SKILLS ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR

Presented by Ma. Belinda Lora and Mark Fullmer

Eastern Visayas State University

January 15, 2011

Univ. of Southern CaliforniaBachelor’s Degree in Music (Trumpet)

Boston College Master’s Degree in Teaching English

Has taught at Chapman University,

Irvine Valley College, and

Fullerton College

MARK FULLMER

MA. BELINDA LORA

Leyte Normal University

Eastern Visayas University

GOALS FOR THIS SESSION

1. Get to know each other!2. Assess our current strengths and

weaknesses as teachers3. Enhance knowledge of

prepositions4. Refine pronunciation skills

GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER INSTRUCTIONS: Pair up with a

partner and look through your wallet or purse. Find something unusual. Explain to your partner the significance of the object you found, why you carry it with you and what it reveals about you as a person.

What is your greatest fear about being a teacher?

Discipline in the classroom Patience

Time managementOrganization

Knowledge of subject matter

Pronunciation

Speaking in English

Explaining ideas

Being an entertaining teacherTreating every student fairly

Grading

Connecting with students personally

Paperwork

Job stress

What is your best strength as a teacher right now?

Discipline in the classroom Patience

Time managementOrganization

Knowledge of subject matter

Pronunciation

Speaking in English

Explaining ideas

Being an entertaining teacherTreating every student fairly

Grading

Connecting with students personally

Paperwork

Job stress

ASSESSMENT FOR THIS SEMINARInstructions: on the survey form

provided, rank the skills you would like to review (5 = most important, 1= least important)Rank Activity

2 Pronunciation

4 Leading productive class discussions

3 Punctuation Rules

3 Designing a student-friendly syllabus

PREPOSITIONS (pre-activity) INSTRUCTIONS: With a partner,

identify each of the prepositions in the following sentences and the corresponding object.

Example: “” 1. 2. 3. 4.

TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSETURN AROUND

TAKE OFFGO AROUND

GO WITH

GO OUT

SIT BEHIND

TURN OFFTURN ON

THROW TO

THROW AT

PUT ONTALK TO

COME IN

SIT WITH

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?NOUN: a name (a person, place or thing)Example: “Mark !”

VERB: an action“Mark ran.”

ADJECTIVE: a modifier (describes a noun)“Mark ran to the closest C.R.”

ADVERB: a modifier (describes a verb)“Mark ran to the closest C.R. quickly.”

Preposition ?!?!

PRONOUN: replaces a noun(“He” or “I” instead of “Mark”)

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?

Definition: A word that explains the time, space or logical relationship between the other parts of the sentence.

(Time) “Mark ran for three hours.”

(Space) “Mark ran to the C.R.”

(Relationship) “Mark visited the house of Belinda Lora.”

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?

Easy way to remember: a word that shows the relationship between two things.

PREPOSITION RULES

1. Some prepositions must be used with certain words and sometimes they don’t have any logical relationship.

“I usually drink coffee in the morning.”

“I slept in this morning and missed my bus.”

“I tried to catch the dog, but it ran away.”

PREPOSITION RULES

1. Prepositions must be followed by nouns, and they usually should not go at the end of the sentence.

Examples: Wrong: “Who are you talking to?”Right: “To whom are you talking?”Wrong: “Where are you coming from?”Right: “From where are you coming?”

PREPOSITIONS REVIEW

Instructions: with a partner, read the following passage and write down all the prepositions.

“500,000 party at Rizal Park”MANILA – About half a million revelers

jumped to their feet, cheered, clapped, blew on toy horns and threw confetti as multicolored fireworks lit up the sky over the Rizal Park in the first ever New Year countdown held at the metropolis’ biggest recreation center. The show lasted for about three minutes, but people showed no sign of leaving for some time after the countdown as other fireworks were set off in surrounding areas.

“500,000 party at Rizal Park”MANILA – About half a million revelers

jumped to their feet, cheered, clapped, blew on toy horns and threw confetti as multicolored fireworks lit up the sky over the Rizal Park in the first ever New Year countdown held at the metropolis’ biggest recreation center. The show lasted for about three minutes, but people showed no sign of leaving for some time after the countdown as other fireworks were set off in surrounding areas.

PREPOSITIONS REVIEW:

Instructions: now see if you can remember the correct preposition….

“500,000 party __ Rizal Park”MANILA – About half a million revelers

jumped __their feet, cheered, clapped, blew __ toy horns and threw confetti as multicolored fireworks lit __ the sky over the Rizal Park __ the first ever New Year countdown held __ the metropolis’ biggest recreation center. The show lasted __ about three minutes, but people showed no sign of leaving for some time after the countdown as other fireworks were set off __ surrounding areas.

PRONUNCIATION SKILLS

“American” English is not correct pronunciation. British English, Filipino English, Chinese English, etc., are simply different dialects.

Being able to be understood is more important than having perfect pronunciation

How to teach PronunciationMethod 1: Listening Drills Technique: Choose whether

pronunciation “A” or “B” is correct.good

boyslove

voice

laugh

workers

priest

phonemics

phonics

perpetuateappropriate

incomprehensible

biotechnologypreparatory

Listening Drills

Now you try it!Choose a word and test your partner:

is pronunciation “A” or “B” is correct?good

boyslove

voice

laugh

workers

priest

phonemics

phonics

perpetuateappropriate

incomprehensible

biotechnologypreparatory

How to teach pronunciationMethod 2: Total Physical Response Technique: Use the posture of your

students to model different vowels (for example, “ah” versus “uh”)

In-for-ma-tion In-dulge Vis-ta

Total Physical Response

Now you try it! With a partner, choose a word and

design a body posture to teach correct pronunciation.

Oooh vs. Uhhhh Ehhh vs. Eeeee Deeee vs. Thuh Zeee vs. Ssssss

How to Teach Pronunciation:Method 3: Face

Chart Technique: Use a

picture of the face to properly demonstrate the placement of the tongue during pronunciation

How to teach pronunciationMethod 4: International Phonetic

Alphabet

Tapos Na!

Questions? Concerns? Ideas?

Fill out the rest of the survey you were given earlier. Do not write your name.