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October 23, 2020 at 3 pm MDT - Report Card Writing Dos and Don’ts – using positive reinforcement for successful learners. Limit: 25 participants
The difference between positive reinforcement and berating the work of a student is the difference between success and failure. Choosing words carefully to describe their effort (positive or not so much) is more important than their results in tests, quizzes and exams.
Using examples from her extensive teaching career, Maria will demonstrate how to support and encourage learners who struggle so they too, are successful and fulfil their learning expectations.
This is a 90 minute session consisting of a 30-minute presentation, followed by a hands-on workshop. The regular fee is $30; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
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October 27 & October 29 at 3 pm MDT - Multiple Intelligences and the EQ – an old trend, viewed from a contemporary perspective. Limit: 30 participants
The idea of multiple intelligences was introduced by Howard Gardner in the 1980s describing the different types of “intelligences” that can be connected to different learning styles. While it has revolutionised the teaching world, it also brought forward a lot of unanswered questions: how DO you adapt your teaching to the different learning styles present in our ESL classrooms?
While the answer is not easy to find, through mindfulness and open-mindedness, and using a variety of communication and teaching strategies, Maria will introduce you to unlimited ways to nurture the multiple intelligences of your learners while still catering to the their needs as a group. In this workshop you will identify what helps and what prevents learning in the multiple-intelligent classroom and how to use different teaching styles and techniques in your planning, so your learners participate in the learning process.
This is a 2-day, 90 minute each workshop (180 minutes in total). Part 1 will introduce you to the MI theory in a 30 minute presentation. For the remainder of Parts 1 and 2, Maria will provide you with examples and lesson ideas for the multiple-intelligent classroom. Part 1 is a pre-requisite for Part 2. The regular fee is $60; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
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November 10, 2020 @ 4 pm. MDT - Self-motivation – key factor in successful (adult) education - Limit 25 participants
Self-motivation along with knowing your strengths and weaknesses are key factors in our development, from the first years of life to adulthood and beyond. Changing the workplace, getting married or immigrating to another country shakes our self-trust to the point of denying our ability to function or perform successfully in the new environment.
How many times did we see that happen in our ESL learners? Every time a new type of task is introduced to the learners, or a new teacher greets them, learners relive the “starting over” process and doubt overwhelms them yet again.
Through examples from her teaching career on two continents, Maria will identify what makes our learners doubt themselves and what we, as teachers, instructors and facilitators can do, to help them trust themselves and welcome the new environment with fear of failure.
This is a 90 minute session consisting of a 30-minute presentation followed by a hands-on workshop. The regular fee is $30; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
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November 17, 2020 @ 4 pm - Teaching Business Communication and Workplace Culture in ELT Programs limit - 20 participants
Professionals who immigrate to Canada and that find work soon after their arrival, find it very hard to understand why “my boss gets upset when I call him ‘sir’” or “looking down when I am talked to, upsets my supervisor”. Cultural differences are the most important reason why people lose their jobs or are not able to keep the job for too long.
In all Business Communication for Professionals (BCP) programs Maria taught, she found that the lack of understanding of the cultural differences was the most important factor that prevented these newcomers fit in. In this 90 minute session, Maria will share with you her successes and failures and how she found the balance between using her personal experience and being the “boss” in the classroom as a teaching tool.
This is a 90 minute session consisting of a 30-minute presentation followed by a hands-on workshop. The regular fee is $30; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
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December 1, 2020 @ 4 pm MDT - Using technology to teach English as a Second Language – Limit 20 participants
When the COVID pandemic hit, the entire world moved “online”. Teachers, instructors and facilitators scrambled to find the most appropriate online resources to keep their learners engaged in the learning process, sometimes spending long hours online themselves looking for “stuff”. The list of “materials” continues to grow every day and the search for the appropriate materials become a more and more tedious job.
In this workshop, Maria will share a list of tested and sometimes very little known websites, that can be used in the teaching and learning process with (very) little adaptation. The session will focus on those sections of websites that have proved useful to her learners, as well as provide ideas and ready-to-use lessons that she has taught to her learners, before the pandemic.
This is a 90 minute session consisting of a 30-minute presentation followed by a hands-on workshop. The regular fee is $30; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
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December 3, 2020 at 3 pm MDT - Cultural Intelligence in the ESL/LINC Environment. Limit 30 participants
How to bring the different cultures and learning styles represented by the students in the classroom to a common denominator so that everybody gets involved in the learning process? This is THE question teachers need to answer before they start adapting their teaching to a culturally diverse group. In the world of globalism and multiculturalism, learning to adapt to the different backgrounds of your learners is a remarkable effort, yet a rewarding job when done properly.
Based on the most recent research and using her extensive personal experience, Maria will provide tips and ideas on cultural knowledge, mindfulness and cross-cultural skills and communication strategies across cultures that will enhance your understanding of today’s Global Village – Planet Earth.
This is a 90 minute session consisting of a 30-minute presentation followed by a hands-on workshop. The regular fee is $30; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
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“Real World Tasks” in the time of COVID – various dates
The COVID pandemic has brought the ESL/EAL in-person learning to a standstill. Tens of thousands of learners of different CLB levels had to quickly learn to use technology that was never meant for this purpose and thousands of ESL/EAL teachers added a new skill to their resumes: online teaching. The introduction of the PBLA did not account for a crisis of this magnitude when it started basing teaching on “real world tasks”. The light at the end of the tunnel seems to dim out with the spikes in the number of cases, so online teaching will be the norm for some time to come.
So, how DO we still do the “real word tasks” in an online environment? Through examples and hands-on activities, Maria will help you figure out what the NEW “real world tasks” could look like and how to use them in the classroom, with little change or adaptation after the crisis is gone.
This is a 90 minute session. There is a limit of 25 participants. The regular fee is $30; special fees are available for previous attendees, as well as for booking multiple sessions. To register, send an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the name of the session in the subject line.
All sessions start at 3 pm MDT (Edmonton). The following dates are available:
Literacy: November 6
CLBs 1-2: November 13
CLBs 3-4: November 20
CLBs 6-7: November 27
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Teachers of English as a Second Language - Canada