Pan Yu District TESOL Training Schedule (July 14-Aug. 1)
Week 1 (July 14-18) Introduction/Input and Output
Monday - July 14
First Hour:
● Introductions
(Find Someone
Who Activity) -
Tuesday – July 15
First Hour:
Discussion and group work
on Communicative teaching
(LH website)
Wednesday – July 16
First Hour:
Discussion and group
work on immersion
education and CBI
Thursday – July 17
First Hour:
Active learning and Interaction
Swain/Long/ Brown text?
Friday – July 18
First Hour:
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Explain Syllabus
and training
Needs Assessment
Pronunciation
Matters (PM) self
assessment
(Vowels)
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Comprehensible
Input and speaking
in the target
language
Basic Oral Demo
(Ray in Spanish)
Question Hierarchy
Debrief
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Video (Mimi Met)
Strategies for
making language
comprehensible
Hai Yan and
English immersion
in China
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LH videos
Output Discussion and
group work
Teachers design
activities to do using
their textbooks (See
what activities their
textbooks do)
Proficiency Guidelines
(AAPPL website)
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Debrief PM self
assessment (Ray)
Methods of
Language Teaching
(Ellen)
Last Hour:
Pronunciation Training
Reading
Assignment
Communicative Language
Teaching/Methods and LH
website
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Story Demo in
Spanish (Ray)
debrief
Teachers reflect in
journals – set goals
Last Hour:
Pronunciation practice and
connection to
phonics/spelling
Assign Reading:
Comprehensible Input/
Immersion education/CBI
PM
Output (Ellen)
Three Stages
Videos
Mimi Met Video
Teachers discuss
best output
strategies
Last Hour:
Vowels practice and
connection to phonics
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Assign Reading:
Active Learning,/output
Long/Swain…
PM
Proficiency
Review levels
(novice,
intermediate,
Advanced)
Videos
ACTFL Can Do
statements
Moving to the
next level
Last Hour:
Consonants assessment and
connection to phonics/ spelling
PM
Top-Down and Bottom
up reading
(relationship oral
language to reading
comprehension success)
Present reading research
from Xian
Last Hour:
Consonants and
phonics/spelling
Assign Reading: Proficiency
AAPPL website
Reading: top-down and
bottom-up
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Teachers present
activities
Discussion/journals
Reflection and goals
Week 2 (July 21-25): Reading and Writing
Monday - July 21
First Hour
Reading/discussion:
Top down bottom up
Tuesday – July 22
First Hour
Discussion: Reading
Comprehension
Wednesday – July 23
First Hour
Reading and Discussion:
Vocabulary
Thursday – July 24
First Hour
Reading and Discussion:
Writing strategies
Friday – July 25
First Hour
Reading/discussion:
Error Correction
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Ray reading Demo
Review Top/Down
Extensive/
Intensive
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Teachers/groups
present strategies for
reading and test
success
Journals
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Lori Columbia experience
PM
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Comprehension
Strategies
Narrative /Expository
Graphic Organizers
Blooms Taxonomy
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Review and
Reflection (journals)
on how to improve
students’ reading
comprehension/
vocabulary
Vocabulary
Nation video
Morphemes
latin roots etc.
Strategies for
vocabulary
acquisition
PM
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Journals/buddy
journals etc.
5 paragraph essay
Writing a paragraph
Outlining
PM
Writing (demo) Ray
Forming sentences
(sentence frames)
vs. writing
meaningful text
● Audience
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Last Hour
Pronunciation:
Vowels/Consonants
Last Hour
Pronunciation: Word Stress
assessment phonics/spelling
Last Hour
Pronunciation: Word Stress
phonics/ spelling
Teachers asked to bring best
strategies for helping
students comprehend and
prep for reading tests
Give reading assignment:
Vocabulary
Reading about Writing
Teachers do writing
assignment to be used for
analysis on Friday
Reading Assignment: Reading
Comprehension Strategies
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Writing Workshop
Pre-writing
darfting
Revise Content)d
Edii peer editing
Persent/Publish
Last Hour
Pronunciation: Word Stress
Teachers asked to bring
best strategies for
helping their students
write essays and prep for
tests
Error Correction
Go over some teachers
‘writing samples
(anonymous)
groups and as a class
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PM
Rhetorical writing and language
- transitions, sequence words
etc.
● Narrative
o Story Frames
o Descriptive
● Expository Cause/effect
● Compare/
Contrast
Last Hour
Pronunciation: Intonation
Assessment
Journal assignment :
reflection about reading and
writing
Reading Assignment?
Reflective Teaching
Week 3 (July 28-Aug 1): Teacher reflection/professional development & Project planning/presentation
Monday - July 28
Tuesday – July 29
Wednesday – July 30
Thursday – July 31
Friday - Aug 1
First Hour:
Self Reflection - improving as
language teachers
Reading/Discussion
First Hour:
The Research Cycle
Reading
Discussion
First Hour:
Setting Goals - Making
Changes
First Hour:
Lesson Planning
First Hour:
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The ideal teacher
Reflect on yourself
Identify gaps
PM
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Course Review
o Jigsaw
activity
PM
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The Research Cycle
o Plan
o Act
o Observe
o Reflect
Reading/Discussion
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Identify a
practice
Act, Observe,
Reflect, Adjust
Course evaluation and
discussion
AM
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What counts as
evidence?
Group research
activity
PM
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Reading/Discussion
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Lesson Planning
Assignment for final
project
(2 lesson plans that
include goals for changes
in speaking and
reading/writing
PM
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Students share
plans with
group and class
regarding
instructional
goals
Last Hour
Last Hour
Last Hour
Pronunciation: Intonation
Assignment:
The Research Cycle
Pronunciation:
Intonation
Assignment
Setting Goals - Making
Change
Pronunciation:
Intonation
Assignment Lesson
Planning
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Time to finish lesson
plans and
presentations
Final project
presentations
PM
Group work to draft
lesson plans
● Teachers will teach these
plans during the future
school year and video
tape their teaching to be
shared during a video
conference during week
4 next year
Last Hour
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Pronunciation:
Intonation
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Final project
presentations