TESOL 2011 - NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
March 17- March 19, 2011Laurie Moody and Gaby Rinkerman
Create a Music Video for Grammar Learning
Songs connect with emotions and can be very
powerful and motivating tools for language learning. Presenting them with images compound their
impact and provide examples of grammar in real contexts thus allowing the
teacher to move from the rules of usage to grammar use while appealing to
students’ multiple-intelligences.
Workshop presenters briefly discuss the power of music in language
learning, and demonstrate a short music video and the related grammar-focused
exercises. Then each small group of
participants is guided through the creation of a music video in Windows Movie Maker
using copyright-free images and music files.
Participants leave armed with handouts that
give directions for creating their own music videos from images, a discussion
of copyright issues and examples of previewing, viewing and postviewing grammar
exercises. A website provides
post-production support. Participants are
encouraged to bring a personal USB drive to workshop.
Presentation Handout
Presentation Resources
Song Lyrics
A Fine Romance
You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
Baby it's Cold Outside
A Kiss to Build a Dream on
A Foggy Day in London
April in Portugal
It's Been a Long, Long Time
Don't Get around Much Anymore
April in Paris
Moonlight in Vermont
To Download MP3 of these songs:
Jazz-on-Line
Great selection of
downloadable copyright and royalty free mp3s.
There are more than 30,000 titles to choose from.
http://www.jazz-on-line.com/index.htm
TESOL 2010 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
March 23- March 27
This year the 44th Annual TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Convention is taking place in Boston, Massachusetts.
Re-Imagining TESOL
My colleague, mentor, and friend (who happens to be my first ESL teacher) Doctor Laurie Moody, my friend, Diane Ogden (past Chair of the TESOL Video Interest Section) and I made the following presentations:
Music and Language: Enhancing Memory, Eliciting Emotions, Capturing the Imagination
Recent research shows that music plays an important role in language. Similar areas of the brain are activated when listening to or playing music and speaking or processing language. Presenters will show effective language lessons that incorporate songs with a focus on teaching grammar. Step-by-step lesson plan will be provided.
Music and Language Handouts:
Teacher's Lesson Plan
Student Handout #1
Student Handout #2
Student Handout #3
Student Handout #4
Student Handout #5
For more example of using songs for grammar, go to my SONGS page.
Re-Imagining Grammar Instruction Through Film
Short film clips provide the framework for re-imagined grammar
lessons. The presenters demonstrate lessons that include previewing,
viewing, and postviewing activities that move students from
comprehension to controlled use to active production of grammar
patterns.
Grammar Through Film HandoutIF YOU ATTENDED EITHER OF OUR WORKSHOPS, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK!!!
TESOL 2009 - DENVER, COLORADOMarch 26- March 29
The 43rd Annual TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages) Convention is took place in the Mile High City:
Denver, Colorado.
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/convention2009/
These are our presentations:
Learning Contextualized Vocabulary with Internet Tools
While reading novels; students cannot possibly look up all the words that are new to them. This presentation demonstrates how Google images and online learner's dictionaries help students understand new vocabulary items on their own. Then following class discussion of student-selected items in context; practice exercises in Quia or Hot Potatoes help students consolidate their understanding of target vocabulary in the context of the story and give them opportunities for incidental learning of other vocabulary; collocations and idioms. Handout and website provided.
http://www.quia.com/pages/dmoody/page23
Constructing Language-experience Books with PowerPoint
Students’ shared experiences, from class trips to media events, can easily be made into student-authored books that can serve as readers for beginning-level ESL readers. This collaborative effort can also be shared electronically on school websites and/or at parent meetings. The presenter will demonstrate the process, present examples and provide participants with a handout detailing the procedure.