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SCHEDULE - Session 5 Workshops
5.1 Importance of Vocabulary Development to Support Second Language Acquisition and Transdisciplinary Skills
This presentation will demonstrate the need for collaboration between the classroom teacher and the media specialist to promote vocabulary development in a dual-language program and include suggestions for classroom organization and activities to maintain and use vocabulary through reading and speaking. It also will identify ways in which the media specialist, through library programming, can support the classroom teacher and encourage students to apply vocabulary through independent reading in their second language.
5.2 Pedagogy of a Language Immersion Programme in an Indian Context
This workshop brings forth the existing strategies and shortcomings in the implementation of foreign language teaching in the schools in India. It highlights region specific peculiarities, effects of cultural diversity and existence of several dialects in the country. The workshop presenter will offer measures to design a suitable Immersion Programme at school level to make language learning more need based and encourage learners to use it in their daily routine.
5.3 Discourse Analysis as a Tool to Teach DP Essay Writing in the IB
This presentation will offer techniques that student can rely on to be successful in ESL essay writing. Theories of discourse analysis represented by Fairclough and Van Dijk will be offered, as well as an introduction to the Wallace-Poulson model. Opportunities for practical applications directly related to classroom practice will be provided during the presentation.
5.4 Actioning Learning: A Practical Workshop
A workshop to demonstrate and experience a range of learning activities aimed at bringing purposeful action and movement into the learning environment. Ideas for classroom warmers, coolers, fillers and useful quick correction activities will be included.
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