我們的團隊 The Advisory English Team of Taichung City

109學年度-臺中市語文領域國中英語輔導團團員
召集人	向上國中林翠茹校長	兼任輔導員	大德國中鄭維源老師
副召集人	溪南國中張倉漢校長	兼任輔導員	大墩國中簡慧琳老師
副召集人	北勢國中張清欽校長	兼任輔導員	梧棲國中張世賢老師
副召集人	豐陽國中蔡瑞昌校長	兼任輔導員	大甲國中莊雅蘭老師
專任輔導員	光明國中李國禎老師	兼任輔導員	漢口國中陳敬容老師
兼任輔導員	大道國中曾靜榕老師	兼任輔導員	大雅國中羅峻豐老師
歷任輔導團輔導員

2022/05/17

A Seminar on Incorporating Picture Books into TESOL

About the Instructor:

1. Master of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University

2. In-service English teacher at Kaohsiung Municipal Houjing Junior High School

It is our honor to invite Kitty Lee, an expert on English picture book-assisted language teaching, sharing her ideas on how to incorporate into English classroom.

At the beginning of the the seminar, Kitty read the picture book entitled The Wonder Walkers for us participants. Personally speaking, picture books have the following benefits. Firstly, compared to English novels, the vocabulary and sentence patterns in picture books are relatively fixed. Secondly, picture books help boost social-emotional learning. Also, we TESOL practitioners can integrate social issues into English teaching. Lastly, we English teachers can develop CLIL curriculum with art teachers since the illustrations in picture books are so delicate and beautiful.

Besides, Kitty mentions the reason for her to promote English picture books is that they help guard the authenticity of the language. We readers can get to know more about the importance of language use (Pragmatics) in different contexts.

In the process of attending the seminar, I could understand how enthusiastic Kitty feels for picture books. She has read thousands of picture books and has classified these books into different themes. Therefore, we English teachers can save a lot of time scavenging suitable picture books.

If you are interested in Kitty's book recommendations, please click on the following link.

2022/04/26

2022.04.26 跨域閱讀探索新學習

蔡鈺伶老師

講師簡介

新北市英語輔導團專任輔導員

永和國中英語教師

講師PPT：跨域閱讀探索新學習

今天非常高興再次邀請到蔡鈺伶老師與我們分享如何將議題融入實際教學中，並透過實作，讓所有與會的輔導員及老師更加印象深刻。

老師先介紹Readworks這個網站，網站中有許多英語文章，可依照學生程度的不同做篩選，文章的內容會包括Passage、Vocabulary activity、Question set、Ebook等資源，老師可以透過這些資源設計課程。

接下在介紹臺灣測驗中心這個網站，免費提供有關全民英檢、國中會考、學科能力測驗和指定科目考試等相關英語資訊。

接著老師分享推動英語閱讀教學時，利用Storyjumper這個網站讓學生能動手做故事書，並透過唸故事及錄音後，做成屬於自己的有聲故事書。

最後老師分享自己與地球科學跨域的課程設計及教學活動，透過Canva設計圖卡加深同學的印象，自己排列行星的順序更覺得有趣。

透過今天講師的分享與解說，讓我們對於跨域的教學有更深的了解，有透過活動知道老師如何設計及在課堂上實際操作的經驗，期待下次蔡老師在與我們分享更多的課程與教學經驗。

2022/04/13

Workshop on Digital Technology in Language Teaching

About the instructor:

1. Researcher at English Center located in New Taipei City

2. Bachelor degree in literature at National Chung Hsing University

Research Interest:

1. Storybooks in the classroom

2. Computer-Assisted Language Teaching, CALL

3.English Writing

4. Board Game Designing

It's our honor to invite Bunny Hsieh, researcher at English Center in New Taipei City, talking about digital technology in language classroom today. The term digital technology refers to technology relying on computer chips--to distinguish it from more standard forms of educational technology, such as overhead projectors or even chalkboards. It is critical to recognize that, when we talk about classroom technology, we are no longer limited to thinking only about computers but an assortment of devices ranging from the smallest programmable smartpen to the desktop tower computer.

Take ClassDojo, a beautiful, safe, simple communication app for teachers, parents, and students, for example, she states that it is so useful for English teachers for improving behaviors, sharing data, and saving time.

Also, interactive storybooks help to boost students' reading comprehension on the story line. Storybooks are usually written in rhyme and rhythm. They help students develop auditory discrimination, listening skills, and phonemic awareness.

At last, Bunny mentioned that Padlet is a powerful tool for us English teachers to use. Padlet is a great tool for tracking class updates. By using it in the classroom, we can track current and upcoming class assignment's topics and their due dates. In addition, we can design and place greeting cards with personal messages.

We are all TESOL practitioners. By applying digital technology in our language classes, we could make our English classes much more interesting and vivid. Let's give it a try!

For more information on Padlet, please click on the following links.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3cmwvIcLTI

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGllqUKrrEo

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsgFlE9uMms