Gerhard Erasmus Workshop - English Australia
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Gerhard Erasmus
Workshop
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+ Contextualize the workshop with a story
+ Look at what teacher language in the classroom is
+ Discuss what lower level learners need
+ Link classroom language and learner needs to actionable ideas for development
+ Apply key ideas to your context
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+ A discussion of the native vs non-native speaker debate
+ A critique of language tests and language testing
+ A discussion of International or Global English or English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
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+ What did they say?
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+ Why are you here?
+ What are you hoping to take away from this session?
+ What do you think teachers with lower English proficiency need?
+ Is it something that can be ‘managed and developed?’
+ What results would you like to see in programs that develop and support teachers with lower English proficiency?
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+ Agreeing and disagreeing
+ Suggesting
+ Describing
+ Discourse management
+ Interactive communication
+ Grammatical and Lexical Range and accuracy
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+ British Council ETTE+ project Nepal
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+ Confidence
+ Pronunciation and Pronunciation knowledge
+ Language/Linguistic knowledge
+ Classroom language
+ Unpacking skills
+ Language proficiency
Does it have to be communicative?
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Focus on things we can act on
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+ L1/Shared language with students
+ Teach lower levels
+ Are language learners
+ Teach children or teenagers
OR
+ Are lecturers with very strong subject knowledge in EMI environments
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+ the instrumental function - cause certain events to happen
+ the regulatory function - the control of events; + the representational function - make statements,
convey facts and knowledge, explain, or report to represent reality as the speaker/writer sees it;
+ the interactional function - social maintenance; + the personal function - express emotions + the heuristic function - acquire knowledge + the imaginative function - create imaginary
systems or ideas.
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+ Support and scaffolding
+ Exposure to comprehensible English
+ Confidence using the language
+ Pass exams
+ Grammar as a receptive skill (Lewis)
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+ How to model
+ How to set up tasks
+ Language analysis relevant to the level
+ Error correction
+ Classroom language
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+ Instructing
+ Modeling
+ Encouraging
+ Praising
+ Nominating
+ Prompting
+ Error correction or giving feedback
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+ Teach the way I was taught
+ Observations (What am I looking for?)
+ Observations (What is my manager looking for?)
+ Which is the right course for me?
+ I need a certificate to show I can speak English
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+ Which of the ideas from your group today can you apply in your context?
+ What suggestions could you make to improve training programs for teachers with lower English proficiency?
+ How could we follow up on issues these teachers face?
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