Online Pedagogical Workshop Archive
The
NMELRC introduced free on-line workshops in 2005 on various aspects of
language pedagogy for teachers of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish
for all involved in the teaching of Middle East languages from
elementary to graduate level. Each lasts less than an hour.
For questions and information about the workshops please contact NMELRC at nmelrc-research@byu.edu.
The files are all quite large, and may take a few minutes to download
to your computer. You can choose to save the file to your hard drive or
watch the movie in your web browser.
Building Reading Fluency in Middle Eastern Languages
January 2005Presented by Dr. Kristen Brustad of Emory University.
In this session, Dr. Brustad taught about defining and setting goals for reading comprehension, interactive reading skills, the role of grammar in reading, and the use of authentic texts. She presented examples of reading texts and activities in both English and Arabic.
Before viewing please download the following table to which she refers during her lecture:
Table 1
This presentation is in a RealPlayer format.
You can review Dr. Brustad's presentation any time by clicking on the following link or by right clicking the link and saving the 409 MB file: http://www.nmelrc.org/documents/brustad.rm.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Online resources: http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/reading/reindex.htm
Print Resources:
1. Brown, H.D. (2001). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (2nd ed.). White Plains, NY: Longman.
2. Carrell, P.L., Devine, J., & Eskey, D.E. (Eds.). (1988). Interactive approaches to second language reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Urquhart, A.H., & Weir, C.J. (1998). Reading in a second language: Process, product, and practice. London and New York: Longman.
4. Swaffar, J., Arens, K., & Byrnes, H. (1991). Reading for meaning: An integrated approach to language learning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
5. Krashen, S.. (1993). The power of reading. Englewood CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Notes:
1. The video might take a few minutes to load. Thank you for your patience.
2. Those interested in viewing this online workshop need the latest free version of RealPlayer installed on a computer that meets the minimum requirements to run RealPlayer. See http://www.real.com to download the free player. Before the webcast, the link which will allow you to view the video will be posted on nmelrc.org.
Creating an Interactive Language Classroom
March 2005
Presented by Dr. Vardit Ringvald of Brandeis University.
Before viewing, please download the following Power Point document to
which she refers during her lecture by clicking on the link below or by
copying the URL below it and pasting it in your web browser address bar:
PowerPoint: Interactive Language Classroom.
* Use Windows Media Player to view the presentation using this link or save the file to your computer: http://www.nmelrc.org/documents/Vardit_Presentation_T1_S.wmv.
NOTE: The video might take a few minutes to load. Thank you for your patience.
Teaching Listening Comprehension
April 2005
Presented by Suzan Ozel.
In April's web broadcast Suzan Ozel spoke on "Teaching Listening Comprehension."
Before viewing, please download the following Microsoft Word document: http://www.nmelrc.org/documents/ozeldoc.doc.
You can download the 123 MB movie file in Windows Media Player format to your computer using this link: http://www.nmelrc.org/documents/suzan.wmv.
NOTE: This video might take a few minutes to load. Thank you for your patience.
Integrating Technology in the Language Classroom May 2005
Presented by Professor Esther Raizen of the University of Texas and Professor Michael Bush of Brigham Young University.
Dr. Bush and Dr. Raizen discuss technology and its place in the language classroom. They present ideas and discuss existing resources. This presentation will be useful to help language teachers with new ideas for integrating technology into their classroom. The presentation is about one hour long.
To watch, click on the link above (movie will open in a new window). You can download the 154 MB file to your computer directly using the following link:
http://www.nmelrc.org/documents/Integrating_Technology.mov.
NOTE: This video might take a few minutes to load. Thank you for your patience.
May 2007
Constructing complexity in the classroom:
Some design criteria for pedagogical systems.
Presented by Dwight Stephens, Ph.D., of Duke University
at the University of Maryland.
Click here to view a PDF from the presentation.