38th Regional ASOCOPI Conference & 5th ASOCOPI Workshops: From the Lab to AI

Claudia Andrea Cárdenas Jiménez is a part-time lecturer at Universidad de Nariño. Prof. Cárdenas holds a B.A in Modern Languages from Universidad de Nariño and an M.A in English Didactics from Universidad de Caldas. Currently, she is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in ELT Education at Universidad del Valle. Claudia has taught at various levels, with a primary focus on Language Teacher Education Programs in Colombia. Her research interests encompass Interculturality in ELT, Teacher Education, English Language Curriculum, and Professional Development.

We hope you join us in learning about Interculturality in ELT.

 

38th Regional ASOCOPI Conference & 5th ASOCOPI Workshops

2024 38th Regional ASOCOPI Conference & 5th ASOCOPI Workshops

 

TESOL I: What is a Method?

Take a look at these presentations based on Richards and Rodgers (2014), Celce-Murcia (2001, 2014) and Kumaravadivelu’s (2003, 2006) ideas. 

https://prezi.com/vcq9az3yhvdc/what-is-a-method/

https://prezi.com/jdzpmyjndkrn/a-brief-history-of-language-teaching/

 

 

Viva la U: IV International Conference on Professional Development

Viva la U featured some highlights of the IV International Conference held on September 14-16 in Universidad de Nariño. Watch the video here:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=617791146596333&ref=sharing

 

IV International Conference on Professional Development

The Linguistics and Languages Department is pleased to announce its IV International Conference. This year the topic is Language Teaching and Learning in a Post-pandemic World: Challenges and Opportunities. We cordially invite you to register for this face-to-face event. After two years apart, this will be a great opportunity to meet again and rekindle our friendship in an engaging academic setting.

You can find more information about the conference here:

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TESOL I: Additional Readings

Hello all,

For most of the topics on your syllabi, I will recommend additional readings that can be useful for preparing your presentations, studying for tests, writing your posts or getting ideas for your lesson plans.

They are not in the original TESOL I packet and they focus on research or the application of the theoretical background we analyze in class.

I hope you find them useful and give you ideas about what adapting a method implies. You can start by reading this 2012 overview by Waters: 

Trends and issues in ELT methods and methodology

• For GTM you can read: The Trans-Cultural Comparative Literature Method- Using Grammar Translation Techniques Effectively
• For Cooperative Language Learning: Adapting cooperative learning in tertiary ELT and Learning to Learn Cooperatively 
• For Task-Based Language Teaching:  How to Make Upper-Level University English Classes More Interactive and Sociocultural Theory and TBLT: The Role of Praxis
• For Content-Based Instruction/CLIL:  Negotiation of Meaning Strategies inChild EFL Mainstream and CLIL Settings  Reviewing the puzzle of CLIL
• For Multiple Intelligences: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/usia/E-USIA/forum/vols/vol36/no2/p2.htm and Investigating EFL Learners_ Multiple Intelligences in the Preparatory Year at Taif University
• For Communicative Language Teaching: Using Mobile Phone Technology in EFL Classes and In reality it_s almost impossible_ CLT oriented curriculum change
• For the Alternative methods and approaches read Methodology in the New Millennium
• For the Series Method, read this brief article about its procedure  http://languagenest.blogspot.com/2009/02/designing-gouin-series.html  and a 2013 blog entry:  http://lakesidelanguages.blogspot.com/2013/02/francois-gouin.html
• For the Silent Way, read this short article about how a teacher applies TSW in real life: https://sandymillin.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/how-does-the-silent-way-work-in-the-classroom-roslyn-young-iatefl-harrogate-2014/  
• For a general introduction about methods and their application, check this (dated, but useful) handbook by Larsen-Freeman  Language Teaching Methods Larsen-Freeman

You can watch videos and find additional resources to understand methods and approaches in the English Teaching Forum page:  https://americanenglish.state.gov/search/solr/series%20method?f%5B0%5D=bundle%3Aresource

Finally, I recommend reading this article by Larsen-Freeman, Dornyei and Thurrell discussing (20 years ago) the inadequacy of methods and introducing the idea of postmethod, an idea foreign language teachers should be familiar with in the 21st century:  Direct Approaches in L2 Instruction- A Turning Point in Communicative Language Teaching?

Here is a short article written by Thornbury as a reaction to Larsen-Freeman and Dorneyi’s paper: Comments on Marianne Celce-Murcia, Zoltán Dörnyei, and Sarah Thurrell’s Direct Approaches in L2 Instruction- A Turning Point in Communicative Language Teaching?. A Reader Reacts 

Check the blog constantly, as new articles are added frequently.

See you in class,

Ana C.

 

Presentation Teaching L2 Skills

Hello all,

Here are the slides I used in class.  

See you in class,

Teaching the Skills and Components of Language

 

Empowerment Through Critical Pedagogy

Check the article about the topic we discussed in class. You can read it or download it here:

Empowerment Through Critical Pedagogy

 

The Postmethod Era Additional Article

Hello all,

Here is the article I talked to you about. I hope you enjoy it since Dr. Adriana Gonzalez addresses the topics we were discussing in class: autonomy, the role of native speakers, colonial discourse, needs analysis, context, method vs. postmethod, and identity.

Ana C.

Professional Development of EFL Ts in Colombia Between Colonial and Local Practices 

 

ELT Conference 2016 Centro Colombo Americano

Hello all, click on these links to find information about the 23rd Annual ELT and Book Conference to be held in Cali. 

I hope you consider going,

See you in class,

Ana C.

23rd ANNUAL ELT CONFERENCE AND BOOK FAIR PAMPHLET TEXT

https://madmimi.com/p/8ee267/preview

 

 

Programa Evento

Hello all,

Here is the schedule for the Encuentro de Universidades Formadoras de Licenciados en Idiomas y II ELT Conference, 2016.

Programa_XI Encuentro presenters

See you in class.

Ana C.

 

DOING A LOT WITH A LITTLE: PROFILING THE ALTERNATIVE LITERACY CLASSROOMS

ML2 - Second Language Literacies

By JOHANN E. PEREZ A

“We must prepare young people for living in a world of

powerful images, words and sounds.” 

UNESCO, 1982

Today’s world is inscribed in technological rationality, and this sort of new rationality is allowing other forms of thought, it is generating a new culture and new kinds of interpreting the reality about mankind, the nature, and generates new perceptions about economic, social and political issues. It is a matter of a new hope for human progress as a social effort but with a constant contrast with prefixed values and, in some cases, the worst horrors on human history. This kind of new rationality belongs to the economic and social policies of the globalized world in which we live in and which leads the commodification processes that rules our lives and societies.

Since people have more ways for learning about the world and communicating or expressing through…

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Postmethod Article

Hello everybody,

Here is the missing article you need to read for your test. I told you at the beginning of the semester that the articles would be in the books I showed you at the resource center in case the copies were taken and not returned. This article was in Richards and Renandya’s book, or you could have googled the article to find the PDF version. You need to be more autonomous and invest some effort on your learning. 

Anyway, here it is. Read it and answer the assigned questions.

English Language Teaching in the Post Method Era Brown

 

The Postmethod Era – Autonomous Learning

Hello all, here are the links to the presentations you saw in class. Click here to see or download them: 

The Postmethod Era

autonomous learning

 

Link for Classroom Management Presentation

Hello all, copy the link below to see the prezi about Classroom Management:

http://prezi.com/kzmyxqxuoerk/classroom-management/

See you soon,

Ana C.