Teaching EAL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (TESMC): Language in Learning across the Curriculum

The Teaching EAL students in mainstream classrooms (TESMC) is the most up-to-date professional development programme modelled after the successful EAL in the Mainstream course which has proven to be outstandingly successful in unlocking the world for students from non-English speaking backgrounds. Developed in South Australia by specialists from the Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) and trialled over many years, TESMC is now highly acclaimed in international schools around the world. Who is it for? It is designed for classroom teachers, subject teachers, EAL and other support specialists It is most suitable for teachers teaching upper Elementary through to the end of Secondary Why participate in this course? To develop an understanding of the central role that language plays in learning of all subjects To develop a greater understanding of the language-related needs of EAL students and ways of meeting those needs in an explicit manner To develop collaborative working relationships among colleagues by having a shared understanding of how to support EAL students As it is widely accepted for accreditation towards further study by Universities around the world (see DESCs website for further information http://www.unlockingtheworld.com And, most importantly, because at NIST we are all teachers of EAL learners! How will TESMC be organised at NIST? 25 hours face-to-face learning in 9 modules combined with in-between workshop readings and activities = more than 50 hours of PD Small group of 10-15 learners in a highly interactive and supportive atmosphere. Workshops will be held on Thursdays evenings beginning at 18:30 Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Cost: 5,000 Baht which can be covered through Identified Opportunities. Testimonials from NIST Teachers: To experience what it is like for students who are completely immersed in a total different sounding language, perhaps with different symbols can be completely overwhelming and exhausting. The ESL course helped me appreciate the demands for students in language heavy classrooms and provided many useful strategies to make learning more accessible. -- Zoe Perry (Sec Science Coordinator, Y12 Environmental Systems, Y13 Biology Teacher) This course provides opportunity to explore best practice and strategies for ESL learners in the mainstream classroom. Knowing the challenges an ESL learner faces prepares the teacher for developing and implementing strategies to enable the learner to make a smoother transition. -- Dianne Gamage (Ele EAL Teacher) There are a lot of good things that could be said about a course like this one, but one thing that sticks in my mind is something another teacher once said to me. To paraphrase him, he said he joined the course to learn more about language teaching, but in the end it all came down to just being an even better classroom practitioner as the strategies could be applied so broadly. I think that was a great summary and endorsement. -- James MacDonald (Headmaster)

Teaching EAL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (TESMC): Language in Learning across the Curriculum
Sign-Up: Before 6th September 2013 For further information email the trainers: Kyla Kopperud kkopperud@nist.ac.th Bianca Chapman bchapman@nist.ac.th Gillian White gwhite@nist.ac.th (preferably not as she has just had a baby!) The extent of my language defines the limits of my world. --Ludwig Wittgenstein Working Plan:
Module EAL students and learning in a second language EAL: who are they and what affects their learning? Learning in and through an additional language How can we support EAL students? Language and learning and the role of scaffolding Language, text and context A functional model of language Scaffolding and teaching and the learning cycle Oral language: how the task shapes the talk developing understandings of oral language across the mode continuum oral language tasks Using oral language: interpreting and producing oral texts talk as performance oral language: talk as performance talk as performance: issues for EAL students and classroom strategies Assessment of oral language Working with written and visual texts different ways of making meaning exploring genre genres across the curriculum Working with written and visual texts at the text level Looking at language at the text level Supporting EAL students with reading Linking back to the teaching and learning cycle Developing knowledge of genre and language at the language level moving along the register continuum focusing on the nominal group moving to highly written texts through nominalisation matching the register - dictogloss Assessing written texts How accessible are the texts we use? Assessment of written language Programming and whole school models of support for EAL students developing a framework for supporting EAL students Dates Thursday 14 Nov 2013 6:30 9:30 pm Thursday 21 Nov 2013 6:30 9:30 pm Thursday 28 Nov 2013 6:30 9:00 pm Thursday 12 Dec 2013 6:30 9:30 pm

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