41st MEXTESOL International Convention Puebla, 2014 Two 4-hour Pre-convention Workshops (PCWs): Wednesday, October 15th at the Centro Expositor Puebla PCW01: 10:00 – 14:00 Strategies to Maximize Student Talking Time Who is doing most of the talking in your classroom, you or your students? The more we teachers speak, the less opportunities our students have to use the language. If we want our students to really learn English, they need to speak the language, not just learn about it. In this workshop you will put into practice strategies that encourage learners both to speak and work collaboratively. Leticia Vela González has been teaching English since 1996. She teaches at the UPN Master’s in Bilingual Education. She is the Director of uSpeak Training Center where she is dedicated to transforming the lives of students through high-quality English language courses and professional development. She is currently the Treasurer of MEXTESOL. PCW02: 15:30 - 19:30 “Teacher is this correct?”: Incorporating grammar into any lesson This hands-on workshop will explore the balance between grammar rules and “real life” language, providing tools for deciding what grammar forms to teach when and ideas for incorporating grammar into any lesson. Topics will include contexts where students will use the structures, the complexity of the explanations teachers will provide, examples to include in the lesson, and answers to questions such as “Teacher, I heard this in a song. Is this correct?”. Dr. Sarah Dietrich is Associate Director/ESL Coordinator for the Center for International Education and Assistant Professor in the MA in TESOL at Salem State University (SSU) in Massachusetts. She has lived in Brazil, France, Switzerland, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas in Ciudad Victoria. Summer 2014, Dr. Dietrich was part of a team awarded a Fulbright grant which brought 8 Iraqi scholars to SSU. Costs and Registration: Pre-registration (until September 19th) One workshop: $190.00 pesos Both workshops: $320.00 pesos On-site registration (from September 20th to October 15th) One workshop: $240.00 pesos Both workshops: $420.00 pesos On-site registration starts at 8:30 To register and make your payment, please contact Veronica Contreras at [email protected] or Jose Luis Quiroga at [email protected]
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 03:09:51 +0000
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