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This poster introduces Green Tea: A Communicative OER for Intermediate English Skill.
It includes...

Why we created an OER

Who should use Green Tea

What you'll find in Green Tea

What students say about Green Tea

Extra: On 5/14/21, from 1-2 pm, we will be in the Symposium Q&A room 5 with others discussing OER for language learning. Come visit! Free virtual green tea provided.

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Green Tea: A Communication OER for Intermediate English Skills 

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Green Tea: A Communication OER for Intermediate English Skills 

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Direct Link to GoogleDoc: https://tinyurl.com/greenteaoer

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Green Tea - Intermediate English Communication Skills OER

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Academic Vocabulary & Communication Strategies

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Academic Vocabulary & Communication Strategies

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Sample Vocabulary Activities

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Comments about the interesting topics and consistent use of vocabulary earn top billing on course reviews.

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Example Activities: Introverts and Extroverts

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Example Activities: Introverts and Extroverts

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Eric shows how he uses resources and activities in the Green Tea unit on Personality.

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Example sequence: from taking notes to giving a short speech

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Luciana Diniz is an ESOL instructor at Portland Community College. She has an MA and PhD in Applied Linguistics from Georgia State University and is one of the co-authors of the OER Green Tea.

Eric Dodson teaches ESOL at Portland Community College and Citizenship and English with SOAR Immigration Legal Services. He has also taught English in China, and earned his MA TESOL at Portland State University.

Nanci Leiton teaches ESOL at Portland Community College and serves on the Board of the Oregon affiliate of TESOL. She founded Village ESOL and directed Sunset ESL, two community-based English programs. She's taught English in Latvia and Ecuador and earned her MA TESOL from the University of Washington.

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This is our journey from using traditional textbooks to creating an Open Education Resource.

1. We realized that Communication textbooks are too expensive for ESOL students. We also had to supplement extensively no matter which textbook we adopted.

2. We wanted to use themes that were engaging and level-appropriate. YouTube videos were helpful but didn't really include all the components that we were looking for in a lecture or listening passage.

3. We tried several themes and Youtube videos and selected the topics that were successful with our classes.

4. We applied for an OER grant to develop Green Tea.

5. We developed our own videos and lessons based on the selected topics. All materials are available in the GoogleDoc!

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Our profound thanks to Open Oregon for supporting this work financially, Jen Klaudinyi for guiding this work (and for the instrumental Equity and Open Education Cohort!), Julie Kopet at PCC for setting aside funding for part time faculty to contribute to the OER, PCC Media Services and Marc Cole for making the lecture recordings possible, and Davida Jordan, Sarah Bailie, and others who have adopted or tested out this work. Thank you!