English Language Teacher Training, Chulalongkorn University, 2010

Workshop Leader and Contact Information

Leslie Opp-Beckman, Ph.D., Distance Education Coordinator.   CV: http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/resume.html   Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu   PH: +1-541-346-3945 FX: +1-541-346-3917 Mailing Address: 5212 University of Oregon, AEI Eugene, Oregon 97403-5212 USA

Overview

This website contains handouts and materials that Dr. Leslie Opp-Beckman from the University of Oregon (UO), Linguistics Department, American English Institute (AEI) used in support of English Language Teacher (ELT) teacher training workshops at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand in September 2010.

Handouts

• Handout coming, with examples of websites in the introductory session :

  • Thai-UO Videoconferencing, an example of extended online teacher training involving digital videoconferencing (DVC) and rebroadcasting of training sessions through public television to multiple audiences and locations.

  • E-Teacher Scholarship Program, an example of online English language teacher training through a multi-institutional cooperative agreement (U.S. Department of State ECA/A/L, University of Oregon [UO], and University of Maryland Baltimore County [UMBC]).

  • Online English Language Center, an example of pre-screened resources for English language learning and teaching.

  • Oregon-Iraq Guided Online English Language Studies (GOES), an example of English language learning for low language level teen and adult learners.

  • Shaping the Way We Teach English, an example of free video-based English language teacher training materials, with examples from Thailand classrooms.
    
    

• Coming: "Tools and Tips for Online Teaching"

• Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) Websites with Resources.

• Self-Quiz: Ready for E-Learning?

• Rock or Feather? warm-up activity.

• Tips and Techniques for Effective Web Searches.

• Website Evaluation Guide.
  

"Shaping the Way we Teach English" Free Video-based Teacher Training Materials

• Shaping Website with all original and additional supplementary materials.

• Video, now also available through YouTube-UO (use the word "Shaping" to search for all modules).

Other Supporting Resources

• 100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration by Ozge Karaoglu and 21st Century Skills: Will Our Students be Prepared? by Judy Salpeter, from Tech & Learning.

• ABCD Writing Objectives, from Penn State Learning Design Community Hub.

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). In particular, see: Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Executive Summary.

• Foreign Language Instruction: Implementing the Best Teaching Methods, from Chris Zurawsky, AER,A available at this link courtesy of ERIC.

• National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students, teachers, and administrators, from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

• Online English Language Center Project for examples of practical activities. In particular, see the sections: Learn and Teacher Resources-Web Guides.