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| Title | Summer Workshop: Keeping Teacher and Student Talk in the Target Language |
| Body | From http://clear.msu.edu/clear/professionaldev/summerworkshops.php Keeping Teacher and Student Talk in the Target Language Jul 19th, 2007 (Thu) -- Jul 21st, 2007 (Sat) Michigan State University Most teachers and teacher educators believe that maximal use of the target language in foreign language classrooms is best for facilitating language acquisition. Sometimes, however, various obstacles prevent the teachers and students from speaking the target language. This workshop will have two parts. The first focuses on teachers’ language use and describes strategies that teachers can use to teach in the target language, particularly in difficult contexts such as when working with beginners and teaching grammar. In addition, demonstrations of various techniques will be given including how to give directions for complex activities while speaking only in the target language. The participants will act as beginning language learners in these demonstrations. The presenter will also discuss how small amounts of English can be used effectively instead of as something to fall back on when target language use becomes difficult. The second part of the workshop will focus on student language use. Participants will be provided techniques for beginners to start speaking the target language quickly, in new contexts and using a variety of tasks. Participants again will act as students in various demonstrations of a new language, this time speaking the language. The presenter will then provide sample activities for more advanced students that will not only keep them speaking the target language but also push them to produce more advanced language. More information available at http://clear.msu.edu/clear/professionaldev/summerworkshops.php . |
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| Inputdate | 2007-04-29 09:27:41 |
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| Expdate | 2007-07-22 00:00:00 |
| Publishdate | 2007-04-30 00:00:00 |
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