Episode 002: Midterms Cometh SHOW NOTES

The Minimal Pair: Episode 2

Show Notes: The Minimal Pair Title: Midterms Cometh Episode no: 002 Date: February 24, 2014
Introduction: Hello and thanks for listening. This is Episode 2 of The Minimal Pair, recorded on Monday February 14th, 2014 in St. Louis, MO.
Believe it or not, the semester is almost halfway over! I don’t know about you, but between MLK Day, President’s Day, and all the snow days, I’m feeling the pressure to get everything covered in time!
Topics in Language Learning Midterms

• What kinds of classes we have…
• What we do for midterm assessment (in each class)…
• What’s worked and what hasn’t…
• Conferences (how effective are they?)
• Midterm grades
• Time management at midterm and other strategies to get stuff done!

[PAUSE]
Methodology Vocabulary

• Teaching vocab. in different kinds of classes (reading/writing vs. listening/speaking)
  • Intermediate-level journals (word, POS, definition) vs. advanced-level class journals (word, POS, definition, sentence)
  • Listening and note-taking vocab. logs and tests (matching, writing sentences, fill-in the blank) to target different learning types
  • Advanced-level Essay prep: complete the chart by finding examples of how the character is…list of adjectives)
• Parts of Speech & word form issues

[PAUSE]
Adjunct Antics Resources

• Access to course materials
• Curriculum design & collaboration (Dropbox, shared syllabi, BB forum)
• Different libraries
• Blackboard, email, grade input, etc. is different everywhere

SHOUT OUTS: English Expressions & Rolls off the Tongue
TESOL COUNT DOWN: 30 days until we leave!
Keep it minimal!