C3 Miami 2016 September 26-October 22

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Comment by Jeheremy Characo on October 25, 2016 at 12:39am

Thank you Chris! Fantastically put together! We were lucky to have you and Greg for this and many a reason. Loved that photo of you two at the end!

Comment by Winsome Ruddock on October 24, 2016 at 6:38pm

Thanks Chris! Photos from the celebration will follow.

Comment by Chris Meoli on October 24, 2016 at 12:22pm

Here is the slideshow. Feel free to download and show you family and friends.

Please do not feel free to re-post this in a publicly accessible place on the internet, as not everyone on the course would agree with that.

Enjoy: https://vimeo.com/188409258
password: miamibeach

Comment by Winsome Ruddock on October 17, 2016 at 7:47pm

Frances interacted well with the students throughout the lesson. I liked the way the students were able to interact with her during her presentation. Like Jeheremy said, the fact that students took the task home allowed them to start using the language right away. Frances' drilling was very well done.

This task-based method was different from what we have been practicing, so it was beneficial to see a new way of teaching.

Comment by Jeheremy Characo on October 17, 2016 at 12:38pm

Frances raises the students’ interest by asking them what places have they already visited in England, and tells them about a 5 day tour they can do. Great! Now, I personally want to go on that tour! haha

She’s great at not letting the students divert from the subject matter, she redirects all extra comments to the task at hand.

She makes sure students listen and practice how to naturally say “for its” as / f ɾ ɪ t s / when saying sentences like “Oxford is famous for its university”.

I liked her insightful CCQ “when you look around the cathedral, do you look inside or outside the cathedral?” and most answered “outside”. Which was probably a anticipated problem she spotted from previous experience! Right on Frances!

I noticed how she quickly covered a grammar point for “-ing” after “it’s well worth…”

Exemplary monitoring! When they’re working in pairs and individually coming up with places to visit in their own countries.
She used the material provided to device a correction on the usage of the preposition “in” to the student wanting to say “something” is the best around the world” instead “…in the world”.

Lovely personalized take-home task! It truly motivated the students to start using the target language to describe their own countries and get them to interact and learn more from each other. This task-based lesson promotes a really nice student-centered learning environment. The magic mostly happens when they get to share with each other in groups about their countries. Their eyes light up, and they’re more than willing to use the target language ;)

Comment by Rodrigo Ramirez on October 17, 2016 at 11:56am

Following along with Frances' Tasked Based Learning lesson was interesting. She demo's the assignment and the target language (Famous for, it takes about one hour, well worth seeing, etc) and helpful language before having students give their own talk.
It's always interesting to see Cambridge Certified teachers target their stage aims with calculated CELTA precision from the lead-in, choral drilling, eliciting, nominating, to the mingle, etc...all the way to the actual student "public performance" of the task.

Comment by Seth Beckhardt on October 17, 2016 at 11:53am

I echo Anthony's comments but have to add that the Ss compréhension of the task and their production at the end was complete.

Comment by Anthony Kianvar on October 17, 2016 at 11:47am

The model seemed very informal. Didn't see extensive scripting in the lesson plan here. This lent itself well as a model for the students since it didn't come off as too rehearsed / formulaic. Liked the language focus task where the students were asked to match the yellow and red cards. It served as a great group "guided discovery" of meaning and form, and Frances immediately followed up with pronunciation drilling. I appreciated when Frances turned over the red cards and elicited the phrases from the students as well. Frances needs to work on her echoing and timing though. I understand that this format allows for more TTT than usual; however, it's still useful to trim the fat. That would allow for even more time for the speaking task performance itself.

Comment by Chris Meoli on October 16, 2016 at 9:26pm

Here is the last video on Task-based learning. Please watch this and comment on it in the forum.

Part 1: https://vimeo.com/166534552
Part 2: https://vimeo.com/166543613
password: Frances (not sure if the "f" is lowercase or not)

DVD%2012%20Frances%20task%20based%20learning%202%20copy.pdf

Comment by Jeheremy Characo on October 15, 2016 at 11:58am

Reaffirmed the importance of ICQs before telling Ss to open up to a certain page or giving them handouts when
at minute 6:18 he has to ask Ss to “look, look, look” at what he’s trying to show them on, to make sure they do the right task.

He’s CCQs for “gadgets” got me cracking! “If you don’t have a computer, do you die? (No)” But I think that answer was only appropriate for 2005. Today’s answer might be a little different….lol….but I think I’d definitely die without my iPod. (17:30)

On part 2 (5:55) he’s hot! I like how he stays composed and doesn’t complain and keeps the memory card game going (which is one of my steals for sure from this videos! Well the game, and staying composed, focused and complaint-less.)

I like how he wrote the sentence he wanted to DEMO on the board. Very clear instructions! I like how he rearranges them to sit in 2 groups so confidently, using their names, and keeping control of the situation so it goes as smoothly and quickly as possible ;)

I also liked to see him in action monitoring and gathering sentences from the Ss that need some work, and I liked the dynamic where he asks them to work in pairs to find out which 1 is right and which 2 can be bettered. I admire how Ss-centered his tasks are and how he invests his TTT by using clear, concise, language-targeted speech during the entire lesson. I’m stealing this for sure!

And the last thing I want to touch on is his very efficient closure: …Okay! Great! So, it time for us to finish. [Priceless Big Smile] See you tomorrow”. Jonathan’s on point!

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