BOSTON 2015 C2 CELTA FEBRUARY 28TH - MAY 7TH

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Comment by Benjamin Gale on April 3, 2015 at 9:38am

Closed on Easter weekend too right?

Or are you open saturday?

Comment by Matthew Noble on April 3, 2015 at 9:36am

Unfortunately Fridays are early days around here, Ben. It's closing up around 5:30...

Comment by Nancy S Moore on April 3, 2015 at 9:34am

I just listened to the CD that Patti gave me. It covers the first listening (last track on CD) and I need the second CD to cover the second listening.

Comment by Nancy S Moore on April 3, 2015 at 9:20am

I'm looking forward to the switchover! I received my AEF 2 Coursebook B last night and there were no CDs in the book. Where are the CDs for this course book? My first lesson requires the CD. Patti found a CD, I haven't played it yet to confirm if it is the correct one, and she suggested that I post this group.

Comment by Benjamin Gale on April 3, 2015 at 9:07am

Oh no! I'll come pick it up tonight. What time will the office close? I get out of work by 7, so I'll probably be able to get there between 7:30 and 8pm

Comment by Matthew Noble on April 3, 2015 at 8:40am

Ben, you left your AEF 2 textbook (the new one for Pre-Int) book w/ your TP Point for TP6 behind at the center last night. It's here at the front desk if you want to/can pick it up! :) I'm posting this here not to shame you (hehe) but so that if anybody can assist in any way, it's possible. Cheers!

Looking forward to the switchover everyone?

And isn't this weather amazing? Just when you thought it'd never break, spring starts peaking in. I sweat people in places without enough "bad" whether really do miss out on this feeling...

Have a nice weekend!

Comment by Matthew Noble on April 1, 2015 at 10:03pm

A few more pics from the TESOL Convention last weekend, just to give you a taste of the scene...

Comment by Matthew Noble on April 1, 2015 at 9:50pm

Erika was asking about recommended websites for unassessed lessons/activities and I'd like to share a few here:

For fun/well designed listening activities:

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Great short film-based lessons:

1 http://film-english.com/
2 http://lessonstream.org/

Really good downloadable lessons here: http://elt-resourceful.com/

A million 'games' that *can* be productive: http://iteslj.org/games/

Lots more, but that's enough for now.

Enjoy...

Comment by Matthew Noble on March 31, 2015 at 5:41pm

Please bring in your textbooks to the center once you've taught your TP5 so that we can get them to the other group of trainees ASAP for next weeks switch-over. Cheers!

Comment by Matthew Noble on March 27, 2015 at 4:44pm

(this is for everyone...)

Exactly, Jamila - you overlooked the baby in the bathwater! - not knowing the grammar that you are teaching is a bit like doing a reading less with a text you've never read, and setting a task like "read and understand this".

What does it MEAN to 'know the grammar' so that it can be taught/learned in 40-minutes? The answer isn't actually that obvious/clear.

If anyone has already taught a grammar lesson, you know what I mean. It's like walking into a room awkwardly bobbling and fumbling with the very object you plan to hand over to the people in their.

But trying to get a clear, salient, conscious grasp of what in the world the 'stuff' of the language...this is your task!

Here's a checklist:

- Have I spent time researching this grammar point?
- Have I learned enough about it? Maybe a bit *more than* enough?
- Now, what M, P, F of all that am I gonna teach?
- HOW?

^ You might notice that items 2-4 are basically the work of the LA Grammar sheet.

The LA Grammar sheet is the ONLY way to prepare for teaching a grammar lesson, in a sense. Because it's YOUR lesson.

How can you teach what you don't understand? Un-analyzed language is actually "unknown' to us, in a teach-able sense. Does that make sense?

But keep in mind: we don't simply teach what we learn through our 'research'...we choose what to teach from what we have learned; what's teachable and learnable - and how to make that student-centered, in the CELTA style (so it's not a grammar lecture!).

:)

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