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AKTESOL Newsletter August 2005
Workshop Evening: Cross Cultural Links
New Members Welcome
(Free for members. Non-members - $10.00)
| Date: |
Wednesday 10 August |
| Time: |
6.30 - 8.30pm |
| Venue: |
Kohia Teachers' Centre (Park in the car park at Gate 2, Epsom Avenue) |
| Programme: |
6.30pm - 7.15 pm: nibbles and networking
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Workshops
1.
Moyeen McCoy:
Academic language for Pasifika students. A brief presentation of research findings completed for Dip TESSOL in 2003 followed by classroom resources for you to use with your ESOL students.
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2.
Natalie Kirton:
A scaffolded approach to visual language and how it might be used across the cultures with young English language learners. |
3.
Helen Nicholls:
‘ Seeing is believing’. Make the most of posters as a teaching, learning resource. |
4.
Amjed Hanna: Arabic ESOL Learners
A look at the historical, linguistic and cultural background of speakers of Arabic. How the mother language interferes in learning English as a second language. |
5.
Jill Hadfield:
Do you sometimes think you are speaking to a brick wall? Jill will lead you through strategies on how to manage group dynamics. |
6.
Song Lam Wong:
This workshop will focus on aspects of Chinese culture and how this affects student behaviour and achievement. |
There will be book displays from One English Book Store and Pearson Education throughout the evening.
Please email Lyn Groves by 5 August to book your place in the workshops. Just email her the numbers at the bottom of each box.
Email your first 3 choices to: l.groves@auckland.ac.nz
Conferences
The Pasifika Bilingual Education Conference
Date: Sept 28th- Oct 1, 2005
Venue: Maota Samoa Vaitele, Samoa
The theme is Pasifika bilingual education, language maintenance and academic success.
The Independent Learning Association Conference (ILAO)
The Independent Learning Association is an organisation for language practitioners and researchers interested in independent language learning.
Venue: Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland, NZ.
Date : 9th - 12th September 2005
Seminar Series
Public Lectures in Applied Linguistics (The University of Auckland)
Wednesday August 17th 6.30-8.00pm
Clock Tower Room T029
Catherine Wallace (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Education, University of London, U.K.)
Critical Literacy in the Second and Foreign Language classroom
Wednesday September 21st 6.30-8.00pm
Clock Tower Room T029
Helen Basturkmen (Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland)
John Bitchener (Senior Lecturer, School of Languages,
Auckland University of Technology)
Supervisor and student perceptions of the writing difficulties of postgraduate EAL thesis students
Wednesday October 12th, 6.30-8.00pm
Clock Tower Room T029
Bonnie Norton (Professor & Distinguished University Scholar, Dept. of Language & Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Canada)
Beyond Binaries in Language Learning and Teaching
Wednesday 2nd November, 6.30-8.00pm
Clock Tower Room T032
Tan Bee Tin (Lecturer, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland)
Looking at teaching through multiple lenses
Auckland University of Technology
Wednesday 3rd August from 5pm until 6pm
WB 327
Professor John Swales from the University of Michigan
Academic writing and academic speech: one grammar or two?
All AKTESOL members are welcome.
ESOL Online
Preview/Simplified Text Summary
Read about how important it is to support English language learners as they read by first using simplified text summaries.
Running Dictations
Have you tried these? They will engage even the most reluctant learners last thing on a Friday afternoon! (word)
Paragraphs: BBC Skillswise
Interactive paragraph sequencing games for your students. Drag the pictures of a road accident into the right order. Practise sequencing sentences to build a paragraph.
English Language Levels in Tertiary Institutions
Read and Hirsch's report surveys the literature on best practice of assessment of English language learners at the tertiary level and make a strong case for developing university entrance literacy measures that recognise the different language acquisition pathways of second language learners. (pdf)
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 9 when we will have a Pasifika focus.
