Teaching in the 21 st Century Pete Sharma NATESOL / IATEFL ESOL SIG Teachers’ Conferenc e Salford June 2011
Mar 26, 2015
Teaching in the 21st Century
Pete Sharma
NATESOL / IATEFL ESOL SIG Teachers’ Conference
SalfordJune 2011
Aims
To provide twenty practical teaching ideas using technology
To share thoughts and experiences of T.E.L.L.
Overview
Six statements
Practical ideas
Open forum
(1) New era
(2) Controversial:Multiple perspectives
Multiple perspectives
Teacher
Student
Trainer
DOS
$$$
School
PublisherAuthor
Designer
Developer
Theory
Before and after
Corpus linguistics
(3)Technology - changed language teaching forever
(4) Range of course types
Course types
100% f2f80 / 2050/5020 / 80100% online
(6) Centralicity of pedagogy
What is it?“So what?”How to use it?
(5) The importance of ‘attitude’
Practical teaching ideas
1) Grammar2) Vocabulary3) Language skillsListening and readingSpeaking and writing
4) Phonology
Grammar
AuthenticRestrictedClarification(Scrivener)
Infinite clone tool
Right or wrong?
“I am born in Poona”“I have seen Mark yesterday”“I am in London for two days”“If I will see James, I will give him the message”
Grammar matrix
Unlikely-likely language 40 persons / 40 people. We're at Stockholm / We're in Stockholm If we would have done that……. Did you do that already? / Have you done it
yet? If I was you / If I were you Charles, you're not understanding me
(2) Vocabulary - storage
Word frequency
Note-able words
(3) Skills
Listening
Then Now
“I’m going to play the tape twice…….”
Bookmark it! Choice – how many
times? with or without sub-titles?
Listening
Reading
E-lessons
E-book readers
Sony E-book readers Amazon Kindle
Nook
Speaking
Flip camera
Speaking – voting devices
“Students should turn off their mobile phones in class”
Vote now:1 – Yes2 - Unsure3 – No
Speaking
Timed anecdotes – task repetition
Writing - wiki
Refutation
Handwriting recognition software
Process writing
Brainstorm Edit
Review
Final proof
(4) Phonology
Pronunciation
Games