CATESOL OC Fall 2016 WorkshopSaturday, December 10, 2016 | 8:00am-3:30pm
CATESOL Orange County sucessfully launched a new and bigger one-day workshop. Over the years we have built a reputation for having one of the most accessible and valuable one-day workshops for TESOL teachers in the LA/Orange County area, and we were happy to expand that offering to include some of the area's best voices presenting during concurrent sessions. |
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Location
California State University, Fullerton
Titan Student Union
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831
Titan Student Union
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831
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Plenary SpeakerBruce Rubin
CSU, Fullerton ALP, Interim Director Critical Thinking in ESL: Sequence, Substance, Style & Skill Leveled Activities and Focused Language for ESL Classrooms Description: Nothing is more empowering academically than critical thinking, but teaching and practicing it in ESL contexts presents some daunting challenges. Students from some cultures may be unaccustomed to the habit, while language barriers can make academic discourse doubly hard to engage in and decode. But this should not stop ESL instructors from incorporating critical thinking techniques early in the language-learning process. Beginning with an overview of Carol Numrich's "Sequence of Critical Thinking Tasks" (2010) and concluding with her thoughts on "Discourse Synthesis" (2016), Mr. Rubin will model a carefully sequenced series of interactive exercises that can be tailored to engage diverse ESL learners in reading, listening, writing, and speaking classes at virtually all proficiency levels. In addition, he will focus on language cues ranging from simple modals and frequency adverbs to "hedge words" (Pinker, 2015) that help students read between the lines and more accurately analyze what they see, hear, and read. About Bruce: Bruce Rubin has taught ESL since 1989 in a variety of local venues, including a private college in Riverside, a proprietary adult school in Rowland Heights, the Adult Ed division of the North Orange County Community College District, and the American Language Program at Cal State Fullerton. He is also an English Language Specialist with the U.S. State Department and the author of Inside Reading, Level 3, published by Oxford University Press. Mr. Rubin is currently the Interim Director of the ALP at CSUF. |
Featured Concurrent Speakers
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Dave ColemanLAUSD, Division of Adult & Career Education
Teacher/Teacher Adviser Self-monitored Learning for ELLs in the College and Career Readiness Era Description: The Common Core, aka the College and Career Readiness Standards, push the envelope for increased learner autonomy. Come learn student-engaging and teacher-friendly activities for student self-awareness and monitoring that promote academic, social, and personal autonomy. About Dave: Dave Coleman has been a teacher since 1989 and has taught all levels of students, from pre-K to seniors. He has been with the Division of Adult and Career Education of Los Angeles since 1996 in various schools across the city. Dave is currently at the LAUSD Central Office in an advisor role for the Curriculum and Instruction Unit. |
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Roger DupuyUniversity of California, Irvine, DCE
TEFL Academic Coordinator Using the iPad (and the iPhone) for Real Work in a Language Classroom Description: The presenter will demonstrate a number of thoughtful, and practical 'use-cases' of using the iPad (and the iPhone) in the language classroom. This demonstration will provide valuable information to help teachers make an informed decision of whether they should invest in an iPad for their own language teaching. Handouts will be provided. About Roger: Roger Dupuy is responsible for curriculum design, teaching and coordination of University of California, Irvine, International Program's teacher-training programs. He is an author of two teacher-training books, "Using iPads and Apps in the Classroom" for the K-2 and 3-6 grade audience. Mr. Dupuy has also published a chapter on how role-playing gaming principles can inform language teaching in the book entitled: "Language Teaching Insights from Other Fields" for TESOL Press. |
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Laura JacobMt. San Antonio College
ESL Instructor Promoting Social Justice in our Classrooms & Beyond Description: This discussion-based workshop will help you interact with the social justice issues you are passionate about that affect you, your learners and your learners’ futures. About Laura: Laura Jacob teaches in the ESL program at Mt. San Antonio College. She has lived overseas in Japan, Chile and India and has taught Spanish and ESL for 12 years. She co-edited the TESOL Press publication Social Justice in English Language Teaching (2016). |
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Meg ParkerUniversity of California, Irvine, DCE
ESL/TEFL Instructor Lights, Camera, Action: Teaching Grammar with Video Clips Description: Nothing motivates students to practice grammar quite like a video. They like video for the entertainment value, and teachers like it for the meaningful context it provides. The only hitch: Designing these activities can take time and creativity. In this workshop, you’ll learn easy steps for creating motivating video-based grammar practice activities. About Meg: Meg Parker is an instructor in International Programs at the University of California, Irvine, where she teaches in the IEP, trains teachers for the TEFL certificate program, and designs curriculum for online courses. She has over 16 years experience teaching English to kids, teens, and adults in both the United States and Mexico. Her special interests include curriculum development, motivational studies, and the teaching of young learners. |
