English Teaching Workshop by Ian Yi-Syuan Sia

Aims of the workshop

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Aims of the workshop:

1. Promote students’ thinking, inquiry, and understanding of real-world issues.

2. Incorporate key concepts into units and lessons to foster deep conceptual understanding.

3. Adopt strategies that encourage thinking and inquiry in lessons and activities.

Q1

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1. What do these tasks aim to develop, and what key elements are included in them?

Q2

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2. What language skills do students apply?

Q3

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What issue-related concepts are incorporated into the tasks?

Questions to Consider Before Unit Planning

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Questions to Consider Before Unit Planning:

1. To what extent are the following important in your English classes?

2. How do you promote these in your students?

3. When should they be incorporated into your lessons?

(1) Thinking

(2) Inquiry

(3) Understanding of global issues

(4) Learner attributes

Post your ideas in each block

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Post your ideas in each block

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Format

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Language skills:

Issue-related concepts:

Application Goals

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1. Thinking skills and strategies

2. Big ideas and concept exploration

3. Topic Introductory Task (to engage students and set the stage for deeper inquiry)

4. Summative Task / Inquiry Projects (to assess students’ understanding and ability to apply what they have learned)

3. Topic Introductory Task

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to engage students and set the stage for deeper inquiry

2. Big ideas and concept exploration

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Outline the concepts to be incoporated in the unit.

4. Summative Task / Inquiry Projects

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to assess students’ understanding and ability to apply what they have learned

1. Thinking skills and strategies

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Find pictures and use thinking routines.

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Tasks & Learning Objectives

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Example

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Unit Planning - Aspects to consider

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Introductory & Summative Tasks

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Process of Inquiry

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Critical Reading & Critical Thinking

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Initial Survey

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Inquiry-Based Teaching Strategies

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https://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines

Concepts vs. Facts

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Application Tasks

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See, Think, Wonder

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Connect, Extend, Challenge

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1. Perspectives

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Perspectives

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Identifying Big Ideas

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Designing introductory and summative tasks

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Designing introductory and summative tasks

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// Demarcation //

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Group Lists & Topic Lists

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Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Topic Lists

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Technology
Media Literacy
Natural Disasters

Text Simplification

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Simplifying the texts

Text Simplification

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Articles for Natural Disasters

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Articles for Technology

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Articles for Media Literacy

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Text 01 Smart Home Technology

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Text 02 Drones

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Text 03 Fake News

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Text 04 Be Careful of Scams!

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Text 05 Australia Fires

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Text 06 Big Fires Hit Hawaii

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Questioning Types

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Unit Planning

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Curriculum Design Principles

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Unit Planning

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Slido

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https://app.sli.do/event/6yPsmFDC6emtjqQcpJSxZn

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// Demarcation //