SHAPING THE WAY WE TEACH ENGLISH(QUICK REFERENCE) Teacher Training Videos

  1. General Description of Material:

Shaping the Way We Teach English is a video-based training product for Englishlanguage educators. The University of Oregon developed and produced the materials through funding from the U.S. Department of State's Office of English Language Programs.

These introductory materials are designed for educators in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) who share the following two goals:

  • To build an academic or “pedagogical” foundation in language teaching.
  • To improve language teaching classroom practices.

II. What does the material consist of?

  1. Training Video Material
  • It has 14 modules (topics). Each module comprises a 12-minute video segment with examples from classrooms and educators around the world. It has an accompanying training manual (to be found in the Academic Department in your site).
  • Each video shows primary level classes, while others are from secondary level and post-secondary level classes. A variety of teaching styles and cultures are reflected.
  • Each video contains a variety of exemplary lessons and activities, taped in classrooms in the U.S. and overseas in combination with interviews, practical recommendations, and theoretical background information.
  • The videos will be available through the computers (videos) or via Internet links (youtube.com) or Official Website.

The modules are grouped in the following 4 categories and sub-topics:

Category A – Approaches to Language Teaching: Foundations

  • Watch the Video: Introduction.
  • Watch the Video: Module 01, Contextualizing Language.
  • Watch the Video: Module 02, Building Language Awareness.
  • Watch the Video: Module 03, Integrating Skills.
  • Watch the Video: Module 04, Pair and Group Work.
  • Watch the Video: Module 05, Learner Feedback.

Category B – Approaches to Language Teaching: Extension

  • Watch the Video: Module 06, Managing Large Classes.
  • Watch the Video: Module 07, Learning Strategies.
  • Watch the Video: Module 08, Authentic Materials.
  • Watch the Video: Module 09, Critical & Creative Thinking Skills.
  • Watch the Video: Module 10, Alternative Assessment.

Category C – Focus on the Learner

  • Watch the Video: Module 11, Individual Learner Differences.
  • Watch the Video: Module 12, Younger Learners.

Category D – Teacher Development

  • Watch the Video: Module 13, Teacher Development: Peer Observation.
  • Watch the Video: Module 14, Teacher Development: Reflective Teaching.
  1. Video Transcripts: In this section, you will find useful information (TEFLdefinitionsand instructions)about the module subtopics, and the video transcripts, as well.

Available for modules: Intro * 01 * 02 * 03 * 04 * 05 * 06 * 07 * 08 * 09 * 10 * 11 * 12 * 13 * 14.

  1. Exercises & Activities

These videos are accompanied by 2 types of ready made activities:

  • "See/Don't See" Viewing Guides – Activity to help identify main ideas of the video topics. They can be downloaded in pdf form, so students can watch a video segment and complete it, saying if they saw or not the main topics mentioned. Teachers can download feedback in the same mode.

Intro * 01 * 03 * 04 * 05 * 06 * 07 * 08 * 09 * 10 * 11 * 12

  • Observation Checklist – Contains classroom observation checklists in pdf form. Teachers can download them or get copies from the office. Students can be assigned their completion upon watching video segments. The “Observation Checklists” are available for modules:

01 * 03 * 04 * 05 * 06 * 07 * 08 * 09 * 10 * 11 * 12

III. Suggestions for use:

a. ICPNA Suggestions:

  • You can use the videos for the Recognition Task grade.
  • Use the videos to create students’ awareness on a number of different approaches to language teaching both current and traditional.
  • Use the videos to take advantage of an audio-visual medium to enhance understanding of key teaching skills, and link theory to practice.
  • Use the videos as a professional development tool to be used independent of a trainer.
  • Adapt suggestions or techniques from the video to your own educational context.
  • Assign students portions of the video to complete “Learning Teaching - Observation Tasks”.

b. Workshop Training Sessions:

This page contains a workshop of a trainer using the "Shaping" materials with a group of trainees.

  • Watch the Video: Workshop training session, Part 1.
  • Watch the Video: Workshop training session, Part 2.

IV. Additional Support:

  • a. Web-based readings - This page contains web-based readings, listed in alphabetical order by title. The readings are intended to support and extend the content in the manual and video.
  • Introduction to "Shaping the Way We Teach English"
  • Module 01, Contextualizing Language
  • Module 02, Building Language Awareness
  • Module 03, Integrating Skills
  • Module 04, Pair and Group Work
  • Module 05, Learner Feedback
  • Module 06, Managing Large Classes
  • Module 07, Learning Strategies
  • Module 08, Authentic Materials
  • Module 09, Critical & Creative Thinking Skills
  • Module 10, Alternative Assessment
  • Module 11, Individual Learner Differences
  • Module 12, Younger Learners
  • Module 13, Teacher Development: Peer Observation
  • Module 14, Teacher Development: Reflective Teaching
  • b. Supplementary Video Library Collection – This page contains full-length versionsof some of the classes used in the video modules.
  • Watch the Video: Full-length class of a university-level EFL course, Part I.
  • Watch the Video: Full-length class of a university-level EFL course, Part 2.
  • Watch the Video: Full-length class of a secondary-level EFL course, Part 1.
  • Watch the Video: Full-length class of a secondary-level EFL course, Part 2.
  • Watch the Video: Full-length class of a secondary-level ESL course, Part 1.
  • Watch the Video: Full-length class of a secondary-level ESL course, Part 2.
  • Watchthe Video: Full-length class of a primary-level bilingual course.

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