ETAI Students in the North 3rd Annual Conference for Student Teachers of English
‘The Road I'm Taking’
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
14:30-18:30
At Sha’anan Academic College of Education
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14:30 – 15:00 Registration, refreshments and browsing the ‘Book Exhibition’
15:00 – 15:15 Greetings; Dr. Yehiel Frisch, Head of Sha’anan College,
Gaby Shoshani – Coordinator of the Sha’anan English Department,
Jennifer Spigelman – ETAI representative
‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost, read by Tamar Friedman, Sha’anan College
15:15 – 15:40 Plenary 1
Anna Kamionko, Sha’anan College ‘The Road I’m Taking’
15:45 – 16:05 Parallel Sessions I
Presenter
Luzan Halabi
Gordon College
Presentation
Teaching 7th Grade Students about Ancient Egypt
This presentation discusses teaching the 7th grade students about Ancient Egypt through English
lessons; an interesting process of expanding the students’ world knowledge through English by
presenting it in a fun and enjoyable way. The analysis aims at answering two research questions:
1.Is it recommended to teach such complex subjects to our students?
2.What would the students and I benefit from this unit?
Hadar Yashar
Oranim College
Motivation: How Do You Motivate the Uninterested Student?
Chava Abadi
Shaanan College
"It's about more than teaching"
Marla Van Meter &
Shlomi Rosenthal
Ohalo College
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What is motivation? Why are students unmotivated to learn? What are some methods for
motivating students? Through analysis of these questions, the Six Beliefs of Motivation, the
difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and various methods of motivation, I have
discovered the secret to motivating the uninterested student.
In my presentation I will show how I reach out to a group of emergent readers in Junior
High School using techniques and insights gained from my studies, and how I
encourage students towards self‐directed and independent learning. I will speak about
benefits of teaching small groups.
Teaching with the Song “I’m a Little Teapot” for a 5th grade
Using this song by actually setting up a “tea party” to teach vocabulary (nouns), learning
the song with the video clip that includes the words and then acting out the song with the
class, makes teaching the words fun and interactive and creates a positive classroom
environment.
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16:10-16:30
Parallel Sessions 2
Presenter
Presentation
Talya Sha’anan
Sha’anan College
Using Puppets in the English Classroom In this presentation I will show how puppets and
Ortal Frank &
Maayan Shemtov -
Using the Multisensory Differential Teaching Technique in a Swiss 5th grade
We participated in an exchange students program in Switzerland. The lesson's content was
different cultural meals in Israel, England and Switzerland. We created four activities that
involved at least one of the sensory modalities (visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic). The
activities were set in four corners: post office, restaurant, restaurant's kitchen and a bingo
game.
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Amneh Khatib
Oranim College
Defiance or perpetuation of stereotypes? Analysis of the animated movie AntZ
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Amir Siso
Gordon College
Technology in the Classroom – WEB 2.0 tool– Glogster EDU
Gordon College
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puppet shows can be used as a tool in the English classroom for pupils to express emotions
and develop their language skills.
This presentation discusses the socio-linguistic agenda of the animation film AntZ through
analyzing the speech of two main characters -Z and Princess Balla- in terms of two linguistic
practices: hedges and talkativeness.
The analysis aims at answering two research questions:
1-What role does the animated movie AntZ have in gendering children?
2-Does the film defy or perpetuate gender stereotypes in its discourse?
I will be presenting a web 2.0 tool called Glogster. The presentation will include: a HOTS activity,
how this tool can be used to support this activity and a quick overview of the tool itself.
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16:30 – 16:55 Break and More Browsing
16:55 - 17:45 Plenary II - Professor Penny Ur OBE - 'The Road I've Taken: A Traveler's Tale'
Looking back on 45 years of teaching, teacher education and writing, it has become clear that some significant professional
learning results from particular incidents: things that happen on the way that have opened my eyes to new insights or
understandings. These may be encounters with other professionals, feedback from students, reading, or just ‘aha’ moments
that take place in the classroom. In this session I shall share some of these incidents and the learning that resulted during my
journey along the 'Road I've Taken'.
17:45-18:00 Closing Remarks
For more information please contact:
Diana Goldberger from Sha’anan College- dindin989@gmail.com 054-6398815
Ortal Frank from Gordon Collegeortalf3@gmail.com
Oshrat Yuna from Ohallo College dolyona@gmail.com
Getting to Sha’anan College:
By train- The college is situated at Hayam Hatichon 7, Kiryat Shmuel, one block west of the Kiryat Motzkin train station.
By bus- No. 57 from Lev Hamifratz, No. 52 from Nahariya
By ‘Metronit ‘ - Line 3 from Lev Hamifratz