Where would you like to see yourself 12 months from now, in terms of being a materials writer?
I'd like to be done on my book about swearing for ESL learners. I'd also like to have a blog where people can share materials. It's a lot and very huge goals but why not. Go big or go home.
Showing posts with label Swim Finn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swim Finn. Show all posts
Saturday, August 4, 2018
So super late. Sorry about this. Was visiting family overseas. Here is my assignment.
So super late. Sorry about this. Was visiting family overseas. Here is my assignment.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAQnZAOOho-qzqjIhNyp3gemoiNgrnZZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAQnZAOOho-qzqjIhNyp3gemoiNgrnZZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAQnZAOOho-qzqjIhNyp3gemoiNgrnZZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAQnZAOOho-qzqjIhNyp3gemoiNgrnZZ/view?usp=sharing
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Which ONE piece of advice would you give a teacher who wanted to create their own classroom material?
Which ONE piece of advice would you give a teacher who wanted to create their own classroom material?
Clear objectives and instructions. It's easy for us to understand what we want to say, but not only so much for our students.
Clear objectives and instructions. It's easy for us to understand what we want to say, but not only so much for our students.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Hello everyone!
Hello everyone!
I think I'm officially the last one to post an introduction. Sorry for being so late. My schedule has been horrific.
I've taught English in 5 different countries (Japan, Hong Kong, China, the US, and Saudi Arabia). Taught English to Elementary kids for 6 years. For 14 years, I've taught Business English at major corporations, and for 5 years, I've taught Academic English at colleges and Universities. Recently started to train students in TEFL and IELTS exams and was also an invigilator.
Got bored and now am doing academic research for kicks and had a few articles published on accents and their effects on employability and teaching swearing during the past few years.
Recently, got a job in India via the State Department teaching applied linguistics at a major university, which starts next month.
I want to get into the publishing side of things as I kind of want to get out of the teaching side of it. Moreover, I've published a children's book and an awful romance novel under a pseudonym. I figured I should tackle writing a textbook on swearing that'll hopefully be better than the romance novel.
I think I'm officially the last one to post an introduction. Sorry for being so late. My schedule has been horrific.
I've taught English in 5 different countries (Japan, Hong Kong, China, the US, and Saudi Arabia). Taught English to Elementary kids for 6 years. For 14 years, I've taught Business English at major corporations, and for 5 years, I've taught Academic English at colleges and Universities. Recently started to train students in TEFL and IELTS exams and was also an invigilator.
Got bored and now am doing academic research for kicks and had a few articles published on accents and their effects on employability and teaching swearing during the past few years.
Recently, got a job in India via the State Department teaching applied linguistics at a major university, which starts next month.
I want to get into the publishing side of things as I kind of want to get out of the teaching side of it. Moreover, I've published a children's book and an awful romance novel under a pseudonym. I figured I should tackle writing a textbook on swearing that'll hopefully be better than the romance novel.
When using an authentic audio or video it is important to use only ‘native speakers’.
When using an authentic audio or video it is important to use only ‘native speakers’. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons.
I neither agree nor disagree. I think it completely depends on the situation. I don't think excluding or including non-native English is wrong. For me, there are so many variables that come into play when making this decision, so there really is no right or wrong answer. I don't think natives speakers or non-native speakers are necessary for every audio clip or class.
As a Bilingual English and Spanish speaker who has family in Costa Rica and is married to a Mexican, I know how important accents can be to some people. My grandmother, cousins, aunts, and uncles get very upset when my accent is more Mexican sounding as I watch Mexican novelas and speak to my husband often in Spanish. They feel I'm losing my heritage. My husband gets upset when I sound too Costa Rican because the certain pronunciation of words sounds jarring to him. I am visiting my grandmother next month, so I am trying to listen to only Costa Rican accents as I know how easy it is to mix things up, and I don't want to upset her as she hasn't seen me in a while and takes great pride in having taught me Spanish. It's tricky. Interestingly enough, I know that if I have a "gringa" accent, they would both be upset, so that's not an option for me. I can't win.
At an English school in the US, I was only allowed to play native English speakers from the US. It was what the school was known for.
When I taught business English in China, it was whatever the group needed. For instance, there was a group of Chinese students that did business with Malaysians 99% of the time, so I actually ended up handing it off to a teacher that was actually from that area, and they focused on that. They had different features that they used as their English was their own, and I wasn't adept at understanding the cultural nuances or the particular pronunciation differences. I wasn't needed and that was fine. As a native speaker, I couldn't meet the clients' needs and excused myself.
If I get requests for accent modification, then I would definitely only use native speakers. Listening to segmentals and not focusing just on suprasegmentals has a lot to do with it.
Some of my students work in major international corporations, so they would definitely need a variety.
I had one student whose boss was from the US. The boss called up and told me he felt his subordinate was having issues understanding him. The student spoke perfect Indian English, had no issues understanding his Asian colleagues, but had issues understanding American English, so we focused on that.
Lastly, If I had a student who I knew was transferring to LA or a large international city, then I thought it was great to focus on a variety of English accents. However, once I had a student that was transferring to Peoria, Iowa, to study English. It didn't make sense to me to worry about exposing him to a lot of different accents.
Like I said, it is totally situational dependent and far be it for me to push my students towards something they don't need.
I neither agree nor disagree. I think it completely depends on the situation. I don't think excluding or including non-native English is wrong. For me, there are so many variables that come into play when making this decision, so there really is no right or wrong answer. I don't think natives speakers or non-native speakers are necessary for every audio clip or class.
As a Bilingual English and Spanish speaker who has family in Costa Rica and is married to a Mexican, I know how important accents can be to some people. My grandmother, cousins, aunts, and uncles get very upset when my accent is more Mexican sounding as I watch Mexican novelas and speak to my husband often in Spanish. They feel I'm losing my heritage. My husband gets upset when I sound too Costa Rican because the certain pronunciation of words sounds jarring to him. I am visiting my grandmother next month, so I am trying to listen to only Costa Rican accents as I know how easy it is to mix things up, and I don't want to upset her as she hasn't seen me in a while and takes great pride in having taught me Spanish. It's tricky. Interestingly enough, I know that if I have a "gringa" accent, they would both be upset, so that's not an option for me. I can't win.
At an English school in the US, I was only allowed to play native English speakers from the US. It was what the school was known for.
When I taught business English in China, it was whatever the group needed. For instance, there was a group of Chinese students that did business with Malaysians 99% of the time, so I actually ended up handing it off to a teacher that was actually from that area, and they focused on that. They had different features that they used as their English was their own, and I wasn't adept at understanding the cultural nuances or the particular pronunciation differences. I wasn't needed and that was fine. As a native speaker, I couldn't meet the clients' needs and excused myself.
If I get requests for accent modification, then I would definitely only use native speakers. Listening to segmentals and not focusing just on suprasegmentals has a lot to do with it.
Some of my students work in major international corporations, so they would definitely need a variety.
I had one student whose boss was from the US. The boss called up and told me he felt his subordinate was having issues understanding him. The student spoke perfect Indian English, had no issues understanding his Asian colleagues, but had issues understanding American English, so we focused on that.
Lastly, If I had a student who I knew was transferring to LA or a large international city, then I thought it was great to focus on a variety of English accents. However, once I had a student that was transferring to Peoria, Iowa, to study English. It didn't make sense to me to worry about exposing him to a lot of different accents.
Like I said, it is totally situational dependent and far be it for me to push my students towards something they don't need.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rz42Ei28PG4dmHpLfbg6ssC-TUmhOiRy/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rz42Ei28PG4dmHpLfbg6ssC-TUmhOiRy/view?usp=sharing
This is "Sleepy Hollow" for an A2 level. I like to use Disney's 1949 version of the cartoon and would have students watch this for each section.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3i48xx
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rz42Ei28PG4dmHpLfbg6ssC-TUmhOiRy/view?usp=sharing
This is "Sleepy Hollow" for an A2 level. I like to use Disney's 1949 version of the cartoon and would have students watch this for each section.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3i48xx
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rz42Ei28PG4dmHpLfbg6ssC-TUmhOiRy/view?usp=sharing
Saturday, July 7, 2018
When I design material, the first thing I think about is
When I design material, the first thing I think about is
1. Level appropriateness: I find a lot of interesting material but sometimes it is too high and I have to scale it back.
2. Useful language: I have to think about whether or not it is useful for business persons, academic students, refugees, etc. My refugee student nor my academic students might not think stocks and bonds are useful.
3. Interesting: will it be engaging?
4. Good English: I like to type really fast and should be careful.
5. Logical sequencing: This is pretty important in that I think there needs to be a buildup.
6. Flexible/adaptable: I should definitely do this because I get tossed into a lot of different situations with very different clients.
7. Visually pleasing: To me, this is important. I think it helps you remember the language better.
8. Appropriate content: Honestly, a lot of my business students want to talk about the PARSNIPS. I really watch it though, with my academic and refugee students. Knowing your audience is key.
1. Level appropriateness: I find a lot of interesting material but sometimes it is too high and I have to scale it back.
2. Useful language: I have to think about whether or not it is useful for business persons, academic students, refugees, etc. My refugee student nor my academic students might not think stocks and bonds are useful.
3. Interesting: will it be engaging?
4. Good English: I like to type really fast and should be careful.
5. Logical sequencing: This is pretty important in that I think there needs to be a buildup.
6. Flexible/adaptable: I should definitely do this because I get tossed into a lot of different situations with very different clients.
7. Visually pleasing: To me, this is important. I think it helps you remember the language better.
8. Appropriate content: Honestly, a lot of my business students want to talk about the PARSNIPS. I really watch it though, with my academic and refugee students. Knowing your audience is key.
Hello
Hello,
I uploaded it as a pdf because I'm having issues with uploading it. Anyway, this is an updated version of text-speak that I teach. Thank you and hope everyone is having a great week!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HbdTGpEIFmeeQ0g7tvYx8LQpdi4CumyD
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HbdTGpEIFmeeQ0g7tvYx8LQpdi4CumyD
I uploaded it as a pdf because I'm having issues with uploading it. Anyway, this is an updated version of text-speak that I teach. Thank you and hope everyone is having a great week!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HbdTGpEIFmeeQ0g7tvYx8LQpdi4CumyD
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HbdTGpEIFmeeQ0g7tvYx8LQpdi4CumyD
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