Building a castle teaching writing through teacher
performance
Colin Walker Professor at Hoseo University
forward
Above Average People
Theron Muller - MASH Academic Publishing
Greg Hadley – supervisor in the Birmingham MA
programme
Ben Cecil – my Geography 100
professor
Contents
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• 1) The writing box• 2) Teaching Performance • 3) Technology• 4) Evaluation and creativity_____________________________________
1) The Writing Box
Who Write a sentence about this person.(opinion, the person’s job, something unique you know about them)
1
2
3
4
Topic SentenceClosing Sentence
#1
#2
#3
#4
Who was born in Japan?
Topic sentence and Closing sentences.
1. Lee Myung Bak
He is the current president of South Korea, and is famous for building the 천계천 stream.
2. Kim Yuna She is a Korean figure skater, who won gold at the Olympics.
3. Ban Ki Moon He is a high-ranking official at the United Nations.
4. Jim Paek He is the first Korean to play in the National Hockey League.
Topic Sentence Korea has many famous people.
Closing Sentence
Koreans are awesome.
Famous KoreansWhat Famous Korean foods
Who Famous sites in Korea What Unique facts about Korea
Korean Food
Famous places in Korea
Unique Facts
What Famous Korean people
The Writing Box summarized
• ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’ – Steve Jobs. Start from the middle (eg body sentences) Add
topic and closing sentences later.
2) Teaching performance
Zoltán Dörnyei
___________________Dörnyei, Z. (1998) Demotivation in language learning. Paper presented at the TESOL ’98 Congress, Seattle, WA, March cited in Dörnyei, Z. and Ushioda, E. (2011) Teaching and Researching Motivation. 2nd Edition. Pearson Education Limited. Great Britain. P. 148
What is teaching performance?
1)Relevant2)Interesting 3)Meets student expectancy4)Satisfaction
Crookes and Schmidt (1991) way to motivate students:
_____________________Crookes, G. and Schmidt, R. (1991) 'Motivation: Reopening the research agenda'. Language Learning 41(4): pp. 469-512.
Walker, C. (2011) Managing student motivation through teaching performance University of Birmingham, CELS Essay Bank (in press).
Teaching Performance: making lessons that are 1) Relevant, 2) Interesting , 3)Meet student expectancy, and 4) give satisfaction
Student rapport
Leadership – supportive error
feedback
Encourage students to make good mistakes
Why is teaching performance important?
• Ben Cecil (Dean of Niagara College)
Students: L2 learning outside the class
Teachers: it can advance your career
3) Technology
_______________________De Mente, B.L (2004) Korean Business Etiquette. Tuttle Publishing. Singapore.
Antithesis: “I separate my private life from my work life”
Chris Giblin uses twitter to encourage student writing
Special Surprise
김다솔 – It’s not a duty to be a beauty
4)Evaluation• Show the students what you are looking for. I like writing that
has:
OrganizationGrammar ExpectancyCreativity
/10 /5 /5 /10
Summing up• The Writing Box – helps students organize ideas
• Teaching Performance:• Student rapport• Encourage students to make good mistakes• Leadership – supportive error feedback
• Technology is awesome!
• Evaluation • Encourage student creativity
Oh and 1 more thing…
Contact
@colinjerwalker
www.chosenresume.com
Colin Walker