Presenters share how to use authentic assessment as a starting point in designing integrated skills collaborative activities that empower through making assessment criteria explicit. Practice techniques for telling stories in class, for developing students' spontaneous storytelling ability, and for using this natural phenomenon as a vehicle for literacy and oral proficiency. Gigi Ignatowski, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Culture Capsules is a collaborative, Web-based project that incorporates basic language skills and promotes intercultural communication. Go on-line with the presenter to learn everything you need to help students create and publish Culture Capsules on the Internet.
Participants receive copies of a Web page containing essential information.
This workshop explores the advantages of using games to motivate classes with a wide range of proficiency levels. The presenters introduce innovative and adaptable games for participants to gain hands-on experience playing and sharing variations to cope with students' diversity. Handouts provide detailed explanations and blank masters. Participants partake in the activities as though they were students, experiencing the joy of receiving and producing art while learning English. Movies and music provide an enormous number of language learning opportunities.