## **Teacher Training Methodology Workshops**

**English Teaching Resource Center**

**Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 2 Skovorody St., room \# 121**

Schedule for **December 2006 -- January 2007**

Please sign up for a particular seminar at the circulation desk, by
phone (044) 238-6610, or by e-mail: <etrc_kyiv@yahoo.com>

![](media/image1.png)a) Those that have not had an opportunity to
participate in methodology seminars on Wednesdays last month will have
an opportunity to attend some of them in December **[on Thursdays from
10:00--11:30 AM.]{.underline}**

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# Wednesday, December 6 from 4.00-5.30PM *Ukraine's \"Quo Vadis\" in History* 

**Presenter -- Kristina Gray**, Wisconsin International University
Ukrainian-American Liberal Arts Institute

The results of students' research projects in Ukrainian History will be
demonstrated during the seminar.

"Where are you going?" would be a natural question for the older
generation of Ukraine to ask their offspring. Instead, American
instructor required her sophomore students to ask their grandparents
"Where have you been?" or put another way, "Tell me about your life?"
Students interviewed their relatives, and the students' essays provided
enough answers to these questions about their country's past through
their grandparents' stories.

A PowerPoint presentation will be included to show students'
grandparents photos, maps, certificates, letters, newspaper articles and
other memorabilia documenting the events the grandparents talked about
in their interviews.

[Thursday, December 7 from 10:00 -- 11:30 AM Making a syllabus and a
course description]{.underline}

Presenter -- Jennifer M. Herrin, Senior English Language Fellow\
What is a syllabus? What is a course description? Who benefits from them
. . .students, teachers, or administrators? They all do, but students,
especially, need to have a clear idea of the expectations of a course;
therefore, providing a syllabus and/or course description at the
beginning of the term is essential. This workshop will go over the basic
components of a course description and syllabus and creative ways
teachers can integrate them into the lesson.

[**Tuesday, December 12** from 4.00 -- 5.00 **HIV/AIDS Discussion at
ETRC**]{.underline}

**Presenter - Matthew Habinowski,** Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy** **

Ukraine has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in all of Europe
and, unfortunately, the numbers are going in the wrong direction.   In
this discussion, we will focus on the current HIV situation in Ukraine,
the response from Ukrainian, American and international leaders and the
effect AIDS could have on the future of the country.    We'll also
discuss how Ukrainians are dealing with HIV in their communities and how
it compares to the American experience.   At the end, time will be given
for open discussion.

[Thursday, December 14 from 10:00 -- 11:30 AM Six classroom tasks for
Task-based learning]{.underline} (Note: this workshop is a combination
of Workshops 1 & 2 given in September 2006)

Presenter -- Jennifer M. Herrin, Senior English Language Fellow\
Through interactive demonstration, the participants will gain a
familiarity with the building blocks used for creating classroom
task-based activities. Six (6) common tasks for TBL (Task-based
Learning) will be covered: Listing, Ordering/Classifying,
Problem-solving, Sharing Personal Experience, Comparing, and Creative
Tasks. Time permitting, participants will have the opportunity to share
ways in which they can integrate tasks into lessons with students of
varying ages and proficiency levels.

[Thursday December 21 from 10:00 -- 11:30 AM Lesson-Planning: What does
it take to organize a good lesson?]{.underline} (Note: this workshop was
given in October 2006)

Presenter -- Jennifer M. Herrin, Senior English Language Fellow

Very few teachers can say that they make daily lesson plans exactly as
they were taught at university. Some make a list, some fill in a chart,
some use symbols, and some use colored markers to mean different
things... some (very few) write down nothing at all. What do you do?
Does it work for you? How could lesson-planning be easier for you? Come
to this workshop to share ideas and hear what some of the experts have
to say.

[Thursday, December 28 from 10:00 -- 11:30 AM]{.underline} [TBL
(Task-based learning) and PPP (Presentation-Practice-Production):
Comparing & contrasting different ways of organizing a
lesson]{.underline} (note: this workshop was given in October 2006)

Presenter -- Jennifer M. Herrin, Senior English Language Fellow\
Most teachers learned to plan lessons based on the PPP model. This
workshop will discuss its effectiveness by taking participants through a
demonstration to show how the PPP model differs from the TBL model.
Similarities between the two models are also discussed, and participants
can decide if they would like to experiment with their classrooms to
find out what works best for them.

**b) Business Communication Series \"How to Teach Business
Communication\"** **will be repeated in December on** Wednesdays from
4:00 to 5:30 PM for those who have not had an opportunity to attend them
last month on Thursdays. [Please note]{.underline}: **Only participants
who can attend all six sessions will be admitted. Certificates of
completion will be presented. Please sign up at the ETRC, as space is
limited**.

![](media/image2.jpeg){width="0.9166666666666666in"
height="0.7472222222222222in"}Jennifer Herrin, Senior English Language
Fellow, will hold a 9-Hour Seminar over 6 Wednesdays from 4:00pm to
5:30pm. The sessions will be held on the following dates:

**December 13** - Module 1: How to Teach Students to Give a Presentation

**December 20** - Module 2: How to Integrate Small Talk into the Lesson

**December 27** - Module 3: How to Teach Meeting Skills

**January 24, 2007** - Module 4: How to Teach Telephoning Skills

**January 31, 2007** - Module 5: How to Write a Thank You Letter

**February 7, 2007** - Module 6: How to Integrate the Task-based
Approach and Certificates

In this seminar course participants will gain some basic techniques for
teaching business communication to students. It will include:

-   Giving a presentation

-   Integrating professional politeness

-   Engaging in small talk

-   Conducting professional telephone conversations

-   Participating in a meeting

-   Writing a professional letter

As an illustration of the task-based approach, participants will be
involved in interactive, demonstrations, discuss language focus and
feedback methods, and devise ways to adapt the techniques to their
current student populations and textbooks. Related Internet websites
will also be presented.

**c) New Seminar Series on "Twenties-Century American Literature and
Culture"**

This series of lectures, **presented by American Fulbright Scholar Den
Belgrad**, uses American literature to offer a survey, from a historical
perspective, of patterns in American culture since 1900. The literature
is analyzed to understand how it has reflected and shaped American
cultural values. Professor Belgrade will start his series on January 11
and continue through April 26. All seminars will take place at the ETRC
on **Thursdays from 4:00--5:30 PM** on the following dates:

**January 11: Jack London, "The Story of Jees Uck": Efficiency and
Fitness**

**January 25: Sherwood Anderson, "Like a Queen": The "New Woman" and
Greenwich Village bohemia**

**February 1: Jean Toomer, "Esther": Modernism and the Harlem
Renaissance**

**February 8: Flannery O'Connor, "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead":
Cultural Lag \-- Vice or Virtue?**

**February 22: Meridel Le Sueur, "Women on the Breadlines": The Great
Depression and the New Deal**

**March 1: John Steinbeck, *The Moon is Down*: World War II and
Democracy**

**March 15: John Cheever, "The Swimmer": Suburbia and Psychotherapy**

**March 29: Allen Ginsberg, "America": The Sixties**

**April 5: Richard Bach, *Illusions*: The Crisis of Liberalism and the
Seventies Self**

**April 26:** **Alice Walker, "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens":
Decentralization and Multiculturalism**

**d) Conversation Club Topics (December 12 and 26)**
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> We invite you to attend our speaking club on December 12 and discuss
> the topic **"Health Issues."** On December 26 we will talk about
> **"Human rights and Discrimination"**
>
> The meetings of the English Conversation Club are held on Tuesdays,
> from 5:00-7:00 PM. If you wish to come, please **RSVP** to the ETRC at
> etrc_kyiv@yahoo.com or by phone (044) 238-6610.