Language Communication and Culture

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ESL CLASSES: LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

 * A Europa Comenius In-Service Training Project
 * July 6-10, 2009, Antalya, Turkey
 * Dr. Marina McIsaac mmcisaac@asu.edu, Arizona State University, USA
 * Dr. Cengiz Hakan Aydin, chaydin@anadolu.edu.tr, Anadolu University, Turkey

Overview

 * Monday, July 6
 * 9:30-11:00 Session 1: Introductions; Opening Ceremonies; Ministry of Education of Eskisehir
 * 11:30-13:00 Session 2: Country Presentations
 * Belgium, England, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey


 * Tuesday, July 7
 * 9:30-11:00 Session 3: COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE MATERIALS
 * Communication and Design Process
 * Communication Theory
 * Communication Measures
 * Communication and Education:
 * Discussion of Projects; wikis, blogs delicious online bookmarks
 * Where to Start a Wiki
 * Where to Start a Blog
 * Where to start an Online Bookmark
 * Open Education Resources and access to educational materials
 * Desmond Tutu, Sharing Knowledge Freely
 * Open Teaching (OT)
 * Alex Couros OT: A Transformative Process


 * 11:30-13:00 Session 4:SOCIAL NETWORKS, WEB2.0, INTRO TO WIKIS
 * Pedagogy of connectivism,
 * Connectivism Connectivism, a learning theory for the digital age, is driven by the understanding that knowledge is based on rapidly changing information. New information is continually being acquired and connected to previous knowledge.
 * Web 2.0 integrated tools that encourage teachers to create, contribute and collaborate
 * Social Networking in Plain English
 * (alt Social Networking in Plain English)
 * Social Networking in the Classroom
 * Intro to Wikis
 * Wikis in Plain English
 * (alt Wikis in Plain English)
 * Tony Vincent LoveWikis
 * azk12 Start a Wiki
 * Our Class Wiki


 * Wednesday July 8
 * 9:30-11:00 Session 5: CULTURE AND MULTILITERACIES IN THE ESL CLASSROOM
 * Classification of Cultures, Hofstede
 * Turkey, Country Etiquette Guide
 * Turkey, Cultural Awareness Quiz
 * Creating a Collaborative Work Space
 * Classroom Multiliteracies
 * Multiliteracies
 * Multiliteracy in EFL


 * 11:30-1:00  Session 6: REFLECTIONS, WEB2.0 AND INTRO TO BLOGS
 * Intro to Blogs and Reflections
 * Four C's
 * (alt Blogs in Plain English)
 * Blog About Wikis
 * School Blogs
 * Student Showcase
 * Mr. Lane's Reading Blog
 * azk12 Start a Blog
 * Our Class Blog


 * Thursday July 9
 * 9:30-11:00 Session 7: LANGUAGE AND COLLABORATION IN THE ESL CLASSROOM
 * Langauge Exercise: Matching Words to Pictures Using Flickr
 * Yackpack and broadcasting
 * Skype English Language Forum
 * Foreign Languages in Second Life
 * Language Learning in Second Life


 * 11:30-1:00 Session 8:  SOCIAL BOOKMARKING, WEB2.0, AND "DELICIOUS"
 * Online Bookmarking, editing, tagging using delicious
 * Social Bookmarking
 * delicious
 * Create Your Own Bookmarks


 * Friday July 10
 * 9:30-11:00 Session 9: Group Reflections and Group Discussion. Post to Our Class Blog.


 * 11:30-1:00 Session10: Groups 1-6, Reflections, Class Discussion, and Summary.

Class Resources
Educational Technology, Research & Development, 54 (1) 105-112. (downloads pdf) ]
 * Flickr
 * Facebook
 * AZ K-12
 * Wikispaces
 * School Bloggers
 * TESOL
 * Electronic Village Online
 * Connectivism, A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
 * Redesigning Pedagogy in the ESL Classroom (downloads from link)
 * Skype Inclusion
 * [http://www.wikieducator.org/images/f/f9/Aydin%2CMcIsaacEtrd2004.pdf Aydin, C.H. & McIsaac, M.S. (2004) Impact of instructional technology on Turkish culture.
 * Turkish Language Course