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1.       Review readings

2.       Break-out groups - 10 minutes

3.       Return to class and debrief - 2 mins/group

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Each group will get a sample text to discuss with an eye to the readings.

Pick a group:

Group 1: Learner Motivation

Group 2: Meaning Expression/Communication

Group 3: Conceptualizing Language Learning

Group 4: Critical Classroom

Directions:

1.       Join your group

2.       Discuss the text with an eye to the readings.

Some direction questions are there to guide discussion.

3.       Take notes summarizing your discussion to the padlet, for class use.

Appoint one person to speak for your group in the debrief for 2 minutes.

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Group 4: Critical Classroom - Spot The Rat!   

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Group 4: Critical Classroom - Spot The Rat!   

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The Situation:  In a grade 12U biology class, while reading and working through a chapter from our textbook on homeostasis and the endocrine system, the students and the teacher came across a problematic passage.  The passage discusses a noted epidemic of Type 2 diabetes amongst Indigenous people to this land.

Action: Students and teacher embarked on a mission to “spot the rat” or in other words - detect omissions, deletions, errors and missing perspectives that maintained a (not so) quiet negative, stereotyped view of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Critical Discussion Questions

What explanation was given for the Diabetes crisis within Indigenous communities?

Which point of view does this analysis come from?

What point of view is not heard/represented?

What information was left out of this explanation?

What biases can you detect in this passage?

What stereotypes are reinforced in this article?

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Below is a sample "topic-based outcome" (click to enlarge) from a Canadian Adult ESL Curriculum text from 2000.
Review the below and discuss with your groupmates the notion of language learning and learner motivation. Specifically: what kind of learner motivation would you expect that outcomes such as these would address?

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Group 2 - Meaning Expression/Communication

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Group 2 - Meaning Expression/Communication

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Below is a sample "topic-based outcome" (click to enlarge) from a Canadian Adult ESL Curriculum planning text from 2000.
Review the below and discuss with your groupmates:
- the post-structural theme of expression and communication of meaning
- how these outcomes contribute to the development of an ELL's critical consciousness as a Canadian.

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Group 3 - Conceptualizing Language Learning

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Group 3 - Conceptualizing Language Learning

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Below is a “sample unit planning chart” (click to enlarge) from a Canadian Adult ESL Curriculum Planning text from 2000.
Review and discuss with your groupmates:
- how can language learning could be conceptualized while following a unit plan such as this?