7/31/2018
Re: Workshop – “The Internet, the CEFR, & Learning Styles & Strategies for University English Professors teaching at levels A1-B1”
Dear English Dept. Director:
Workshop summary
The workshop lasts 50 minutes and is for university professors. Through Power Point, I explain how to connect the basic skills objectives of the CEFR standards with free online materials and student texts in English, and how to use learning styles and strategies in the classroom.
In the workshop I focus on introducing free materials from the Internet to the students for extra study and helping teachers teach learning strategy skills in daily lessons. At the end of the workshop I also distribute a large archive to share with the students with free English study websites for levels A1 – B2.
Depending on the time allowed, there are a number of possibilities for follow-up activities and I would be happy to work with the workshop director in this regard. There is a series of handouts to support the workshop instruction with a detailed bibliography.
The long-term purpose of the workshop
The long-term purpose of the workshop is to encourage ONU to provide an ILL website that provides ELP training and list the websites to facilitate it. They would provide a site in support of their 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality education. To motivate ONU to do so, I will ask the workshop host if the participants can take part in the project by completing voluntary and anonymous workshop evaluations. If not, I would still appreciate the opportunity to present the workshop to the professors.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Workshop Optional and Anonymous Participant Evaluation
In support of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (UNSD): Quality Education
This workshop was free and voluntary to attend. This evaluation is primarily used to determine if you feel it is not a problem to find good language learning study materials on the internet, or if you believe a dedicated independent language learning website with an updated table of contents and index for the large number of available sites would help you more. If the evaluations favor a special website, I will submit them to the UN under the request of UNSD 4 for Quality Education.
Please return this form to the presenter at the end of the workshop.
Workshop Details
Workshop Title: “The Internet, the CEFR, and Learning Styles and Strategies for University English Professors Teaching at A1-B1 Levels”
Date: __________ Instructor: _________________________ Email: ____________________________
Participants’ Company, Institute, or Organization: _________________________________ Location: _________________________________________________________________
Evaluation Questions
SCORING:
- The AOK file of English language learning websites with several hundred annotated sites seems very practical to use. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Good information for learning English on the internet is found across many disconnected sites. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- I would like there to be a dedicated Independent Language Learning (ILL) website with a table of contents and an updated index. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
I received a good introduction on how to be able to explain to students:
- How to connect the CEFR standards with free online materials and student texts. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- How to use learning styles and strategies. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Open Feedback
- What did you most appreciate / enjoy / think was best about the workshop? Any suggestions for improvement? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
Thank you!
Informal Workshop Summary for the Coordinator
In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (UNSD): Quality Education
I am a retired English teacher, and this was a free, voluntary adult education workshop. The immediate purpose was to explain how to use the internet to support an English course textbook and to introduce several of the foreign language study techniques from the European Language Portfolio (ELP). However, it’s often hard to use the internet due to the sheer number of free language learning sites. Which ones are the best for you? There’s no updated index or table of contents. If the optional and anonymous workshop evaluations agree with this analysis, I will use them to try to encourage the United Nations to offer an “Independent Language Learning (ILL)” website for all language students. This would help promote their UNSD education goal. Thank you for your hospitality and participation.
Workshop Details
Workshop Title: “The Internet, the CEFR, and Learning Styles and Strategies for University English Professors Teaching at A1-B1 Levels”
Date: __________ Instructor: _____________________ Email: ________________________
Workshop Coordinator: ________________________ Signature: _______________________ (optional)
Company, Institute, or Organization: ___________________________________________
Location: ________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ________________________
Number of Workshop Participants: _______
Coordinator Comments
What did you most appreciate / think was best about the workshop? Any suggestions for improvement?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Thank you!