Small group for Modern Foreign Languages, TESOL, ELT, LOTE educators?

[Ted O’Neill]

I wonder if there will be enough people teaching languages to form up a useful and interesting group to pursue some of the issues or practices especially relevant to us?

I teach EFL at university in Japan, and sometimes like to get out of the English teaching “bubble” to exchange ideas with teachers in k-12 general education or other subjects in higher ed. But, I find I get a lot out of conversing with my ELT peers and teachers of Spanish, Indonesian, or any other language as well.

Anybody? How and where to set up? G+ circle perhaps?

[garymotteram]

I work in the field of TESOL, I’m a teacher trainer at the University of Manchester in the UK. I have advertised this course to my students, so there is a chance that some of them will want to join in.

[teflteacheruk]

I teach on using technology and media in TESOL at Westminster University, UK, and teach EAP at another institution. I was hoping there would be some other EFL tutors on this course. I’m glad I’ve found you.

I think a google+ circle is a nice idea.

 

[LauraMcLoughlin]

Hi, I teach Italian (both in class and online) at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Glad to join this group. Google+ is good and easy to use.

Looking forward to this course.

[rangRose]

Hello,

I teach Irish (Translation Studies) at National University of Ireland, Galway and have garnered experience in both traditional and online teaching down through the years.

I have a keen interest in language learning methodologies and technologies, and I am currently pursuing my PhD in animated storytelling.

Laura and I are colleagues (!) here in NUIG and are currently working on a language learning platform called ClipFlair (www.clipflair.net).

I am delighted to be part of this group and look forward to the road ahead!

[Wulin Ma]

I do like CALL research and have been in this research area for several years. However, what I found is technology do can help teach in an effective way,but how effective it is I really don’t know but it seems not so good as it is expected in a general way. I hope we can solve this problem in the future.

[David Read]

Seems to be plenty of ESL/EAP teachers around, I teach EAP at the University of Sheffield. As for Google+, I did set up a G+ Community for the OCTEL course generally and we could have a subsection within that for EFL/EAP teachers. The Community is here and the subsection (which I just added now!) is here . I thought it might be better to have it part of a larger community as I’m sure things we discuss might be relevant to the wider community. Anyhow, let me know what you think!

[CarmeRodriguez]

I teach Catalan and Spanish at the University of Liverpool. I am glad to join this group. Hello Gary, we met a few years ago :-).

[Ted O’Neill]

Hi Carme,

I just had my first visit to Barcelona last month and loved it. Continued on to Valencia and Seville for the INTED2013 and TESOL-Spain Conferences. It was an amazing visit and now really feel like I should try to study some Spanish. Never too late, is it?

Ted

[CvetankaWalter]

Hi Everyone,

I am Cvetanka. I teach (Business) English as a foreign language to adults in Germany. I am making the first with technology in my courses. I offer Moodle activities in addition to my f2f classes this semester and I would like to learn more in the field.

[McrKayla]

Hi

I’m one of Gary’s students on the MA Educational Technology and TESOL at the University of Manchester. By day I’m also a Learning Technologist at the same HEI. (Hello Gary – thanks for the links!)

This is my first MOOC and I’m pleased to see a group for those interested in language learning and teaching. I look forward to seeing more here and in the Google+ circle.

Kayla

[CvetankaWalter]

Hi,

I am currently in Lancaster taking part at the residential of the PhD programme in e-research & technology enchanced learning.

I am new in the field but I am very interested in creating useful activities on Moodle.

So I am happy to be on this course with you. It is the first of this kind for me.

Cvetanka

[AlmudenaSanchez]

Hi

I teach Spanish at London Metropolitan University and I have been developing learning materials for blended learning (Blackboard) for a few years.

Last year I had the opportunity of “experimenting” with TEL in a SEDA accredited module delivered online and I thought the whole event fascinating.  I would like to learn more about what it is like to be an online learner so that I can develop distance learning courses for learning Spanish.

 

[Ted O’Neill]

Hi Kayla,

 

Gary mentioned a few students were at IATEFL in Liverpool. Wish I could have gone. Were you part of that group?

 

Ted

[McrKayla]

Hi Ted

Unfortunately work kept me in Manchester (I’m not a full-time student), but I was there virtually, courtesy of Twitter and some interesting online presentations. Have you seen any of the presentations? I looked out for David Crystal’s as I know from past experience that he is an engaging speaker, and for Jim Scrivener’s “Demand High” sessions, as I am a keen reader of the Demand High ELT blog (http://demandhighelt.wordpress.com/).

I particularly enjoyed the session on One-to-one learning: handheld devices in technology-supported English learning by  Michael Carrier… and this seems particularly relevant to some areas I’m “reading myself into” for my studies.

Best wishes

Kayla

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