A blog for the professional development of instructors in the Adult English Language and Learning Program of the New York Public Library.
A place to gather and share resources for teaching.
Drills and dialogues are among the most traditional materials used by language
teachers. The content of drills and dialogues and how much we use them has
changed considerably over the years. This is because teachers and materials developers have been paying more and more attention to ways of providing students
with meaningful materials and content that allow them to engage in “real” communication. Role plays and plays, which are often forms of extended dialogues, are
part of the repertoire of practice activities and materials.
Read the entire text from the University of Michigan Press here:
From Carol Halebian and her NRS 3/4 class at the Harlem Library: Last week I asked the class to bring a photo or have a photo
that they would show to the class to and explain
by using simple past and a time phrase. I took photos with an
iPad of the photos on their phones and then projected them.
Agueda's son graduated from Columbia University last year.
Eridana cooked dinner for her family last night.
Emilia visited a zoo with her children last summer.
Jeff went apple picking with his family last fall.
Sandra ate at a restaurant with friends and family at City Island over the weekend.
This activity was fun, simple to do, and utilized the grammar.
Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.
Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org
CALENDAR
March 31 Winter term ends
April 22 Spring term begins April 26 - Teacher Meeting
June 30 Spring term ends
July 29 Summer term begins
August 25 Summer term ends
September 30: Fall term begins
December 16: Fall term ends
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Free, Live Workshops for Teachers and Other Educators
Welcome to OK2Ask®, a series of live, hands-on virtual workshops for teacher professional learning.
Our virtual workshops are:
• Interactive and practical - 90 minutes of hands-on learning
• Conveniently scheduled after work hours
• Available in live (for credit) and archived (without credit) formats
• Provided to teachers as a courtesy by SFL's TeachersFirst staff
Project-Based Learning Made Easy Through Team Projects
Projects Based Learning (PBL) has been at the forefront of English Language Teaching in this new age of student accountability and career preparation. This evidence-based strategy perhaps leaves some educators thinking PBL is too challenging or complicated to incorporate in adult education courses. Yet if done correctly, it can yield greater rewards than any other single activity in the classroom. Learn how a form of PBL called Team Projects can create a collaborative and effective learning environment for all students.
In case you haven't noticed, Google knows a lot about what you're doing in Google Drive. In fact, according to their latest announcement about Google Drive, Google knows which files in your Google Drive are most important to you right now. These will be shown to you on a new page in Google Drive that Google is calling the "priority page." Priority page will start rolling out to users this week.
TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island
Experts say there are about 6,500 languages spoken throughout the world. But the United Nations estimates that about half of these languages are in danger of disappearing.
One non-profit organization seeking to save world languages is a New York-based group called Wikitongues. Officials from Wikitongues say the organization has a simple goal: to provide the tools and support that people need to save their languages.
This is a book from the TESOL convention:
K. David Harrison was the opening key note speaker on endangered languages. (thanks to Michelle Lopolito for alerting me to it.) It was really interesting! When TESOL posts the video, I will be sure to share it here. In the meantime here's a short clip:
TESOL
Here are some pictures from Atlanta. It was beautiful weather! I'll post some more next week.
10k+ steps every day!
Breakfast at the WAFFLE HOUSE. I will miss the hash browns (smothered and covered). This photo is from the Olympic Park.
I felt right at home in Coca Cola land. I didn't have time to go to the museum!
This cracked me up!
These cherry blossoms opened up while we were there. We walked though the Olympic Park to get to the convention every day.
CALENDAR
March 31 Winter term ends
April 22 Spring term begins April 26 - Teacher Meeting
June 30 Spring term ends
July 29 Summer term begins
August 25 Summer term ends
September 30: Fall term begins
December 16: Fall term ends
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A conference of the teachers, by the teachers, for the teachers based on adult learners’ needs
The NYC Adult Basic Education 40th Annual Conference
For Adult BE and ESOL Educators
Celebrating 40 Years of Success: Learning, Growing, Sharing
Best practices in BE/HSE/TASC, Math, Science, ESOL, Civics, Classroom Management, Writing, Instructional Technology and Adult Literacy Advocacy presented by educators from CUNY, NYU, OACE DOE, DYCD, NYPL, BPL, QPL, LAC, CBOs and other programs
Book Publishers & Table Display
Special Presentation:Using We Speak NYC Season II Videos to
Help Adult Learners by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and CUNY
Panel Discussion
“A Collaborative Timeline of Progress and Plans: Past, Present and Future”
with Subject-based Group Sharing and an Award Ceremony
Comments from Previous Participants:
“(The Presenter) gave us great ideas for different levels & goals. We learned that humor helps students relax and makes learning fun. Excellent!”
“Wonderful community -based presentation (with) excellent structure and excellent tools. Planning strategies for projects and simplifying authentic materialsareso useful. Thank you so much!”
Join us --- to learn, to share, to strengthen adult education!
Please contact us with any questions about pre- registration at nycabeconf@gmail.com
TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island
Reflecting on my teaching practice is like pursuing a healthy lifestyle—I know I should do it, but I could stand to do better. I’ve attended and been inspired by my fair share of conferences and webinars but found myself slacking in my growth as a teacher. I learned a lot, but it was hard to apply what I learned because I did not have a definitive sense of what my teaching style was. In order to become a better teacher, I had to take a hard, objective look at the things I was doing. For my presentation at last year’s Meeting Challenges Exploring Solutions conference at The New School, I did a small-scale version of this: I turned back to a student’s journal I had graded in 2015. After reading through it I pulled out the original file the student sent, marked it again, and put the two graded versions side-by-side. The difference was striking: PRIORITIZING TEACHER REFLECTION
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A conference of the teachers, by the teachers, for the teachers based on adult learners’ needs
The NYC Adult Basic Education 40th Annual Conference
For Adult BE and ESOL Educators
Celebrating 40 Years of Success: Learning, Growing, Sharing
Best practices in BE/HSE/TASC, Math, Science, ESOL, Civics, Classroom Management, Writing, Instructional Technology and Adult Literacy Advocacy presented by educators from CUNY, NYU, OACE DOE, DYCD, NYPL, BPL, QPL, LAC, CBOs and other programs
Book Publishers & Table Display
Special Presentation:Using We Speak NYC Season II Videos to
Help Adult Learners by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and CUNY
Panel Discussion
“A Collaborative Timeline of Progress and Plans: Past, Present and Future”
with Subject-based Group Sharing and an Award Ceremony
Comments from Previous Participants:
“(The Presenter) gave us great ideas for different levels & goals. We learned that humor helps students relax and makes learning fun. Excellent!”
“Wonderful community -based presentation (with) excellent structure and excellent tools. Planning strategies for projects and simplifying authentic materialsareso useful. Thank you so much!”
Join us --- to learn, to share, to strengthen adult education!
TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island
