--- Forwarded message from <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 1:29:43 -0400 >From: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9119.1 (!) Teaching Languages? >Cc: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sensitivity: Normal I would highly recommend the upcoming ILLT publication-- Task-Based III. It will be published next month in time for the IALLT conference. Included in this volume is a range of activities that are communicative, contemporary, utilize web-based resources, are student-centered and INTERESTING for studnets to do. The volume opens with a piece that would be particularly useful for your proposed class by Carolin Fuchs at Columbia Teacher's College. It presents strategies that her methodology students emplotyed to re-purpose activities from the texts that they used or selected to make them more meaningful (with all the other adjectives above). And of course, it presents the activities themselves. This volume provides not just activty descriptions (useful in themselves), but also the settings, rationales and theoretical underpinnings for many of these, which would also serve for methodological discussions in your class. We do have a workshop derived from the activities of this volume at the IALLT confernece next week, as well as a regualr session for anyone else interested. LeeAnn ---- LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from Deborah Symons <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >From: Deborah Symons <[log in to unmask]> > >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:41:31 -0400 > >Subject: RE: #9119 Teaching Languages? > >Thread-Topic: #9119 Teaching Languages? > >Thread-Index: Acm9CsVvDvStwQ0dQ2uMC1HbZFJKHAABFQMZ > >References: <[log in to unmask]> > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Accept-Language: en-US > >acceptlanguage: en-US > > Hello Gisele: > I haven't taught a course like this (sounds very interesting) but I once saw a > text book from SAGE called Modern Languages. I wonder if that would be good. If > you need the link I'll go look and send it to you. > Best, > > Prof. Deborah K. Symons > Spanish Language & Culture > ________________________________________ > From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LLTI-Editor > [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:07 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: #9119 Teaching Languages? > > --- Forwarded Message from Gisele <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:02:55 -0400 > >From: Gisele <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Teaching Languages? > >To: [log in to unmask] > > Hi, > Can anyone recommend good books for "Teaching Languages"? > As part of being director of LRC, I need to offer this course next semester for > the first time and I was wondering if anyone is teaching it in their LRC? > This is the Course Description: > This course is designed to help students develop competency in language > instruction. In this course, we will explore what it means to be part of a > communicative classroom from the perspective of both a student and an > instructor. As part of this focus, students will discuss and create activities > for > lab that fit into the model of communicative teaching, and complement > materials and exercises for use in their own lab sections. > > Thanks > Gisele > > > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** --- End of forwarded text --- *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************