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Its Not Half the Work, Its Twice the Reward: Collaborative Teaching Ideas for the ESL ClassroomKristina Dixon, M.S.Mary Klaus, M.A.
Intensive English ProgramUniversity of LouisianaLafayette, LouisianaNovember 2007
What is Collaborative Teaching?Team Teaching: Teachers have equal responsibility
Interdisciplinary Courses: ESL teacher works with content area teachers
Parallel Teaching: Class is divided into two groups with one teacher for each group.
Lead & Support: One teacher mentors another
Haynes, J. 2007. Two teachers can be better than one. Essential Teacher 4 (September 2007) 3: 6-7.
Collaborative Teaching IS NOT:A get-out-of-class free card
Spontaneous Requires in-depth planning & preparationRequires teacher communication & cooperation
Chaotic Activities structured around goals and objectivesAll students are purposefully engaged
Benefits for Teachers:Learn from each other and provide support when trying new activities
Improve instruction together
Encourage negotiation; reduce territorialism (Choose the right teacher)
Foster instructional creativity
Provide momentum for extension activities
Benefits for Students:Opportunity to observe collaboration between teachers
Shift to student-centered instruction and engaged learning
Build self-esteem
Motivate students to push themselves as interest in subject matter increases
Benefits for Students:Increase critical thinking skills and retention
Develops a sense of community among students
Positively effects students of various abilities and backgrounds
Eases transition of international students into an American university
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/librarylinks/articles/benefits.html
Activities For Collaboration
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Listening/ Speaking
ReadingStorytelling at PJs Coffee House
Combine groups of students with mixed levels
Have students from one level tell the others about the novel/story they are reading
Allow everyone in the group to speak until the stories are finished
Great for assessing reading comprehension & oral proficiency
ReadingLSAT Logic Puzzles
Use logic puzzles to challenge studentsreading comprehensionreasoning skillsinferential thinking
Work collectively or in smaller groups
WritingChain Stories
Each student writes the first sentence of a story, then passes it to a classmate, who adds another sentence
Students keep adding sentences until the last one ends the story
Have the original writer read the story to the class and laugh!
WritingShort Story Group Picture WritingSelect a picture & study it for 5 minutesAnswer who, what, when, where, & why Start to write about the picture without thinking. Look at the picture again.Start writing again. After a few minutes, a story develops!Adapted from Short Story Group at http://www.shortstorygroup.comhttp://www.
GrammarApples to ApplesMatching appropriate nouns with adjectivesStudent judges choose the best associationBuilds vocabulary with adjectives & nouns
Jeopardy!Friendly competition within a class or between differing levelsReviews & reinforces grammar concepts
Grammar Take a progressive walk around Cypress Lake!
Listening & SpeakingStudent Debates Mafia!Murder MysteryArt Criticism GamesTabooTwenty Questions
Student DebatesStudents suggest & vote on topics that are of interest to them.Students either choose their side or are assigned a particular view to argue.Once divided, introductions are given on both sides. All students share their ideas, with a free-for-all at the end. Great for fluency, articulation, cultural assimilation, and confidence building.
MafiaStudents are all members of a town - a doctor, a policeman, regular townspeople and killers!Students are assigned an identity based on a playing card.Each night as the town sleeps, a murder is committed, the doctor attempts to save a life, and the policeman does some detective work.During the day, the townspeople discuss the crime, make an accusation, arrest a suspect, and vote to jail (or execute) those they find guilty!
Murder MysteryStory a murder has been committed by someone playing the gameStudents are given alibis & secrets about other studentsGoals: ask questions about others whereaboutsget secret information to solve the mystery find the killer!Skills: question formation, logical reasoning, listening & speaking
Becoming an Art Critic ..Art critics help viewers interpret and judge artworks to construct meaning from them.
Display sample art work representative of current museum exhibits.
Consider the following questions before going to an art museum.
1. Description: What do I see?2. Interpretation: What is the artwork about?3. Judgment: Is it a good artwork?
Kristina Dixon & Mary KlausSETESOL 2007Au revoir Kentucky!
