From Novices to Navigators:
Cultivating Agency in Beginning English Language Learners
Friday, October 27, 2023
1:00-4:00 PM (Hybrid: Attend in person or via Zoom)
at First Literacy
160 Boylston Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02116 (across from the Boston Common)
Workshop Description:
Many of our beginning level English language learners are new to classroom learning. In this three-hour practice-oriented workshop we will explore simple tools, activities, routines, and classroom systems to develop our students' “learning-to-learn” skills, so they may become more effective, confident, and self-directed learners in class and beyond.
Workshop Learning Objectives - Participants will be able to:
- Describe systems and routines that help their students to stay organized and focused on learning
- Identify the essential learning strategies they teach in their classes and ways to maximize those strategies
- Implement planning and self-assessment tools students can use in class, for example:
- Learner logs
- Exit tickets
- Recall practice
- Question cards
- Stickie notes
Presenter:
Sarah Lynn is an ESOL instructor, teacher educator and coach, and curriculum developer in the Boston area. She teaches high beginning-level ESOL at the Cambridge Learning Center in Massachusetts.
This workshop is free to staff of all Massachusetts non-profit ABE and ESOL Programs.
Questions with an * are required. Thank you!