Introduction to the Virtual tesol Course : Introduction to the Virtual tesol Course TEFL International
The World is your Classroom
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Introduction : Introduction Who is who?
Daniel
Hodan
Bruce Veldhuisen CEO TEFL Int. &Course director
Dave Hopkins Academic director
Fritz Course trainer
Introduction : Introduction Cooperation is what works in a virtual classroom
Equipment
Focus
Be present
Documentation
Help out and make it work
Course outline : Course outline Live sessions
20 live sessions over +- 10 weeks
+chapters made available during each session
Self-access parts
Assignments to be completed
Teaching observations to be done
Documentation!!!!
Deadlines Sunday of the respective weeks 12 am Bangkok time. (by the end of the day)
Instructions : Instructions Who?
Host
Presenter
Panelist
Attendee
Interactive materials
Whiteboard
Sharing applications
Presenting documents
Troubleshooting : Troubleshooting What to do when:
You can’t log in
Make sure you check the link again
Skype me or send me an email
Connection drops on user end
Log in again with the same link and password
Connection drops on host end
Stay connected wait until host reconnects
Host will reclaim presenter rights
SELF ACCESS I : SELF ACCESS I Self access assignments:
Foreign language experience
DVD Setswana lesson plus 2 hrs self access
Complete the Foreign Language Journal
DVD/video of learning methods of six line dialogue modeling t/t
Language awareness phonology
MPC test plus extra assignments
Language awareness grammar
MPC test
SELF ACCESS II : SELF ACCESS II Student profile
2 hours of observation + observation forms, the SPEC form and a student profile
Weekly Quiz questions (to be completed online)
Materials compilation project
Video based teaching observations (observation report forms plus catalyst qs)
DVDs
Basic principles : Basic principles we know that teaching does not cause learning…
EFL versus ESL
Teacher as a facilitator
The rock and the hard place
Slide 10 :
Questions and planning : Questions and planning Scheduling
Monday and Wednesday
Time?
Self access