Fall 2006 Pilot Online Course with "Shaping the Way We Teach English" Materials

Overview

A new offering from the Office of English Language Programs, "Shaping the Way We Teach English" is a 14-module video series for training English as a Foreign Language (EFL) educators. The series incorporates classroom scenes from around the world and is accompanied by a teacher trainer manual along with additional readings.

The U.S. Department of State Office of English Language Programs, in cooperation with the University of Oregon's American English Institute, is pleased to offer this pilot online course for EFL educators Fall 2006. Modules from the new "Shaping the Way We Teach English" product form the basis for observations, interactions, discussions, and the creation of teaching plan projects. Teams of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) educators from 15 countries throughout the Middle East, Near East, and Central Asia are cooperating in this innovative and exciting online project.

Project Showcase

Examples of projects produced by participants in the course are available below. Click on PDF for Adobe Acrobat Reader files or DOC for MS Word files. [Adobe Acrobat Reader is freely available online].

PDF Zebo Murodova & Karomat Juraeva Module 1 Contextualizing Language, w/ 14-15-year-olds.
PDF Nisreen Naji & Shorouq Fakhouri Module 2 Building Language Awareness, w/ 15-16-year-olds.

PDF Salem Saadeh & Sumayah Khasawneh Module 3 Integrating Skills, w/ 19-21-year-olds.

PDF Yayra Abduraimova & Rima Ambartsyuman Module 3 Integrating Skills, w/ 19-21-year-olds.

PDF Ann Hansen & Khulud Asad Module 3 Integrating Skills, w/ 17-18-year-olds.

PDF Ameera Balushi & Noora Al-Sabah Module 3 Integrating Skills, w/ 16-17-year-olds.

PDF Ali Sulail & Mohammed Abbas Ali Module 3 Integrating Skills, w/ 16-year-olds.

PDF Karima Mehanny & Mohamed Farouk Ali Module 3 Integrating Skills, w/ 12-15-year-olds.

PDF Nafisa Bintayeh & Muna Al-Gunaid Module 3 Integrating Skills & 6 Managing Lg. Classes, w/ 19-20-year-olds.

PDF Khadija Al-Hayki & Qadriya Saleh Module 3 Integrating Skills & 6 Managing Lg. Classes, w/ 7-8-year-olds.

PDF Qadriya Saleh & Khadija Al-Hayki Module 3 Integrating Skills & 9 Critical Thinking, w/ 7-11-year-olds.

PDF Abdellatif Zoubair & Mohammed Hassim Module 4 Pair and Group Work, w/ 15-16-year-olds.

PDF Hala Moukayed & Shaza Debbaneh Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ university students.

PDF Maissa Mahfouz & Maha Otari Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ 18-year-olds.

PDF Stephanie Cole & Imane Nejjar Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ 17-18-year-olds.

PDF Lina Bayazid & Waheeda Said Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ 14-15-year-olds.

PDF Salwa Al-Mana & Waheeda Said Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ 14-15-year-olds.

PDF Shorouq Fakhouri & Nisreen Naji Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ 13-14-year-olds.

PDF Natalia Tsukanova & Ainuru Jolchieva Module 6 Managing Large Classes, w/ 12-16-year-olds.

PDF Imane Nejjar & Stephanie Cole Module 6 Managing Large Classes & 8 Authentic Mats., w/ 16-18-year-olds.

PDF Shaza Debbaneh & Hala Moukayed Module 8 Authentic Materials, w/ adult students.

PDF Ali Sulail & Mohammed Abbas Ali Module 8 Authentic Materials, w/ 16-17-year-olds.

PDF Muna Al-Gunaid & Nafisa Bintayeh Module 8 Authentic Materials, w/ 15-16-year-olds.

PDF Rima Ambartsumyan & Yayra Abduraimova Module 8 Authentic Materials, w/ 15-year-olds.

PDF Anna Fatneva & Natalia Tsukanova Module 8 Authentic Materials, w/ 14-17-year-olds.

PDF Qadriya Saleh & Khadija Al-Hayki Module 8 Authentic Materials, w/ 10-11-year-olds.

PDF Saule Abdygapparova & Larissa Petrova Module 8 Authentic Materials & 9 Critical Thinking, w/ 17-19-year-olds.

PDF Larissa Petrova & Saule Abdygapparova Module 8 Authentic Materials & 9 Critical Thinking, w/ 13-14-year-olds.

PDF Rana Yildirim & Hasan Bedir Module 9 Critical Thinking Skills, w/ 20-21-year-old pre-service teachers.

PDF Ameera Balushi & Noora Al-Sabah Module 9 Critical Thinking Skills, w/ 16-17-year-olds.

PDF Rasha Halat & Ghina Al-Badawi Module 9 Critical Thinking Skills, w/ 16-17-year-olds.

PDF Noora Al-Sabah & Ameera Al-Baluchi Module 9 Critical Thinking Skills, w/ 16-17-year-olds.

Project Template

The template for these projects is also available in PDF and DOC formats.

Sample Modules

Sample video, manual, and reading materials are freely available online for Module 6 Managing Large Classes and Module 8 Authentic Materials.

Product Information

"Shaping the Way We Teach English" is produced for overseas use and is available only outside the United States. For ordering information, contact a Regional English Language Officer in your area or your local U.S. Embassy, Public Affairs.