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Action research underpinning our content for learners and teachers (and what you could do differently in the classroom)
http://esol.britishcouncil.org
Workshop Content
o Introduction to the ESOL Nexus project o Interactive content for learners o Five examples of activities underpinned by action research o Implications for classroom practice o Other project resources o Forthcoming content and new ideas
Starter for 10
Read the statements on the handout and decide whether they are true about your classroom practice or not.
Discuss with a partner
Interactive activities
Activities are created using the Authorable Exercise Tool (AET) in-house software tool designed to create a range of activities drag and drop, true-false, multiple choice and others.
Our approach
To model good practice in designing resources for ESOL learners and also..
to do something different (and better) to take account of what is known to support language development (action research)
Listening (Dictations)
Dictations are useful because: They foster unconscious thinking They are good for differentiation They are safe for the non-native speaker teacher For English, they are a technically useful exercise And in the classroom: They keep all the learners active They are good for large groups They can lead to oral communication exercises
Rinvolucri and Morgan () Dictations new methods, new possibilities
Listening (dictations)
Example Try the gap-fill dictation activity
Compare your answers with a partner How could you use this activity in class? How could you differentiate to allow for differing levels? What oral practice could the activity lead to?
Paired reading Choral reading Repeated reading Echo reading Performance reading
Ender for 10
Go back to the statements on the handout. Will you do
anything differently in the classroom after what youve heard? Discuss with a partner