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Welcome to Wonderful Words:  Vocabulary Matters!

 

We are delighted that you could join us for this Electronic Village Online session! 

Dear fellow participants,

Thank you for joining our Vocabulary Matters at PBWorks.com! We are very pleased to see you all here.

The session officially starts on January 13th, so you won't see any activity on the group before then. However, if you’ve joined before then, great! If you’d like, there are a few things you can do to prepare before the official start date.

 

 

 

 

  • You can already add yourself to the participant map here. If you need help with how to do it, the directions are here (on our participants' wiki)

 

 

We’re so excited that you’re joining us on our journey through the wonderful world of vocabulary acquisition. We know that everyone will have a lot to share from their own experiences, and we’re looking forward to building our collective knowledge.

 

“See” you soon,

Brenda, Anne, and Jennie

 


 

 

Abstract

By introducing vocabulary through games and hands on materials, teachers can provide a venue for their learners to use new words in a variety of contexts. Engaging learners through play helps them establish personal meaning, no matter what their age. The moderators will share their favorite tools that most actively engage everyone in the learning process. and participants will contribute their ideas.

 

 

Target Audience

ESL/EFL teachers interested in using various vocabulary tools, websites and paper, to enhance vocabulary retention.

 

Interest Section Sponsors

TESOL, TEIS


 

Syllabus

 

WonderfulWords Participant Wiki

This link will open WonderfulWords Participants a new tab, while the VocabMatters Wiki you are reading now will also remain open.

You can get back here by closing that second tab. or by using one of the links you'll find on the WonderfulWords wiki which lead back here too.

 

 

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Click on the tab you can see at the top of each page to come back to this page, (the front page) or click on the "front page" link in the sidebar.


 

Primary Moderators

Brenda Binkley bg.binkley@yahoo.com

Anne Hernandez eagle7wing@bellsouth.net

Jennie Farnell jenfarnell@earthlink.net

 

Bio data


Brenda Binkley has been an ESL instructor for eight years, teaching adults from beginning to advanced levels of language proficiency. Brenda has a masters in secondary education with concentrations in English and ESL. She taught for over four years at Arkansas State University and another three plus years at Interactive College of Technology in Chamblee, GA.

 

Click the link below for a brief introductory video of our session's goals and expectations.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/114222734@N04/11912806353/in/photostream

 

  Anne Hernandez brings over six years of teaching ESL along with two masters degrees. Anne currently teaches ESL at Arkansas State University. She has an undergraduate degree in education with a masters in management information systems, as well as another in English Language Learners.

 

 

Jennie Farnell has been an ESL instructor for 14 years, teaching both children and adults, at all proficiency levels. She holds a masters in Applied Linguistics. Currently she is the assistant director of an intensive English program at the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut) and an adjunct ESL instructor at Norwalk Community College.

 


  Jaime Parry  received her MS in TESOL from Southern Connecticut State University. She has been teaching ESL to adults since 2008.  Her research interests are focused on Arabic speaking adults and ways to teach them reading and writing more effectively.
  Jennifer Copus  has over 23 years experience working in education.  Some of her experiences include working in K-8 bilingual schools in Southern California, and after moving to Pennsylvania, she was responsible for developing and supervising a substantial K-12 ESL Program in suburban Philadelphia.  She currently teaches in the intensive English program at the University of Bridgeport.
  Mallory Dutton is earning her MS in TESOL from Southern Connecticut State University. She has taught English to adult learners in Chile and currently teaches adult learners in the intensive English program at the University of Bridgeport.

 

Online Tools

  • Yahoo! Groups -- a space for introductions, weekly tasks, questions, and other interactions
  • PBWorks.com -- syllabus, weekly tasks, weekly discussion threads and tutorials
  • SurveyMonkey - a introductory group survey for participants' needs and wants
  • WizIQ -- where we will hold our synchronized chats

 

Primary Contact(s)

Brenda Binkley bg.binkley@yahoo.com

Anne Hernandez eagle7wing@bellsouth.net

Jennie Farnell jenfarnell@earthlink.net

 

 

The Electronic Village Online is a project of TESOL's CALL Interest Section.

 

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, an international education association

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