BESIG+2012+EVO+Session

Here are the ideas so far for a BESIG 2012 EVO session course. Please add ideas and your contact details if you would like to contribute by leading a session or helping out.


 * __Possible syllabus__**

__Week 1__ Introductions and basics. Online BE material for teachers/students (websites, downloads) and setting up a class blog/wiki/grouply/yahoo grps

__Week 2__ Blended learning. Using the internet in class. Adapting authentic materials, creating class exercises, online presentations, presentation feedback loops

__Week 3__ 1 to 1 teaching and small groups. Teaching via Skype/YIM/Second Life.

__Week 4__ Building Self access/study BE materials.

__Week 5__ Wrap up: Presenting work and discussing the future of BE and technology. Possibly ipads, English 360, m-learning.

Every week should have a couple of tasks, some background reading, 1/2 webconferences and be suitable for teachers of teenagers, students and Business people. It should make BE accessable and interesting for teachers and students. It could also offer extras in Business content such as Marketing topics.

__**Topics/Activities**__

Negotiations/Meetings/Conferences Tech in the class Teaching corporate students Making BE fun/interesting for younger learners ESP Using videos/cameras Case studies Business games

__**Contributors (with email addresses)**__ __**Mercedes Viola (mercedesviola@4d.edu.uy) ﻿**__

This is a mail I recently received showing interest in a BESIG course:

Dear Phil,

You showed interest in offering an Electronic Village Online session on Business English. This is an excellent topic for a session and we highly encourage you to develop the idea into a session proposal.

The guidelines and form are available in the links provided below.

We can't wait to see your proposal. Do you think this could be a BESIG IATEFL featured session, as many of the names you suggested are part of the group?

Let us know if you have any questions.

Carla EVO Coordinating Team http://collablogatorium.blogspot.com Contributor of http://pocketcultures.com

The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers world-wide the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL 2012 Convention in Philadelphia. The free 5-week sessions allow participants to engage in online discussion and/or short hands-on workshops on topics of professional interest in the field of ESL/EFL. For further information on how to become a moderator of one of our sessions, please visit our Call for Proposals page at: <@http://evosessions.pbworks.com/Call-for-Proposals-2012> Feel free to forward this Call for Proposals to other e-lists. **Thank you for helping us spread the word**. To see what types of sessions were offered in the past, please go to <@http://evosessions.pbworks.com/EVO-Previous-Sessions>

Sincerely, Carla Arena

EVO Coordinator http://evosessions.pbworks.com