Welcome to Wonderful Words: Vocabulary Matters!
We are delighted that you could join us for this EVO session! TESOL's EVO is also called the Electronic Village Online.
Dear fellow participants,
Thank you for joining our Vocabulary Matters at PBWorks.com! We are very pleased to see you all here.
The course 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.
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
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
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
In the course of the 5 weeks, participants will learn collaboratively to:
• use various web and electronic tools for learning and teaching ESL/EFL vocabulary,
• interact through e-mail, text chat, voice chat, voice mail, and distribution lists, among others,
• create wikis and interactive exercises related to their own contexts, and,
• reflect on ways of applying those tools to their teaching, either online or face-to-face.
Weekly chats will be held to discuss content and pre-defined topics, build rapport and create a sense of community that draws on everyone’s experience.
Much of the content derived from the discussions will be made available through a wiki created during the six weeks, which will be kept online for future reference.
Week 1
Objectives for the week of January 13 - 19, 2014
By the end of week 1, you will have…
Moderators: Brenda/Anne/Jennie
Week 2
Objectives for the week of January 20 - 26, 2014
By the end of week 2, you will have…
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read at least one current research article about Second Language vocabulary acquisition and retention
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posted your responses to three discussion questions on PBWorks Vocab Matters Participants Page
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replied to at least one of your fellow participants discussion postings
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reviewed the tutorial for EnglishCentral and joined (optional)
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selected and signed up for a website from the list to evaluate for Week 3
Moderators: Anne/Brenda
Week 3
Objectives for the week of January 26 - February 2, 2014
By the end of week 3, you will have…
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read the identified article or summaries
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posted your responses to two discussion questions on PBWorks Vocab Matters Participants Page
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collaborated with your group to review one website (Tools for collaboration: Google Docs and PBWorks)
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posted your collaborative summary on PBWorks Vocab Matters Participants Page
- explored the list of websites for Week 4 and selected one tool you’d like to use to create a vocabulary project
Moderator: Brenda/Jennie
Week 4
Objectives for the week of February 3 - 9, 2014
By the end of week 4, you will have…
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read the identified article or blogs
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posted your responses to the three discussion questions on PBWorks Vocab Matters Participants Page
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reviewed the summaries of Week 3 websites and posted feedback
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designed a vocabulary project using either webtools of your choosing OR a classroom based activity
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shared that activity in PBWorks Vocab Matters Participants Page or a link to your PBWorks Wiki page.
Moderator: Brenda/Anne/Jennie
Week 5
Objectives for the week of February 10 - 16, 2014
By the end of week 5, you will have…
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reviewed and commented on Week 4 projects
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shared your learning experiences with fellow participants
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evaluated which strategies, approaches, and tools will or won’t work in your environments
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discussed how what doesn’t work could be adapted / modified for various situations
- completed the EVO survey
Moderators: Brenda/Anne/Jennie
Moderators
Brenda Binkley binks1950@gmail.com
Anne Hernandez eagle7wing@bellsouth.net
Jennie Farnell jenfarnell@earthlink.net
Biodata
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Online Tools
- Yahoo! Groups
- PBWorks.com
- SurveyMonkey
- GoogleDocs
Primary Contact(s)
Brenda Binkley binks1950@gmail.com
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