:

  18. Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

  19. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL Jigsaw Approach:

  20. Group Investigation ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

  21. Avoid: Allowing one student to be carried by the others. Allowing one student to do the work for the group. Holding up one person or group as the “best”. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

  22. Set up tasks which cannot be completed without input from each team member. Reflect upon the 5 steps Take into consideration the 6 key-steps for planning a lesson Train teachers. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL Key points:

  23. there’s no “i” in TEAM ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL And remember….

  24. ITAF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL Questions?

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