L1901017 - Getting the most out of our English class

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  March, 2nd 2020 (18:00-21:00 p.m)

  Presentation by Janet Torres Soto (Teacher of English at CPI Plurilingüe Antonio Orza Couto, Boqueixón, A COruña)
  TITLE: Storytelling and Oral Competence in the English Classroom

  CONTENTS:

  Storytelling, a tool to practice oral fluency

  Stories to introduce language in a meaningful way

  Listening to stories to develop skills such as prediction, message decoding …

  Storytelling to provide cultural input
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  March, 10th 2020 (18:00-20:00 p.m.)

  Presentation by Robin Walker (Teacher trainer)
  TITLE: Teaching Pronunciation in the 21st Century

  CONTENTS:

  Goals, priorities and models

  Digital resources

   

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    Handout_listening Ficheiro
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  March, 9th 2020 (18:00-21:00 p.m.)

  Presentation by  Robin Walker (Teacher trainer)
  TITLE: Top-down and Bottom-up Listening

  CONTENTS:

  Different kinds of listening

  How to implement the “top-down” approach with strategies for the decoding of the acustic signal with strategies of “bottom-up” processing.

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  March, 16th and March 30th 2020 (18:00-21:00 p.m.)

  Presentation by Elena Longo González (Teacher of English at EOI, Lugo)
  TITLE: Resources to Boost Students´ Oral Competence in English

  CONTENTS:

  Task-based, gamification, flipped classroom, blended learning, collaborative learning...

  Resources to enhance students´oral competence
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  March, 25th and March 26th 2020 (18:00-21:00 p.m.)

  Presentation by Jennifer Schmit (Teacher trainer)
  TITLE: Promoting Student Participation through Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving Activities

  CONTENTS:

  Communication Techniques

  Growth Mindset

  Problem-Based Learning

  Creative and Divergent Thinking

  HOTS- Higher Order Thinking Skills
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  Miscellaneous materials

  • Select activity A streaming library of animated children's storybooks

    

    A streaming library of animated children's storybooks URL
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