Teaching Oral Skills to Adult English Language Learners “POSTPONED-TO BE RESCHEDULED”
Event: Teaching Oral Skills to Adult English Language Learners
Begins: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 at 9:00 AM
Ends: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 at 4:00 PM
Description:
Goal of the workshop: To increase skills in teaching and assessing listening and speaking skills.
Workshop objectives for participants: At the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
* Recognize the purpose and underlying principles of five oral production and assessment techniques,
* Identify key steps in teaching oral skills,
* Adapt activities for multilevel classes,
* Describe performance and content standards, and
* Identify characteristics of good assessments.
Important Note: In order to attend this workshop, you will be asked to complete an on-line overview of Virginia’s Adult ESOL Content Standards. Some of you have already done so or completed it in order to attend the Teaching Reading workshop held earlier this year. Others will need to do this before the workshop.
Audience: ESOL Teachers of all language levels
Location: Literacy Council of Northern Virginia2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Contact: LaVerne Saunders
Email: lcsaunders@vcu.edu
Phone #: 800-237-0178 or 804-827-1044
