Transcript ESL Reading for the Workplace PowerPoint

Reading for the Workplace
COABE, San Francisco, CA
April 19, 2011
Blaire Willson Toso, Pennsylvania State University, [email protected]
Miriam Burt, Center for Applied Linguistics, [email protected]
Agenda
Introductions
LINCS Overview
What’s Hard about Teaching Reading for the Workplace Activity
Essential Considerations before you start planning
Alphabetics & Word Analysis
Vocabulary Development
Fluency
Comprehension
Reflection Activities
Questions & Resources
Objectives
Participants will…
●Learn about & identify LINCS resources, especially
those related to reading for the workplace;
● Identify 4 considerations for planning work-based
reading activities;
● Be familiar with 4 skill components of teaching
reading; and
● Identify appropriate activities to teach these 4
components.
LINCS
•Resources
•Professional development
•Discussion lists
•Publications
•Online reading assessment tool
lots more….
lincs.ed.gov
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•Resources
•Professional development
•Discussion lists
•Publications
•Online reading assessment tool
lots more….
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•Resources
•Professional development
•Discussion lists
•Publications
•Online reading assessment tool
lots more….
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Activity: What’s Hard about Teaching
Reading in the Workplace?
In a small group:
1) Introduce yourself : Name, Organization, Position.
2) Discuss what is difficult or confusing about
teaching reading for the workplace, things that
facilitate teaching reading for the workplace, and
what has worked for you when teaching reading for
the workplace.
When planning reading tasks, it is essential to
identify:
• Setting
• Activities worker must complete
• Participants
• Resources (student, other workers, teacher)
From: Pinsent-Johnson, C. (2008). Connecting literacy, learning and work. Ottawa,
Canada: Employment Preparation and Upgrading Program.
Additional factors that can affect reading for
the workplace
• Identity
• Motivation
• Others?
Additional factors that can affect teaching
reading for the workplace
• Task (contextualized or isolated)
• Goal of the task
• Oral support
Alphabetics & Word Analysis
Sounds & Sense
Alphabetics & Word Analysis
Sounds & Sense
• Phonetics & Comprehensibility Activity
• Word Analysis Activities
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
Building Bridges Activity
Word Sort Activity
Deep Meaning Activity
Self-Reflection Activity
Fluency
Fluency
• Scanning for Verbs Activity
• Repeated Listening &Reading Activity
• Phrasing Activity
Comprehension
Comprehension
• Reading & Following Directions Jigsaw Activity
• Information Gap Activity
Reflection Activity:
• Please take a moment to reflect on what you have
heard in this session and how it might apply to your
own educational setting.
• Using the provided handout begin thinking about and
planning for ways of applying some of the new
resources and strategies to your reading lessons.
• Work on your own (or with a group) and then join
others in this workshop to discuss and share ideas.
Thank you!
Contact Information:
Miriam Burt
[email protected]
Blaire Willson Toso
[email protected]