GROW 18 - Teaching a Language as a Native Speaker
Course Duration
10 month programme
Date/Time
18 February - 2 November 2021
Overview
This series of workshops is aimed at native speakers of the language they teach. Strategies covered will consist of such things as:
- Understanding the challenges of their own languages and skills to break these down into manageable chunks
- Ensuring input in the target language is comprehensible and consistent, and students have multiple opportunities for language input/output/interaction
- Confidence in understanding of and implementation of the NZC
- Exploring communication - language and culture - what does this mean in the classroom
Workshop 1
Learn/Revisit
Inquiry
Thur 18 February
9.30am-3.30pm
Workshop 2
Explore/
Examine
Tailored to needs of the cluster
Tues 16 March
3.30pm-4.40pm - Online
Workshop 3
Explore/
Examine
Tailored to needs of the cluster
Mon 24 May 16 June
3.30-4.30pm - Online
Workshop 4
Share/
Discuss
Thur 1 July
9.30am-3.30pm
Workshop 5
Discussion after engagement with Choice Board online
Wed 15 September
3.30-4.30pm - Online
Workshop 6
Report/Plan
Inquiry presentations and next steps
Tue 2 November
3.30pm-5.30pm - Online
This series of workshops is aimed at native speakers of the language they teach.
Strategies covered will consist of such things as:
- Understanding the challenges of their own languages and skills to break these down into manageable chunks
- Ensuring input in the target language is comprehensible and consistent, and students have multiple opportunities for language input/output/interaction
- Confidence in understanding of and implementation of the NZC
- Exploring communication - language and culture - what does this mean in the classroom