In groups, participants select a topic and design a range of tasks suitable for their students. A methodological framework for using tasks is demonstrated, supported by the rationale for task-based learning. The writing of college EFL students often fails to reproduce appropriate academic textual features. An approach in which students learn to independently analyze and retrieve academic textual features from sources improves their writing. In this workshop, the facilitators demonstrate techniques and strategies for EFL teacher educators that integrate Web resources into the preparation of preservice teachers.
Participants explore the design of curriculum materials and lesson plans using the Web.
Audience discussion is encouraged. The traditional format of adult foreign language classes is a weekly 90-minute class at night after work. Three alternative course concepts that have proven successful are weekend tourist courses, a Saturday Business English Club, and a Saturday Reading Group. The course concepts and recommendations are included in a handout. The presenters review the process followed by a team of curriculum designers in conceptualizing a new workplace goal-oriented, communicative EFL curriculum.