WEEK 4:
Personal Information
TEACHING RESOURCES
The folks from Quizlet have come up with a new feature: DIAGRAMS. If your students are visual learners, this is a great new tool. Read about it here: Quizlet Diagrams
Diagram for Personal Information: Quizlet Personal Information Diagram
The Free Tech For Teachers Blog has a post that gives you resources for using pictures to tell stories: 10 Great Tools for Telling Stories
VENTURES
This is a repost on how to access Ventures, just in case it might be handy:
2) Click "Sign In"
3) Click "forgot password"
4) They'll email you a link to re-set your password (It should have 1 uppercase letter and 1 number)
5) With that new password, you'll be able to log in
6) Click on "Resources" in the middle of the page
7) Click the "Level" of Ventures you use on the left hand menu on the screen. Click on "Supplementary" on the menu on the left.
8) Identify "Teacher's Edition/Assessment Audio" section in the middle of the screen. Under this heading are the materials found in the teacher previous teacher's resource room.
9) You may get an email from Cambridge asking you to email them back to verify your account. In the email, please provide them with your name, the name/address of the branch you work at and that you're an NYPL employee.
This should provide you with access to all the materials.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This is something really interesting from the folks at American English at State. It's a course you can take at your own pace.
Shaping the Way We Teach English is a teacher-training course consisting of fourteen video-based modules with a supporting training manual and supplementary resources. Each modules is a ten to fifteen minute video segment with examples from classrooms and educators around the world. Each module also has corresponding readings and support materials that can be printed and copied. Some of these examples are from primary level classes, while others are from secondary and post-secondary level classes.
Check it all out here: Shaping the Way We Teach English
Check out these two upcoming TESOL Virtual Seminars,
one conducted by our very own ELKE STAPPERT!
Pronunciation Boot Camp: Practical Ideas for Teaching Pronunciation
Presenter: Marla Yoshida
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
10:30 am–12:00 pm ET
10:30 am–12:00 pm ET
Cost: Free for TESOL.org members; US $50 for nonmembers
Registration Deadline: 22 October 2017
Registration Deadline: 22 October 2017
Who Should Attend?
All ESL or EFL teachers, whether or not they teach stand-alone pronunciation classes.
Future ESL/EFL teachers who want to prepare to teach pronunciation
Teacher trainers who want to give their students a good foundation in pronunciation teaching.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE VIRTUAL SEMINAR and to register.
Creating & Using Videos for English Language Teaching
Presenters: Suzi Lee and Elke Stappert
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
10:30 am–12:00 pm ET
10:30 am–12:00 pm ET
Cost: Free for members; US $50 for nonmembers
Registration Deadline: 29 October 2017
Registering After the Deadline
Who Should Attend?
Educators serving English learners in elementary, secondary, Intensive English Programs, community college, adult education who are interested in using and creating videos for their teaching CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE VIRTUAL SEMINAR and to register.
If you have questions about these seminars or being a TESOL member, email Harlem/Washington Heights teacher Elke: elkestappert@nypl.org
STUDENT MENTOR SPOTLIGHT
Each week, we'll get to know some of the Student Mentors who work for our program.
Ardit Marku works in Staten Island. | |||
- Are you going to school? (Or, where did you go?) What do/did you major in? Do you have future educational plans?
I graduated from Hunter college this past May with a Bachelor's in English Language Arts. I would like to one day go for a Masters in Linguistics. My plans for the future at the moment are not set in stone however.
- How long have you worked for the NYPL? What do you enjoy about your job?
I have been working as a student mentor at St. George Library since April. I don't want to give one of those cliche answers but I genuinely love being around the students. They are the main reason why I am here. I have taught a few elective classes and it was absolutely, hands-down, without a doubt the best part of that semester. I think that getting to know people on a more personal level is inherently a part of working with an education program for immigrant adults. You will get the student who calls to reschedule their class because they finally got their first job. Someone else may come to you for help filling out an application they need to get insurance. Or someone will share the joys and struggles of their journey to America with the class. Inevitably you will come face-to-face with what working for the public truly is about: being there for someone who needs help. I think that offering my advice, knowledge, or simply my time is one of the greatest things I have been able to do for our students and I'm grateful to have had that chance.
- What’s your favorite movie of all time?
Everyone asks these kinds of questions and I simply love too many things to give an adequate answer. Having said that, here is a very tiny portion of the list of movies I love: ANY DISNEY/PIXAR MOVIE OF ANY KIND, Inception, The Danish Girl, Titanic, Lucy, The Hills Have Eyes Series, The Sinister Series, The Harry Potter Series, Anything by Guilermo Del Torro (most notably Pan's Labyrinth), Moonlight, and The Imitation Game.
- Do you have any pets?
I have an absolutely adorable and precious little kitty named Lily. To call her a pet though would undermine the power she has over our household. She may as well be a princess.
- Coffee or tea?
Definitely tea, but nothing to herbally and earthy unless it's drowning in honey.
- What’s your favorite way to spend a Saturday?
I would like to think it's hanging out with friends but honestly when it comes down to it, I would rather just sleep in and watch Netflix all day.
- Do you see yourself as an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? Why?
I vary depending on the situation. Most of the time however, I tend to fall towards realist in the end just because I think at some point there are things we simply have to face. Keeping an objective (or as close as we can possibly get to that) view of things helps center you in the end.
- What’s your favorite holiday or tradition?
Definitely Halloween. I'm sorry but candy and dressing up!!! Honestly that's like everything I love about life in one holiday. My favorite Halloween costume that I've done was when I dressed up as a victim with a slit throat but instead of blood I had rainbow paint all over my clothes.
- What are your hobbies?
I love to draw and sometimes paint but that's expensive. I also love taking walks, preferably in a forest or natural setting.
- What would you like to be remembered for?
Well, that's a loaded question. Just a question ago I was talking about my hobbies. I would love to be remembered for at least trying to leave the world in a better place than I found it in. I think there's a lot of ideas and opinions out there from people that want to accomplish different things in the world. I hope to somehow find a way to simply steer the world towards something happier and better in whatever way, big or small ,that I can.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
