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Language Conversation Groups. Combining Learning with Fun!. Beth Kupper -Herr Leeward Community College, Hawaii. Let’s start with an icebreaker…. What the groups are all about. Who What How. When Where Why. …and “what else”. WHO. Participants Students taking language classes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Conversation
GroupsCombining Learning with Fun!
Beth Kupper-Herr Leeward Community College,
Hawaii
Beth Kupper-Herr, Leeward CC
Let’s start with an
icebreaker…2
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What the groups are all about
•Who•What•How
•When•Where•Why
…and “what else”
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WHO
• Participants• Students taking language classes
• Language instructors• promote program• extra credit• resource for leaders
• Leaders • Native speaker students
• Coordinator • organizes groups• trains and works with leaders
• communicates with instructors• provides attendance data
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WHAT(overview)
• Small group led by native speaker
• Purposes: • improve speaking and comfort level• learn about culture and country• have fun!
• Meet one hour per week
• Membership is set (encourage cohesion, bonding)
• Participation is voluntary…• but when students sign up, they are told “This is a
commitment”
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WHAT(overview, continued)
•English (ESL)•Spanish• Japanese
•Hawaiian•Korean•Chinese
This semester, we offer groups for
23 groups!
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HOWget enough leaders
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HOWset up groups
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HOWset up groups
• Assign students to groups (4 – 6 per group)
• Accept that you can’t always get every student into a group
• Track attendance (we use TutorTrac)
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HOWget started
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HOWkeep records
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WHERE• Groups meet inside & outside
• Groups can get noisy!
• Have sheets & mats
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WHEN• Time & day
• When leaders are available• When students are available• Soon after class meets
• Minimum 5 weeks, maximum 10 weeks
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WHYBenefits for students
Who has a YELLOW paper?
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WHYBenefits for leaders
Who has a BLUE paper?
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WHYBenefits for instructors
Who has a GREEN paper?
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ISSUES, POTENTIAL PROBLEMS & DECISION POINTS
•Attendance? •Stay flexible•Stay positive
•Mixed levels? •Pay or volunteer?
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WHAT ELSE? extensions or variations of the
program• Foundation building groups (101
level) • More peer group activities for
our Learning Resource Center
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Conversation Celebrationa major event!
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Some groups went outside…
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Faculty joined in…
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Games, snacks, fun!
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More activities to try• Calendar chat• Conversation starters• Charades• See Conversation Leader Guide for
more• Conversation leaders have great
ideas!
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Thanks for coming!
Additional copies of handouts distributed at this session can be downloaded from:
http://tiny.cc/languagegroups
Want to continue the “conversation”? Contact me at [email protected]