Episode 002: Midterms Cometh SHOW NOTES - a podcast by Stephanie Axe and Jean Dempsey
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Title: Midterms Cometh
Episode no: 002
Date: February 24, 2014
Introduction: Hello and thanks for listening. This is Episode 2 of The Minimal Pair, recorded on Monday February 14th, 2014 in St. Louis, MO.
Believe it or not, the semester is almost halfway over! I don’t know about you, but between MLK Day, President’s Day, and all the snow days, I’m feeling the pressure to get everything covered in time!
Topics in Language Learning
Midterms
- What kinds of classes we have…
- What we do for midterm assessment (in each class)…
- What’s worked and what hasn’t…
- Conferences (how effective are they?)
- Midterm grades
- Time management at midterm and other strategies to get stuff done!
[PAUSE]
Methodology
Vocabulary
- Teaching vocab. in different kinds of classes (reading/writing vs. listening/speaking)
- Intermediate-level journals (word, POS, definition) vs. advanced-level class journals (word, POS, definition, sentence)
- Listening and note-taking vocab. logs and tests (matching, writing sentences, fill-in the blank) to target different learning types
- Advanced-level Essay prep: complete the chart by finding examples of how the character is…list of adjectives)
- Parts of Speech& word form issues
[PAUSE]
Adjunct Antics
Resources
- Access to course materials
- Curriculum design& collaboration (Dropbox, shared syllabi, BB forum)
- Different libraries
- Blackboard, email, grade input, etc. is different everywhere
SHOUT OUTS: English Expressions& Rolls off the Tongue
TESOL COUNT DOWN: 30 days until we leave!
Keep it minimal!
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