The demonstration includes ideas for innovative needs assessment, learner-centered evaluation of instruction and student empowerment through classroom techniques. A model is presented for how to make maximum use of volunteer tutors, based on survey data of volunteers' perceptions of their role in the Princeton YWCA's ESL program. Creating a sense of community within the classroom fosters a sense of belonging in the larger community outside the classroom. In this demonstration, instructors share strategies, approaches, techniques, and materials that connect the learner to the larger world. The presenters discuss three major types of assessment, their benefits and drawbacks, and applicability.
Participants learn numerous activities immediately applicable to their classes.
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