Special Interest Group (SIG) Forums
IEP/Higher
Education SIG Forum
Friday,
November 13, 1:30 - 3:15, West B
Pronunciation in
practice
Panelists
will provide specific examples of practical pronunciation activities and
techniques on using minimal pairs to teach vowel sounds, exploiting
Internet
videos to teach prosody, integrating pronunciation into other skill classes,
understanding the principles of motor learning that facilitate
generalization
from classroom to real life, and encouraging connected speech production.
Evelyn Kaye (Front Range Community
College, Evelyn.Kaye@frontrange.edu)
Sheryl D.
Meyer (English Language Center, University of
Denver, shemeyer@du.edu)
Ruth Moore (International English
Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, ruth.moore@colorado.edu)
Barbara Rende (Speech, Language and
Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder,
barbara.rende@colorado.edu)
Beth Cloven (Intensive English
Program, Colorado State University, beth.cloven@colostate.edu)
Hannah Grant-Boyajian (Intensive
English Program, Colorado State University, hannah.grantboyajian@gmail.com)
Adult Education SIG
Forum
Friday, November 13, 10:15 -12:00,
Evergreen
Refugees 101
This basic course in
refugees will take you from point of origin to working members of society.
The panel will talk about what a refugee is, what opportunities are
available to them, and have the refugees and the agencies talk about their challenges
for the future.
Secondary Education /
Elementary Education SIG Forum
Friday, November
13, 2:30 - 4:15, Jefferson
Standards: A metric for language teaching and
learning
Margo Gottlieb
The
standards movement has been the impetus for defining a common metric to
describe student expectations and milestones in English language development.
In turn, educators have translated these standards into a vision for language
teaching and a means of monitoring and documenting student learning. This
presentation speaks to PreK-12 English language proficiency standards and how
they serve as the anchor for curriculum, instruction, and assessment for
language education. Personal insights and experiences illustrate how the
standards have helped galvanize the role of language teaching in today’s
high-stakes educational environment.
See
Friday afternoon schedule for biography.
Teacher Education /
Action Research SIG Forum
Friday, November 13, 10:15-12:00,
West B
What
did you say the problem is?
The way others talk about
problems in education frequently drowns out student voices and shapes our own
practices in ways inconsistent with our own beliefs. Drawing on a study of
immigrant students in a community college, participants will explore
connections among framing problems, teacher beliefs, classroom environments,
and student learning.
Ruth Brancard (University
of Colorado Denver, Ruth.Brancard@ucdenver.edu)
