TESOL Take-Aways 2019

Cara attended a session about listening pedagogy, and she learned that:

• Practicing notetaking is a futile activity for students

• Teaching many aspects of English pronunciation can assist with listening

• Building listening skills incrementally cannot be done

Cara and Michelle brought back various books from TESOL, and most of these books have to do with teaching:

• Undergraduate Students

• Pronunciation People

• Color Vowel Obsessed People (hmmmm....who could she be thinking of?!)

• Graduate Students

Caroline attended a session on Conversation Partner Programs. In this session, she learned new ways of structuring the program. Select all that apply.

• Conversation Labs

• Compensating partners

• Mandating IEP student participation

• Enlisting faculty facilitators

1. What is the critical factor for retaining and storing a new word in your memory according to Sandhu?

• The period between the reviews

• How often the word is repeated

• The inclusion of visual associations

• The relevance of the new word

According to Folse, what is the critical factor for learning practical word lists?

• Focusing on word pair that look and sound alike

• The number of times that you interact with a list

• Avoiding translation of the items on the list

• Centering your attention on a complete list

1. What is the difference between shadowing and mirroring according to Foote and Myers?

• Shadowing involves following a live speaker while mirroring involves watching yourself on video

• Shadowing is about watching yourself from the perspective of a listener while mirroring involves incorporating the best qualities of a speaker that you admire

• Shadowing involved following an audio sample and speaking along with it while mirroring involved studying and copying a sample of a speaker

• Shadowing involved imitating a speaker in a live situation whereas mirroring involves taking notes and imitating the speaker after viewing a presentation.

1. According to Ellenbird and Bautista, what is the critical factor in linking ESL classes to content classes?

• Having an ESL instructor who knows the content as well as the content teacher

• Making sure that the courses are credit bearing to motivate students

• Creating a strong relationship between the ESL and content teachers

• Choosing gen ed courses that have a broad appeal and application

What is Flipgrid?

• an app that can make spreadsheets

• an app similar to Quizlet

• an app that is like an online quiz

• an app that is like a video discussion board

What is true about Gen Z learners?

• they prefer one big final exam

• they have trouble connecting ideas

• they are great at time management

• they don't have difficulty reading directions