Tang-2008 VSB/Professional Development Day Conference ESL Section Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate — being prepared for professional challenges By Winnifred Tang, Ph.D. Dr. Winnifred Tang & Associates Learning Management In Learn2ManageLD.com http://pro-ddayconferenceblog.blogspot.com/ Winter 2008
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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Tang-2008 VSB/Professional Development Day Conference ESL Section
Teaching ESL in today’s demanding climate —being prepared for professional challenges
Tang-2008 VSB/Professional Development Day Conference ESL Section
Agenda
Introduction
Objectives
Resources: simple to high-tech
Questions & Discussion
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Meeting Challenges
Gain perspective on current challenges
Identify needs
Adopt strategic teaching
Encourage a spirit of collaboration
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Diversity — challenges and implications
Linguistic diversity http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/languageList.html
Cultural diversity
Socio-economic diversity
Cognitive diversity
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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.
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Setting Goals for success
Effective diagnostics
Effective matching of content to students
Effective grouping of students to maximize learning
Effective use of classroom resources
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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)
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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.
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Language areas
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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.
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