INFORMATION
This is an informational website for the course "English Language Teaching: Using Web Resources to Develop Content-Based Materials for the Classroom." More than 70 educators from over eleven countries across sub-Saharan Africa enrolled in this course Fall 2001. The course was organized by US Department of State Regional English Language Officer George Scholz and was conducted through the American English Institute at the University of Oregon in conjunction with two sponsors:
• the U.S. Department of State, ECA/A/L, Office of English Language Programs in Washington D.C.
• the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa."English Language Teaching: Using Web Resources to Develop Content-Based Materials for the Classroom" emphasized the applied use of web-based resources and content-based instructional practices in English language teaching environments. Participants developed practical, print-based materials using resources from content-rich websites.
Links to external sites are no longer maintained since the course has finished.
Materials and resources used in this course were selected based on a combination of individuals' and program needs. A survey of participants' interests and needs was conducted at the start of the course. Resources were selected on the basis of how well they were aligned with participants' needs, their pedagogical appropriateness from a teaching and learning perspective, the extent to which they met accessibility and usability standards* , and were available at no cost or copyright infringement through the Internet (the Web and/or email).
The goals of this course were to:
- Learn how to use web sites for finding resources to support English language teaching and learning.
- Collaborate with language teaching colleagues around Africa with similar pedagogical interests.
- Practice adapting and creating culturally and pedagogically appropriate content-based English materials
- Develop understanding in the content areas of Entrepreneurship, Civic Education, and HIV Education and how they might be incorporated into English language teaching.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS COURSE, PLEASE VISIT THE WEB PAGES:
INSTRUCTOR-DEVELOPER
Leslie Opp-Beckman, Distance Education Coordinator and Senior Instructor
Email: leslieob@uoregon.eduMailing Address and International Phone Numbers
5212 University of Oregon, American English Institute
Eugene, Oregon 97403-5212 U.S.A.
Office PH: +1-541-346-3945
Office FX: +1 541-346-3917
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This project gratefully acknowledges the materials produced by Marion Smallbones, an Independent Language Education Consultant in Capetown, South Africa.UO AEI Affiliations and Accreditation:
The American English Institute (AEI) at the University of Oregon is an active member in good standing with The American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP) and The Consortium of University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP). AEI is also fully accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) and agrees to uphold the CEA Standards for English Language Programs.UO AEI provides the following: Privacy Statement. Participants are also advised that registration information may be shared with the course sponsors: the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Office in Pretoria and/or the Public Affairs post in your country.
American English Institute
5212 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5212 USA
FX: +1-541-346-3917
PH: +1-541-346-3945