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Moving away from the descriptive: Critical speaking and writing in the EFL classroom |
| 2016-2017 |
Curs. Secundària en general |
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3/7/2017 - 7/7/2017 (30 hores) de h a h |
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British Council (Barcelona-Amigó) |
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Amigó, 83 (Barcelona) |
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Presencial |
| Organització |
Servei de Formació i Desenvolupament Professional del Personal
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Face to face sessions: 3-7 July, from 9 to 14h.
Online tasks: 5h |
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| Inscripció |
15/05/2017 - 31/05/2017 |
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| Descripció i Metodologia: |
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning tells us that “higher-order” thinking skills create more meaningful and memorable learning experiences. By exploring critical theory and applying it to EFL methodology, this course will present an alternative to activities that just ask our students to memorise and regurgitate the language. It will put forward a more analytical approach that instead forces the student to actively engage with the language on a personal and creative level. Combining methodology with practical ideas, this course will equip teachers with the tools necessary to motivate their students to speak and write more critically.
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| Objectius |
-Apply critical thinking theory to EFL and analyse its benefits
-Explore creative approaches to Speaking and Writing activities
-Exploit and adapt Speaking and Writing activities for their critical thinking potential
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| Continguts |
The course will be divided into the main “higher order” critical thinking skills and explore how these can be implemented in the classroom in the form of practical lesson ideas.
•Establishing learner voice
•Hypothesising
•Comparing and contrasting
•Analysing and interpreting
•Problem solving
•Arguing and challenging
•Creating
A proposed schedule of the above areas:
Monday: Introduction to Critical Thinking (Bloom’s Taxonomy etc.); Establishing learner voice (teacher and student personalisation and response)
Tuesday: Hypothesising (considering perspectives; role plays; causes and consequences); Comparing and contrasting (odd one out; essays)
Wednesday: Analysing and interpreting (metaphor; register; fact v opinion); Problem solving (info gaps; lateral thinking; dilemmas)
Thursday: Arguing and challenging (debates; challenging viewpoints; speaking into writing); Creating (planning; scaffolding; collaborating; the writing process)
Friday: Speaking into writing; Putting theory into practice: evaluating material; Lesson planning
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| Observacions |
Face to face sessions: 3-7 July, from 9 to 14h
Online tasks: 5h
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| Formador/a |
Philippa Davies
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| Avaluació |
Teachers will be expected to produce 4 mini lesson plans, as well as 1 full lesson plan, explaining how they would adapt an activity for its critical thinking potential. They will have to upload their work to the Wiki, where they will also find all materials for the course for their reference.
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| Requisits de certificació |
1.Minimum attendance: 80% of face to face hours.
2.Positive evaluation of every task proposed during the course
Teachers will be expected to produce 4 mini lesson plans, as well as 1 full lesson plan, explaining how they would adapt an activity for its critical thinking potential. They will have to upload their work to the Wiki, where they will also find all materials for the course for their reference.
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| Persones destinatàries |
Secondary school teachers of English (ESO, BAT and CFA) and EOI teachers of English.
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| E-mail |
estiullengues@xtec.cat
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