Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL January Meeting
Time: Saturday, January 19, 2013; 1:30 p.m.
Place: Chosun University (Gwangju), Main Building (본관), Room 5210.
Schedule
1:30 pm: Sign-in and Meet 'n' Greet
(Admission free, but we do hope non-members will later consider membership.)
2:00 pm: PRESENTATION 1
Drawing Blanks I: Five Activities for When You Have Nothing or Technology Fails
Julien McNulty (Chosun University)
2:45 pm: Refreshment Break
3:15 pm: PRESENTATION 2
That’s NEAT...Five Easy Activities for M2 NEAT Speaking Preparation
Nico Lorenzutti (Chonnam Natl. University)
4:00 pm: Swap-Shop Session
Share your Teaching Ideas, Classroom Activities, and Language Games.
(Open to All Attendees. Handouts welcomed.)
4:30 pm: Announcements / Drawing for Prizes / Closing
= = = = = = Presentation Abstracts and Biographical Sketches = = = = = =.
PRESENTATION 1
Drawing Blanks I: Five Activities for When You Have Nothing or the Technology Fails
It's your first day of classes, and you’ve been given no syllabus, no textbook, no attendance sheet, no nothing. What can you do to save the day? You’ve planned an entire lesson on PowerPoint and YouTube videos, but the computer in your classroom has crashed? How can you save face your class and still provide something engaging, entertaining, and educative? Have no fear! A simple blank sheet of paper is near!
This presentation is part 1 of a two-part workshop; it will model five of ten activities that can be used with any class of any age – all with just a simple sheet of A4 paper. These activities range from vocabulary exercises, to story-writing boards; from listening games, to pronunciation drills. If you need a few quick tricks for your teacher toolbox, this workshop will fill the bill.
THE PRESENTER
Julien McNulty has been teaching, training, facilitating, or instructing in some form for 20 years. He has taught French, Spanish, History, and Special Education in British Columbia, Canada. He has also worked as a corporate trainer, then as a bilingual training consultant in Toronto, developing an accent optimization program for India. Teaching English in Korea since 2008, Julien is a language skills instructor at Chosun University and was the 2011 Chair of the 19th Korea TESOL International Conference. Most recently, he is the co-founder of EFL ProDev, a consulting company specializing in teacher training, camp creation, and executive presentation skills. Email: julien@eflpd.com
PRESENTATION 2
That's NEAT...Five Easy Activities for M2 NEAT Speaking Preparation
Although both its timeline for implementation and final format are matters of ongoing debate, without doubt the National English Ability Test (NEAT) is fast becoming a new trend in English education in South Korea. More universities will use NEAT scores as a key criterion when selecting new students for the 2013 academic year, and as a result many public and private institutions are offering courses designed to help students master the questions for the exam. Consequently, teachers in classrooms across Korea are under increasing pressure to provide test preparation for the current format. This workshop is a practical “how to” for teachers grappling with the challenges of the NEAT test, or concerned they will be doing so in the future.
Can test preparation be fun? Can you teach NEAT questions communicatively? Absolutely! This is a hands-on, how-to presentation which provides teachers with teaching strategies for five NEAT speaking tasks and clear, ready-to-go classroom activities designed to prepare their students for the test. The tasks discussed will comprise:
- Describing a picture
- Telling a story
- Describing a graph
- Describing characteristics: WH questions
- Giving advice
Model answers will be analyzed before a dynamic, easy-to-implement activity is demonstrated for practicing the language needed to complete each task. Teachers gearing up for NEAT preparation will walk away with five activity procedures adaptable for both public and private education contexts.
THE PRESENTER
Nico Lorenzutti has taught and trained teachers in Japan, Canada, and South Korea for over 15 years. He teaches in the Intensive Teacher Training Program at Chonnam National University, where he has worked since 2008. He designed and teaches the speaking component of CNU’s two-week intensive NEAT Teacher Training Course. He holds a CELTA and is currently a candidate for an MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham. His main research interests are the use of popular culture products in the language classroom. Email: zutti25@hotmail.com
