Episode 006: You Don't Know What You Don't Know - a podcast by Stephanie Axe and Jean Dempsey

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The Minimal Pair: Episode 006

Show Notes: The Minimal Pair
Title: “You don’t know what you don’t know…”
Episode no: 006
Date recorded: 4/14/14

Topics in Language Learning
Taking care of ourselves as teachers…
  • Thursday’s TESOL presentation (that we regrettably were unable to attend): “Keeping ESL Teachers from Becoming Their Own Worst Enemies,” George Plautz, Korrin Ebira, Naomi Lee
  • Stack of Marking (Balance), by Thomas Starkey http://stackofmarking.wordpress.com
  • 5 tips for finding balance/what we do now and what we’re going to do…
    5. Exercise
    4. Quiet time
    3. Set boundaries w/ students
    2. Let it go!
    1. Sacred Time

[PAUSE][19:05]

Methodology
Plagiarism, Paraphrasing, and Citation
  • Why is it important?
  1. Academic Integrity
  2. Culturalism
  3. Reading comprehension
  • How do we teach it?
  1. The “why” and the “when”
  2. Resources: Purdue OWL, Easybib
  3. Modeling paraphrasing w/o looking& paraphrasing vs. “translating”

[PAUSE][35:31]

“Culturally speaking…”
  • Introducing our new segment (to alternate w/ “Adjunct Antics”)
  • “You don’t know what you don’t know…”
  1. How are you a student?
    1. Classroom dynamic
    2. Group work
    3. Questioning authority
    4. Asking questions
  2. Student-teacher relationships
    1. Addressing each other
    2. Invitations for outside interaction
    3. Giving/receiving presents

SHOUT OUTS: Brad Bawtinheimer @BradELT and Allison Roba (thanks for listening!)


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