Language Communication and Culture

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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 and Education:
  • Discussion of Projects; wikis, blogs delicious online bookmarks
  • Open Education Resources and access to educational materials
  • Open Teaching (OT)
    • 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
  • Intro to Wikis


  • Wednesday July 8
    • 9:30-11:00 Session 5: CULTURE AND MULTILITERACIES IN THE ESL CLASSROOM
  • Creating a Collaborative Work Space
  • Classroom Multiliteracies
    • 11:30-1:00 Session 6: REFLECTIONS, WEB2.0 AND INTRO TO BLOGS
  • Intro to Blogs and Reflections


  • Thursday July 9
    • 9:30-11:00 Session 7: LANGUAGE AND COLLABORATION IN THE ESL CLASSROOM
    • 11:30-1:00 Session 8: SOCIAL BOOKMARKING, WEB2.0, AND "DELICIOUS"
  • Online Bookmarking, editing, tagging using delicious


  • 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

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