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 13^th, 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.

• Take a look at the session syllabus.  (Direct link:  http://vocabmatters.pbworks.com/w/page/70553102/Syllabus)

• Read over the Netiquette file.
  

• If you’re new to EVO and / or unfamiliar what it does, take a look at this article:   Professional Development: The Electronic Village Online of the TESOL CALL Interest Section

• Add yourself to the participant map here. If you need help with how to do it, directions are here
  

• Have questions right now? Take a look at our How to Survive page
  

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

Hint:  If you want to keep this wiki open, right mouse click on the above link.  Select open in New Window or New Tab.  That way VocabMatters Wiki will remain open while the other wiki is also open.  However, you can also use the link on that page to return to this one.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Moderators

Brenda Binkley binks1950@gmail.com

Anne Hernandez eagle7wing@bellsouth.net

Jennie Farnell jenfarnell@earthlink.net

Biodata

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.

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.

Online Tools

• Yahoo! Groups
• PBWorks.com
• SurveyMonkey
• GoogleDocs

Primary Contact(s)

Brenda Binkley binks1950@gmail.com