GEC Training

BLENDED LEARNINGIS THE SOLUTION

TO WHAT PROBLEM?

IT CAN HELP STUDENTS TO DO MORE WORK

WHICH MEANS FASTER PROGRESS.

A cosy complicity...

They're independent adults, if they don't do it, it's their

responsibility (and, let's face it, less work for me).

What I want is to be able to speak and understand. My face-to-face classes with my teacher are the important thing.

Homework is an optional extra.

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GECactivityvocab

GEC activity grammar

GEC activity listening

GEC activity pron

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F2F class activating and practisinglanguage

restWith new BLENDED LEARNING,students pre-teach themselves

allowing greater focus on speaking in class!!

There are a few “barriers to learning” here, of course...

The Dark Side...

The instructions are in English

Glossary in My Files on the GEC

Screencasts and guidelines in Spanish

Fortnightly task sheet emailed to teachers and students to work through at home and in class

Teacher introduction and ongoing guidance

The Project Manager is always available by email.

There's no-one to help them when they're

stuckFamily + friends = mutual benefit

Project Manager + teacher = support

Dictionary + grammar reference = strategy

Tech rage

Configuration check on GEC home page

Project Manager

Contact IT support in-company

Time Management

Support: make sure colleagues and family know sometimes they have to say no

Routines: find an appropriate time and place

Tools: calendars, phones, diaries

Not being a teacher

Class activities to illustrate strategies

Screencasts and guidelines in Spanish

This online stuff is rubbish

Progress reports and assessment built in

It allows them to study, then activate

TEACHER LINKS

http://www.blendedmec.com/category/ideas-for-using-mec

http://www.mec-3.com/goenglish

http://attendance.go-english.co.uk/admin/Index.cfm?action=logout

http://www.go-english.co.uk/index.cfm/ref/home

http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Lesson_Preparation_Tools/

http://www.onestopenglish.com/ (password: ISGOEN445)