This is the powerpoint for a post-convention institute at TESOL 2010 in Boston. It was a very experiential four-hour session, so the ppt conveys a limited portion of the content.
1. Essentials of Teaching Conversation TESOL 2010, Boston Kitty Purgason, Ph.D. Department of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Cook School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University, California
Experience three different ways of running a conversation class, while talking about “topics and prompts.”
See the handout on “conversation cards—gifts”
See the handout on “friendship.”
These instructions are a way of doing question cards in a large class with fixed seats. In the PCI, we did it a little differently.
Role of writing Contests and competition? Time limits Conversation in the community with EIL users Giving instructions (first explain, then put into groups? Demo up front) Grouping: random? Purposeful? Timing? Grading Report phase
We didn’t have time to do this, but someone asked about at the end of the PCI.