SIPS: Teacher Training Materials Lisbon 2008 Patricia Lodge

Completed Training Sessions

Teacher’s Toolbox Using mother tongue in the Anna Petrova & Christine Barlow How to Elicit Classroom Management Joanna Sliz & Nina Bilovska Joanna Watson Reducing the Use of Mother Tongue Classroom Mila Angelova

Completed Training Sessions

Pronunciation pick and mix

Teaching pronunciation from teachers’ point of view.

Mila Angelova What does our school believe about Pat Lodge How to create a ‘core list’ of sounds with linked classroom activities Pat Lodge Introducing the phonemic chart Jo Watson

Future sessions

• Concept questions • Error correction • Giving instructions • Process Writing

Response to ‘tasters’

• your immediate reaction to the subject • identify positive and useful points from the taster • Is there anything irrelevant or that would be redundant or already assimilated by your teachers?

• Is there any way that this session could be made more relevant for teachers?

Your chance to influence the development of future teacher training sessions

• How do you ensure that what is introduced in your development sessions is assimilated by teachers into their everyday teaching?

• How do you involve your teachers in this process?

Your chance to influence the development of future teacher training sessions

Think of your own situation: • which specific areas do you wish could be improved/developed/introduced consistently into the overall teaching in your school? • make a list.

Your chance to influence the development of future teacher training sessions

• Compare your list with other teachers and star (*) the areas which are the same as the teachers you have talked to.

• Form groups of 6 and write a prioritised list on the poster paper • Look at all the posters to identify 3 areas which are common to all.

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Would you consider…………………..……………..? • Writing a session alone or with a partner?

• Piloting an existing session?

• Editing a session?

• Piloting a future session?

• Advertising the sessions to local groups?

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