A mix of online webinars, online courses and MOOCs.
Goal Review I have been away for more than two months so it is fair to say my summer holidays are well and truly at an end. On the positive side it means that I am now ready to dive back into that thing called life. Or, indeed, the life process that I like to…
Taken from the website: “Foreign Language Teaching Methods is an online course designed by Texas Language Technology Center to give the virtual experience of participating alongside a diverse group of beginning foreign language teachers. A rich, interactive experience is facilitated by multimedia content, including footage of the actual methods course, videos of actual foreign…
The final project consists of putting into practice all of things that we have learnt so far, to create a new lesson in Instreamia: Record and create an explanation video of a grammar concept or conversation practice Import a video from YouTube and add subtitles Create live exercises based on content you imported Create and…
Participating in a Language Teaching MOOC, and currently studying a language, has led me to want to know more about language teaching methodologies. Of course, during my CELTA training, I was exposed to an array of methodologies. However, the one that that really resonated with me was CLT, or Communicative Language Teaching. That is not…
So one of the fun task’s this week was creating a grammar video. I could never have imagined one thing could be so hilarious and cringe-worthy at the same time! But in all seriousness, I think I get the point across. I introduce the Present Perfect…but my introduction is far from perfect! Needless to say,…
This week’s tasks included: – working on our Instreamia lessons (that’s both English and Chinese for me), including adding flashcard exercises – Adding a grammar explanation to our lessons – Designing and creating an open-ended assignment (see sample assessment in previous post) – Grading and example open-ended assignment – Listen to an interview with Daniela…
For this week’s blog activity we were asked to brainstorm a simple blended learning activity including its assessment and answer the following questions: What is the Blended Learning Activity? The students will review a previous speaking task (which has been recorded and the video clip made available to students through a shared online platform) where they…
Reading about Assessment Goals This week we spent time thinking about how we can attain our assessment goals. First we read Flint University’s overview and strategies for learning assessment. The overview cites seven questions to think about when designing assessment. We also read Educause’s initiative for assessing collaborative projects Finally, we read Carnegie Mellon’s guide…
As the thought crosses my mind about developing authentic materials for teaching Chinese, I am invited to a webinar next week on the exact same subject. Actually, that’s not true. The subject is publishing your own ELT materials, but I think it will be very informative to attend, as the general process should be transferable….
Why participate in LTMOOC? Because I love learning languages! So it all started about 20 years ago, my first year of secondary school, and French was obligatory. Not that I minded, my teacher loved her subject, and that love resonated with her students. Fast forward 10 years, and I lived and worked in Paris for…