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I contacted the student to request her help in the Case Study

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I contacted the student to request her help in the Case Study

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" Thank you for mailing me and I am doing good.

I am still in Irvine. I have not decided yet if to stay in California or go back to Japan, but I will stay here until December at least !

"I gladly accept your offer. (Of course!)

I will do anything to help you. It is my pleasure!

However I am unconfident now if I can help you, I will do my best.

"I apologise for the late reply.

I hope you’ll take good care of yourself."

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Filled out by the student.

First Language : Japanese
English proficiency level: Intermediate

Number of years ELL has spent studying English:  2 years

Context where they have studied English: a language school

Why the ELL studies English: To live comfortably in America

Strengths in English:

Weaknesses in English : pronunciation and grammar

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Phonetics / Phonology Research and Assessment

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Phonetics / Phonology Research and Assessment

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I created a passage for the student to read aloud, based on my research on native Japanese speaker pronunciation.

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Ladies and gentlemen! Please take a seat. Thank you for coming to our sixth annual Volkswagen conference. This year's theme, as you know, is Technology in Rural Alaska: Freeze Out the Fiber-Optics.

We have been planning for months and hope you leave here full of knowledge about the electric bus system with full fiber-optic capability that we're installing here in Anchorage, Alaska.

I'd like to hand the microphone over to the source of your grief (laughs nervously). Please welcome my boss. The man, the myth, the legend: Gunter Jurgens!!!
(applause)

Hello, hello. I'm Gunter Jurgens. (wild applause)           Oh my, a standing ovation?! Thank you, but you may sit down. We have a full agenda today, so let's get started. We'll work from now till noon, then break for a light lunch. Afternoon workshops will be from 1 to 5 p.m., followed by a really wonderful meal of sheep and strudel. This evening, we're delighted to announce a guest appearance by the robot stars of the hit show Futurama! (excited cheering from audience)

Now, we are handling today's workshops in a different fashion  than we usually do, so please consult your agendas and let's get started…

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We:
* discussed pronunciation difficulties
* practiced the passage
* did a few tongue twisters

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We :
* discussed Greek + Latin Roots
* manipulated the roots on a padlet
* came up with words for each root
* played a memory game for homework

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I created this game for another class. It was a great resource!

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AES-Vocabulary-Week-1-B is a memory matching game (like Concentration) created by Beth Rose. It has the following match cards: PHOTO, SPIR, LOG / LOGO, GRAPH, VERT / VERS, BIO, PORT, AUD, VID / VIS, CHRON

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Syntax Lesson:                      SVA and Prepositions      

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Syntax Lesson:                      SVA and Prepositions      

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This lesson was asynchronous due to scheduling difficulties. I sent the student two worksheets that we reviewed in the following session.

We:
* communicated throughout the week
* worked on the worksheets on google docs

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Fill in the correct preposition, if needed.

1. I saw you ________ yesterday.
2. We went out ________ a restaurant.
3. Let’s meet ________ next week.
4. Are you going ________ the beach today?
5. I’m going ________ home.

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Fill in the blank with the correct verb.

1. That student _____(copy) his homework.
2. That girl _____(do) not like this school.
3. Collecting keys _____(be)  a popular hobby.

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We
* watched a youtube video that highlighted collocations

* wrote down as many as we could remember

* created a dialogue on a google doc using the collocations

*read the dialogue aloud to achieve comfort with the collocations

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An excerpt from our collocations dialogue

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An excerpt from our collocations dialogue

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A: One thing that's cool about many sports players is that they try to make a difference by creating charities or youth organizations. In your opinion, how can sports players help young kids?

B:  They can teach how sports are fantastic, because they have a passion for the game.

A: Yes! If you practice karate, for example, you can learn how important it is to do your best.

It will also encourage you to keep your hair neat and clean. By the way, Beth, have you had a haircut since the quarantine started?

Beth: (sobbing) No, because I am growing my hair. I am making an effort to let it grow! :) How about you? Do you get your nails done in quarantine?

A: No, but I did them by myself. It made a mess.

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We:

* talked for a long time about cultural differences between Japanese and Americans.

* reviewed some idioms

* used the idioms in a dialogue

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B:  I felt like a fish out of water when I visited the astrophysicist convention in Finland.

A: So do I. I would fall asleep in a minute. The rule of thumb is to pretend like I am interested in the topic.

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A: My husband wants to buy a big house! We will be broke!

B: Wow! He needs to make an effort to make money.

A: The rule of thumb is that you should spend 30% of your income on your housing expenses.

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A: My friend and I went to a restaurant. She wanted to share her food with me so she gave me food chopstick-to-chopstick. But I couldn't do that because that’s against Japanese rule of thumb.

B: Oh, I see!

A: Yes.  It feels like a fish out of water.

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In our Research Methods class, we are tasked with (among other things) finding our own philosophy.. It was difficult at first to narrow it down.

I found that creating these discrete, highly stylized lessons in our 540 class is really helpful in pointing me toward the specific points of my own philiosophy of teaching and learning..

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Ultimately, it's a gift to get to interact with people from other cultures. It's hands down my favorite part of teaching.