Collaborative Understandings Sessions/Talk Summaries

• TESOL Talk 7 (July 19, 2011)
  • Will provide an overview of how to best participate in TESOL Talk and will discuss academic writing if no other topics are presented first by attendees. Join us!
• TESOL Talk 6 (July 5, 2011)
  • Discuss autonomous learning, VoiceThread, and how to integrate the four skills in class when high-stakes testing is the criteria for evaluating the English language learner
• TESOL Talk 5 (June 21, 2011)
  • Discuss blended learning: online offline interaction, synchronous and asynchronous types of communication, and various learning theories
• TESOL Talk 4 (June 9, 2011)
  • Discuss UbD Guide to creating high-quality units, backward design, and performance tasks in general.
• TESOL Talk 3
  • Work through a performance task using the GRASPS framework
• TESOL Talk 2 (May 10, 2011):
  • Discussed performance tasks (PTs) in more detail, differentiating PTs from task-based learning. Perhaps this could be a topic for further discussion during next session.
  • Will explain and design a performance task for the EFL/ESL classroom
• TESOL Talk 1 (April 27, 2011):
  • Reviewed briefly attendee research, discussing topics related to purpose, problems, and participant selection.
  • Discussed how to integrate the four skills (e.g., briefly discussing performance tasks).