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September
Dates: September 8-18; 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.
First Meeting
Tuesday, September 8, 2009; 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, Wynne Wong
11:30
1st Day Lesson: A Concrete Example: Maria Alley
12:00
International students meet with Karen Sobul
Specific language sessions (ask your coordinator for the specific starting and ending times):
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