Before & After: Planning & Reflecting Essentials for Busy Teachers

Thank you to all the teachers who participated in our virtual demonstration classes this month! We are happy to share video from those classes here. You can  WATCH THE DEMONSTRATION CLASSES BELOW , or  CONTINUE TO THE WORKSHOP  if you haven't taken it yet: FIRST WORKSHOP ACTIVITY We taught two different speaking classes to various groups of teachers, and are sharing an example of each below. We want to be clear that these classes are not perfect (what is?!), but rather, examples of student-centered classes that we planned using the 'planning triangle' from sections  4  and  5  of this workshop. Justin's lesson: Weather Report (Speaking lesson focused on vocabulary) Adeline's lesson: Giving Advice (Speaking lesson focused on grammar) NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

START HERE! Welcome to our virtual workshop! You'll find eight videos and some activities that you can do alone, or with a colleague on the phone. Let's get started.  PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO 1: AFTER YOU WATCH, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ : Where and with what levels or grades do you teach English? (For example: "I teach 1-3 BGU in Ambato.") NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 2: AFTER YOU WATCH, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ :  What do you think are the biggest challenges for getting students to practice a lot of English in class? NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 3: AFTER YOU WATCH, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ :  For you, what is a bigger challenge: planning time, or activites not going the way you expected?  NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 4: AFTER YOU WATCH, DO THIS TASK : At the end of the video, we asked you to call a friend or colleague, and explain the planning triangle to them (what it is, how to use it). AFTER DO THE TASK, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ : What did your friend/colleague think about the planning triangle? NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 5: AFTER YOU WATCH, DO THIS TASK : At the end of this video, we asked you to try using the triangle to plan a lesson, by choosing a series of student practice activities. AFTER YOU DO THE TASK, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ : Share your lesson objective and the sequence of activities you selected. For example: Para el término de la lección, los estudiantes serán capaces de  usar el vocabulario "cousin, daughter, husband," etc.  para describir sus familias  en una conversación en grupo pequeño. -Quizzing in pairs ("How do you say tía?") -Describir la familia de Bart Simpson (doy un arbol geneológico) -Describir tu familiar para que un compañero dibuje tu arbol geneológico -Conversar en grupos pequeños de sus familias NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 6: AFTER YOU WATCH, DO THIS TASK : At the end of this video, we asked you to write in a journal about a significant moment from a class you taught recently. Writing about that experience, you'll answer the questions: What? So what? Now what? AFTER YOU DO THE TASK, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ :  What’s a new idea that you got by journaling? NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 7: AFTER YOU WATCH, DO THIS TASK : At the end of this video, we asked you to call a colleague or a friend and reflect together about another significant moment from your recent teaching. This could be an activity or strategy that went better, worse, or simple differently than you expected. Don't forget to focus on the questions What?, So what?, and Now what?, and to be careful with the phrases we talked about! AFTER YOU DO THE TASK, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ :  What did you and your colleague talk about? NEXT ACTIVITY Return to main page

WATCH VIDEO 8: AFTER YOU WATCH, WRITE A COMMENT ⇩ : Thanks for joining us! Please leave a comment here if you finished all the activities! FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow EIL Ecuador ( Facebook , Instagram ) and the US Embassy Ecuador ( Facebook , Instagram) to find out about future programs, and live online components of this series that we'll be doing during the month of April, 2020. Return to main page