Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter April Meeting
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––– Morning Reflective Practice Session –––
Topic: Reflecting on Reforming "Violent" Structures in Our Classrooms
Facilitator: Jocelyn Wright
Time: April 13, 2019; 11:00 - 12:30 (2nd Saturday)
Location: Coffee Lab Mujii, near GNUE. (Ground floor of 광주우리교회 Building. Map at bottom.)
––– MAIN MEETING SCHEDULE –––
Time: 2nd Saturday, April 13, 2019, 1:45ㅡ5:00 pm
Location: Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터) 1st Floor; Room 811. Detailed directions HERE.
1:45 pm: Sign-in and Meet-and-Greet (Admission: Free for newcomers. Membership welcomed.)
2:00ㅡ3:15 pm: Presentation / Workshop
ㅡ Refining Writing Skills for You and Your Students
ㅡ Holly Harper (GIFLE: Gyeonggi-do Institute for Language Education, Pyeongtaek)
3:15ㅡ3:35 pm: Refreshment Break
3:35ㅡ4:45 pm: Game-Swap! ㅡ Bring Your Favorite Game
ㅡ (Everyone is encouraged to bring your favorite EFL game and demonstrate it in your small group ㅡ round-robin style.)
4:45 - 5:00 pm: Announcements / Drawing for Door Prizes / Closing
Session Summaries
Refining Writing Skills for You and Your Students
Holly Harper
Refining writing skills can seem like a daunting task. Where does one begin? What traits are most important? What are practical ways to address these skills? The Six Traits of Writing, a research-based system for instruction, feedback, and assessment of writing, defines specific writing skills that can be categorized and prioritized to improve writing over an extended period of time. Modeling and practicing specific writing skills, for writers and educators alike, are vital for providing the practical applications that are so desperately desired.
The Six Traits of Writing was created in response to teachers’ desires to find an answer to the question “What is good writing?” The research analysis pointed to these six qualities: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. In this workshop, we will explore several of these traits, the theory behind guided instruction in those traits, and several activities to practice specific skills. The practicality of this system will become more apparent through participating in these activities. Through discussing previous teacher training experiences, participants will consider the practical applications of these methods within the Korean context. This workshop will focus both on the needs of writers looking to improve their skills and educators wanting to further guide and instruct their students.
The Presenter
Holly Harper is a teacher trainer at the Gyeonggi-do Institute for Language Education. She studied literature and writing at the University of South Carolina-Upstate and graduated with an MA TESOL from Dankook University-Jukjeon. She is interested in critical literacy, project-based learning, and methods for teaching reading and writing strategies.
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Game-Swap!
Learning takes place best when the learner is engaged and enjoying themselves. For this reason, EFL games have been a common edition to the EFL classroom for many years. The challenge is to have the best game available to teach and practice the target language of the lesson.
In this Game-Swap, everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite EFL game and present it to their small group of fellow teachers. The following feedback on each game may include when the game can best be used, how it can be adapted for use with different levels and different ages of students, how it could be tweaked to be even more effective, and the like.
Small-group game presentations and round-robin rotation will be followed with whole-group discussion of the games presented. Participate in this Game-Swap, and add to your repertoire of EFL language learning games for your classroom.
Please let us know in advance about the type of game you would like to present.
Contact Bryan Hale: bryan.english.teacher@gmail.com
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Photo: The Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE / 광주교육대학교), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터), venue for our main meeting ㅡ 1st floor, Room 811.
