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Internationalizing Your Teaching with the Blackboard Learning Management System, Three Useful ebsites ! "re#uently$Used %nglish &hrases for the Uni'ersity (lassroom
Robert E. Johanson NTUST Department of App !ed "ore!#n $an#%a#es

Introduction
As Ta!&anese %n!'ers!t!es cont!n%e to internationalize the!r camp%ses b( !mp ement!n# b! !n#%a )En# !sh * +h!nese, !nstr%ct!on- !t !s becom!n# !ncreas!n# ( !mportant that &e ocate on !ne so%rces that can he p %s meet th!s amb!t!o%s #oa . The p%rpose of th!s &or.shop !s three/ fo d0 1, to demonstrate ho& the presenter %ses the 1 ac.board $earn!n# 2ana#ement S(stem !n h!s En# !sh/ an#%a#e content co%rses- 2, !ntrod%ce the a%d!ence to three e3treme (/%sef% ES$4E"$ &ebs!tes- and 5, to fam! !ar!6e non/nat!'e En# !sh/spea.!n# !nstr%ctors &!th some common (/%sed En# !sh/ an#%a#e teach!n# terms that the( can read! ( adapt to the b! !n#%a c assroom. The so%rces of the mater!a for th!s &or.shop der!'e from )andall*s Listening Lab 7http044&&&.es / ab.com8- )ong$chang+com 7http044ron#/chan#.com8- The &urdue Uni'ersity ,nline riting (enter )9:$, 7http044o& .en# !sh.p%rd%e.ed%8- the Uni'ersity of (alifornia at Santa Barbara Teaching -ssistant .andbook;- and the presenter<s o&n ect%re notes. =opef% (- th!s presentat!on &! not on ( he p a%d!ence/members ta.e the necessar( steps to transform themse 'es from monolingual to bilingual !nstr%ctors- b%t a so offer some peda#o#!ca (/po&erf% phrases that teachers e'er(&here m!#ht f!nd &orth( of ref ect!on. This /resentation is su//orted in /art by funding recei'ed from the 0ational Science (ouncil 10S( 23$4567$.$766$7658 and the Institute of System %ngineering, 0ational Uni'ersity of Tainan+

Part I: An Introduction to a Useful Blackboard Exercise

The /resenter will introduce the audience to a no'el way to conduct a writing assignment 'ia the Blackboard Learning Management System+

Part II: Three ESL Websites

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Part III (A): Usef% En# !sh >hrases for + assroom +omm%n!cat!on;
Set out below is a series of useful e9/ressions that ha'e been ada/ted from the U(SB Teaching -ssistant .andbook=+ &lease refer to the handbook, itself, for a more in$de/th co'erage of these to/ics+ 7Note0 To sa'e reso%rces- the phrases ha'e been co apsed t&o to a !ne and connected &!th bac./
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Part III (B): Some +ommon En# !sh >hrases !n RJ<s + asses
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&onclusion Th!s br!ef presentat!on has !ntrod%ced (o% to three ES$4E"$ &ebs!tes and some common En# !sh/ an#%a#e phrases for the b! !n#%a c assroom. =opef% (- th!s &or.shop has !nsp!red (o% to !mp ement some of these phrases !nto (o%r o&n teach!n#. > ease remember that s%ccessf% internationalization be#!ns &!th each and e'er( one of %sJ rA ;So%rce for >art AA0
Ron.o&s.!- S. )1999,. The international teaching assistant handbook? -n introduction to uni'ersity and college teaching in the United States. Santa 1arbara- +A0 Re#ents of the Un!'ers!t( of +a !forn!a. Up oaded 9ctober 22- 2NN7O htt/?<<www+id+ucsb+edu<I(<T-<main+htm.

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