Workshops Attended and Facilitated by LLC

Tutors
WORKSHOP ATTENDED:

43rd Bi-Annual Conference on SPEAK UP! LISTEN UP!

Speaking and Listening Skills in the Classroom
Conducted by: The Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching and British Council
Teachers Club
Venue: Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Date: February 20, 2010
Time: 7:30 – 5:30
Topics:
Parallel 1: Slieeps (?) of the Toungue (Ms. Lilia and Sir Michael)
Parallel 2: Using Theatre Games in the Classroom (Ms. Joana)
Parallel 3: Developing Theatre Techniques in Teaching (Ms. Edwina and Sir Julius)
Parallel 4: Teaching Debates in the Classroom (Ms. Jobel)

WORKSHOPS FACILITATED:

Teacher Leadership: Keys to Effective Teaching

Venue: Fieldridge Learning Center Compound, San Felipe, Cuenca, Batangas
Date: June 13, 2010
Time: 8:00 – 5:00
Topics:

Presentation 1: Basic Ideologies for Teaching and Leadership (Sir Julius)

a.) What is a Teacher?
b.) What is a Leader?
c.) What is Teacher Leadership?
d.) Leadership Styles and Roles
e.) Leadership at many levels
f.) Leadership skills for Class Management
g.) 6 Leadership Principles by highly effective teachers
h.) Roles and Responsibilities of a Teacher
i.) Brain Dominance

Presentation 2: Classroom Management (Sir Michael)

a.) What is Classroom Management?
b.) Eye contact, gesture and the voice
c.) Motivation
d.) Assertive Discipline
e.) School Punishment
f.) Behavior Contracts
 g.) Grouping Students
h.) Tips for an effective classroom management
Presentation 3: Teaching Strategies (Ms. Joana)
a.) The Good old Reliable Ways
b.) Individual Learning Style
c.) Cooperative Learning
d.) Teaching Tools

Holistic Approach to Teaching English as a Second Language

Two-day Echoing Training-Workshop (2nd Part)
Venue: Board Room, 2nd Floor Sen. Jose Diokno Hall, De La Salle Lipa
Date: April 5-6, 2010
Time: 8:00 – 6:00
Topics:

DAY 1:
Workshop 1: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Sir Julius)
a.) EFL methodology, mistakes and feedback
b.) Classroom Management
c.) Teaching New Language
d.) Teaching Receptive Skills
e.) Teaching Productive Skills
f.) Lesson Planning

Workshop 2: Using Theatre Games in the Classroom (Ms. Joana)

a.) Confidence (It’s fun to look silly)
b.) Concentration (Fun Never Stops)
c.) Energy (The Force of Joy)
d.) Memory (If you don’t use it, you lose it)
e.) Teamwork (Team means TOGETHER EVERYONE
ACHIEVES MORE!)

Workshop 3: Theater in the Classroom (Ms. Edwina)

a.) Methodologies of Classroom and Theater
b.) Voice
c.) Body
d.) Mind

DAY 2:
Workshop 4: Accent Reduction (Part 2) (Ms. Ning)
a.) (Short) Vowel Sounds
b.) (Long) Vowel Sounds
c.) (Short) Consonant Sounds
d.) (Long) Consonant Sounds
e.) Tongue Twisters
 Workshop 5: Sleeps (?) of the Tongue (Sir Michael)
a.) English as a Global Language
b.) International Intelligibility
c.) New Varieties of English
d.) Metrics on which sounds are Difficult to Teach
e.) Motivation Games

Workshop 6: Teaching Debate in the Classroom (Ms. Jobel)

a.) Research
b.) Critical Thinking
c.) Communication Skills
d.) Logical Thinking
e.) Essentials of Debate

Boosting English Proficiency: An ESL Workshop

1st Part of LLC’s Teacher’s Workshop
Venue: Language Learning Center, 4th floorMabini Building, MB-42
Time: 8:00 – 7:00
Date: October 28, 2009
Topics:
TOPIC 1: Reading Skills (Sir Julius)
a.) What is Reading?
b.) Vocabulary Acquisition
c.) Pre-reading Strategies
d.) Textual Comprehension
e.) Organizational Skills
f.) Response Techniques
g.) Top 10 Basic Reading Skills
h.) Reading for Results
i.) Literary Works

TOPIC 2: Conversation Skills (Ms. Edwina)

a.) How to have a great conversation
b.) How to lead a discussion
c.) How to cope up with Good Conversation Topics
d.) Warnings

TOPIC 3: Accent Reduction (Part 1) (Sir Michael)

a.) Accent Reduction
b.) Speech Organs
c.) Articulators
d.) Articulators/Resonators
e.) Contrastive Analysis
f.) Mouth Positions
 g.) Tongue Position
h.) Sound Round up
i.) Combination Sound
j.) Word Drill

TOPIC 4: Grammar Skills (Ms. Jobel)

a.) Verb
b.) Action Verbs
c.) Linking Verbs

TOPIC 5: Ideologies of Conversation (Ms. Joana)

a.) What is conversation
b.) Confidence
c.) Conversational Skills
d.) Activities

TOPIC 6: Listening Skills (Ms. Charisse)

a.) What is listening?
b.) Reasons for Learning Effective Listening
c.) Recognizing Barriers for Listening
d.) Types of listening Skills
e.) TIPS
f.) Why you need good listening skills?
g.) How to listen well?