ALC Newsletter - 09/08/2014 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  MESSAGE FROM THE PAST CHAIR
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
Articles
•  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TESOL AFFILIATES
•  A FRIEND IN YOUR POCKET: USING VOICE RECORDERS AS LEARNING TOOLS IN THE L2 CLASSROOM
NEWS FROM THE AFFILIATES
•  FROM THE PARTICULAR TO THE GENERAL
•  A TOP 10 LIST FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE
•  MEXTESOL, EMBARKING ON THE FIFTH DECADE
•  CA&CB TESOL REGIONAL GROUP'S 12TH CONFERENCE IN PANAMA
•  SEARCHING FOR YOUR TRUE NORTH IN ELT
TESOL 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPO: BEST OF AFFILIATES SESSIONS
•  ESL CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES: THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THEMES
•  G.A.M.E.S. FOR THE COMMON CORE
•  TAKING DIGITAL STORIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL: MAKING DOCUMENTARIES
•  PROGRESS-MONITORING MADE SIMPLE WITH CBM3D (CURRICULUM BASED MEASURES THREE DOMAINS)
•  WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM AN ONLINE SITE: READING EXAMS
•  DEMOCRATIZING DIDACTIC TRANSPOSITION IN SECONDARY EDUCATION
•  HOTS, LOTS, AND MOTS: THINKING SKILLS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
2014 AFFILIATE COLLOQUIUM
•  CHALLENGES OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
•  TexTESOL V AND YAKUT TESOL PARTNERSHIP: 2008-2014
•  LEADING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS: NEGOTIATION, MANAGING PEOPLE'S STRENGTHS, AND COORDINATING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
2014 Affiliate Workshop
•  2014 AFFILIATE WORKSHOP: MORNING SESSION
•  2014 AFFILIATE WORKSHOP: AFTERNOON SESSION
•  CASE STUDIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
•  MEMBERS ENGAGEMENT - TESOL ARABIA
2014 AFFILIATE EDITORS WORKSHOP
•  EDITORS' WORKSHOP
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  TESOL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

 

TESOL 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPO: BEST OF AFFILIATES SESSIONS

ESL CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES: THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THEMES

Shirley DeMichele, ILLINOIS TESOL/BE

Shirley DeMichele presented her workshop, “ESL Conversation Activities: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Themes,” on Saturday, 29 March at TESOL in Portland. This workshop looked at various ways to accommodate different learning styles within the classroom. Shirley explored the topic of food and showed a video that she created with subtitles on how to order food at Subway, a sandwich restaurant. Lesson plan ideas on how this video could be used as life skills teaching within the class were shared and given as a packet to those attending. Audience participants were then involved in a small-group exchange where they brainstormed their favorite conversation activities that best illustrated how they accommodated diverse learning styles within their classes. Ideas were enthusiastically shared as a whole group, and participants left with many new ideas to bring to their classes.

Shirley DeMichele is originally from Ireland, but has been living in the Chicagoland area since 1989. She first became interested in the field of TESOL when she taught EFL to Italian students visiting Dublin. She has since taught ESL for Chicago Public Schools and currently teaches at College of Lake County and at Harper College in IL.