Content EATP Spring 08
English for Academic Teaching Purposes: Language and Culture for Teaching
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Table of Contents
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Week 1: Getting Started
February 12-14, 2008
Introductions: Six-word memoirs
Assignments, syllabus, and course information
- Participant-Led Academic Discussions
- Dictionary on Disk
- Reflective Audiojournal Set Up
- Defining teaching
Week 2: The State of University Teaching
February 19, 2008
- Dictionary on Disk word work: Entry 1
- Participant-Led Academic Discussions & Dictionary on Disk Set-up
- Discussion: Changing University Teaching
- Listening: Really? The left-handed vs. the right-handed, New York Times Podcast, Jan. 30, 2008
February 21, 2008
- DOD review
- Chocolate chip cookie rubrics from TeacherVision.com
- Evaluating best practices: Creating our own rubric for invigorating jigsaw
- Reflective Audio Journal Entry 1 due February 26, 2008
Week 3: Terrific Teaching Rubrics
February 26, 2008
- Dictionary on Disk word work: Entry 2
- Film clip from Wordplay (2006)
- Good Teaching PLAD led by Renate
February 28, 2008
- Terrific Teaching Rubric
- Invigorating jigsaw 1: Exercises for Individual Students
- Grammar bites: Conditionals
- See Conditionals at Online English Grammar from EduFind
Week 4: Multicultural Classroom
March 4, 2008
- Dictionary on Disk word work: Entry 3
- Multicultural Classroom PLAD led by Madis
- More information on Multicultural Teaching can be found on this seminar page
March 6, 2008
- Listening: Students' view of intelligence can help grades from National Public Radio
- Say vs. Tell
- Student advising audio and Listening to Conversational Patterns from MICASE
Week 5: Reflective Teaching
March 11, 2008
- Dictionary on Disk quiz: Entry 4
- Reflective Teaching PLAD led by Jennifer
- Reflective Practice
- Dimensions of reflective teaching (Zeichner and Liston)
- Freeman's model of teaching
- The Johari Window and becoming aware (Luft and Ingram)
- Reflective practice game: Snooping Around
- Secrets of being Estonian
March 13, 2008
- Listening activity: Clinton says Florida Should Count from NPR
- Invigorating teaching activities Jigsaw: Questions and Answers
- Metaphors and idioms used in Academic Spoken language
- The Road Less Traveled by George Strait and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
- MICASE data: Idioms set I
Week 6: Why Lecture?
March 18, 2008
NO CLASS
March 20, 2008
- Metaphors and idioms used in Academic Spoken language Part 2
- Why Lecture PLAD led by Ingrid
Week 7: Skills of Lecturing
March 25, 2008
- Skills of Lecturing PLAD led by Mari
- Keeping your English Up to Date, The Tipping Point from the BBC
March 27, 2008
- Gender and Teaching PLAD led by Marika
No class April 1-10
Week 8: Active Learning
April 15, 2008
- Word family exercise with DOD Entry 7
- Updates from Jennifer about mid-semester travels and conferences
- Looking forward to Observation Assignment… start thinking!
April 17, 2008
- Academic Spoken English Formulas: Listening from MICASE
- Invigorating lectures jigsaw: Share pair & Cooperative learning from Active Learning For The College Classroom by Paulson and Faust
- Time management reading and discussion
- How well do you plan?
- Big Rocks Text
- Time planning tips from Dartmouth College
Week 9: Active Learning
April 22, 2008
- Active Lectures PLAD led by Aivar
- DOD Entry 8
- Earth Day 2008
- Significance of the day from Wikipedia
- Hagar, Blondie, Beetle All Say Earth Day Is No Laughing Matter by Tom Randall, Bloomberg.com
April 24, 2008
- Evaluating Lectures PLAD led by Rahel
- Observation practice
- Tampopo soup eating scene
- Observations, inferences, and opinions
Week 10: Observations & handouts
April 29, 2008
- DOD Entry 9
- Observation practice 2
- Reach! Teach! by Prangstgrup
- Lecture observation assignment
- Handouts PLAD led by Heli
- Updated Course Outline
May 1, 2008
No class — Happy May Day!
Week 11: Laboratory teaching
May 6, 2008
- DOD Entry 10
- Effective Laboratory Teaching PLAD led by Katre
- Typesetting and accuracy in creating handouts and documents
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