Teaching Mute English Unplugged - EOT News May 2010
publication date: May 13, 2010
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author/source: Jason West
Languages Out There - May 2010 Newsletter (1)
Hello to everyone Out There
So, we missed out on an April newsletter...nevermind, did you really miss it?
This is the 'time for change' newsletter. The
one where we ask you to do the unthinkable, to smell the coffee (get
real), and realise that to teach 2 billion English learners, many from
poor backgrounds, we need a fairer more socially inclusive and
effective way of teaching English.
I really hope you have been continuing to get
social in your quests to teach and learn English, that you have met new
people and bonded (made friends) via some enjoyable and exciting
interactions.
Listen to this newsletter online
'Speak up! My old China!' - Is some innovation serving students, teachers, or no one?
Social inclusion, social media and the future of language teaching - video of seminar
Elearning and authentic scenarios - research paper
Jane, 27, Chinese - comparison audio clips from sessions 1 and 6
Waldek, 29, Polish - comparison audio clips from sessions 1 and 11
The future of publishing - very clever video
Old Jokes HomeListen to me read this newsletter:
you can see and hear me read this newsletter on our YouTube channel and
Facebook, click here (careful I do it in one take, so no editing, and
the mistakes are left in):
How many Chinese English teachers
conduct focused English discussions in class to provide crucial real
practice for their students? What are the major issues for ELT innovators and are they being met?
Big Brain App - What do some top
academics have to say about social inclusion, social media and its role
in the future of language teaching? - I
attended this webinar (that word always gets a laugh in our house) that
brought together some top academics and was held in a Finnish
university recently. It is part of the EU elearning research project.
The webinar can be viewed at (click on full screen to read the chats):
The ppt presentations and some discussion based on the webinar are available at:
More EU funded research into elearning and how it is changing the pedagogic landscape - This piece is about how learning scenarios are going to be the key to effective learning online and points out that there is a real lack of understanding about how people learn online.
It's not learning differently, it's learning
the same way only using different tools and scenarios that in many ways
are more brain friendly than what we are used to in traditional offline
environments.
Big bonus for EOT here is the observation that
there is a real need for learning materials that fit the medium and and
make the most of the amazing technological tools available to virtually
every student on the planet.
If you don't want to get left behind you need to read this:
Here are some learners who have been using
online learning materials that involve a slightly different type of
learning scenario...
Jane, 27, Chinese - before and after 6 EOT sessions (18 hours approx.)
Some highly experienced teachers' comments already in: 'Amazing', 'Hugely impressive', 'How did you do it?'
But you can make you own mind up...listen to this 7 minute MP3 (scroll down and click on the green button 
to play in your browser or download from the blue word 'download'):
to play in your browser or download from the blue word 'download'):Waldek, 29, Polish - before and after 11 EOT sessions (30 hours approx.)
Listen to Waldek find his feet and improve
rapidly from being a pre-intermediate speaker to using
upper-intermediate lesson plans and holding his own in conversation.
This is great, it is called 'The Future of Publishing', watch it, very clever!
Old Jokes Home:
Q: How do you confuse a tabloid reader?
A: Tell them an asylum seeker's killed a paedophile
Until next time...
Cheers
Jason
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