September
September 2-12; 8:30 am-4:00 pm weekdays
Afternoon program arranged by department.
Location: 180 Hagerty Hall; elsewhere as specified
Course Goals: The 801 course is intended as the beginning of a continued process of professional development that will extend throughout your career. The lectures, teaching practica, and materials presented in the morning and afternoon sessions will provide you with the basic tools and understandings that you will need to begin your development as a teacher of university-level language and culture
You will...
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become familiar with basic theoretical and practical issues surrounding the learning and teaching of beginning language to adults
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become familiar with the characteristics of OSU students, programs, and resources
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develop skill in planning, organizing, and presenting instruction
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become familiar with common techniques, technologies, and materials used in language instruction
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learn a variety of strategies for monitoring learning, assessing student progress, and providing appropriate feedback
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become more aware of learner differences, styles, and strategies
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reflect critically on your own teaching, provide support and constructive feedback to others, and learn how to manage your own professional development.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008; 180 Hagerty Hall
8:30 Welcome:
Dean John Roberts, College of Humanities
8:45 Introduction to course and distribution of syllabus, introduction of faculty, introduction to OSU students,
Professor Diane Birckbichler
9:30 Break: room 186
10:00 First General Session, Lecture: "Communicative Language Teaching: Tools for Communication and Purposeful Learning,"
Professor Wynne Wong, and first assignment (“1st day in the classroom” techniques)
11:00 Introduction to peer teaching and assignment,
Professor Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm
11:30 1st Day Lesson: A Concrete Example:
Professor Etsuyo Yuasa
12:00 International students meet with
Karen Sobul
Specific language sessions (ask your coordinator for the specific starting and ending times):
Afternoon sessions will be held in the following locations:
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African Languages: Room 386 H in University Hall
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East Asian: 359 HH
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French: 042 HH
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German: 186 HH
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Italian: 351 HH
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Near Eastern: 306 HH
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Slavic: 406 HH
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Spanish: 255 HH
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
8:30-10:30 Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 5-min. ì1st day in the classroomî
techniques
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 General session; Lecture: Do We Cry for Help in Words or in Grammar? Building the
Lexicon in L2 Learners, Professor Ludmila Isurin
Assignment: 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary
12:00-12:15 Vocabulary Lesson: A Concrete Example: Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
8:30-10:30 Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Diversity at OSU presented by Faculty and TA Development
Assignment: 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary (continued)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
8:30-10:30 Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 General session; Lecture: Teaching Grammar in Communicative Foreign Language
Classroom: Some Basic Principles and Procedures, Professor Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
8:30-9:30 University Policy on sexual harassment ñ Eunice Hornsby
9:30-10:30 University policy on academic misconduct ñ Dr. Jan Macian
10:30-11:00 Break
11:-00-12:00 General session; Lecture: Learning Styles and Strategies: An Approach to the Individual,
Dr. Valerie Pellegrino Aveni
12:00-12:30 Video of 20-minute lesson
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
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Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008
9:00-10:00 University policy on Disability Services, Dr. Jan Macian
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 General session; Lecture: Culture, Professor Lupenga Mphande
Assignment: 20-min extended teaching lesson (see page 7)
11:45-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
8:30-10:30 Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 20-min extended lessons
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 General session; Lecture: Listening and Reading in the Communicative Foreign Language
Classroom Professor Janice Aski
Assignment: 20-min extended teaching lesson (continued)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2007
8:30-10:30 Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 20-min extended lessons
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 General session; Lecture: Practical Strategies for Effective Classroom Management in the
Foreign Language Classroom, Dr. Robert Robison
Assignment: 20-min extended teaching lesson (continued)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
Friday, Sept. 12, 2007
8:30-10:30 Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 20-min extended lessons
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Lecture: Lessons from the Field, Professor Diane Birckbichler
11:45-12:15 Course evaluation
1:00-5:00 Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)
