Orientation Schedule

C&I 6973/ESL 6973

Language and Cultural Engagement in Thailand

Orientation Schedule (Hua Hin)

Sunday, July 15

Arrive Hua Hin 11:00, check in hotel rooms, lunch, free time

Afternoon Session 2:00 – 5:30

· Overview, housekeeping stuff (30 minutes) – (Schultz)

· Instructor Presentation on Oral Language Development (Wright) (1 hour)

· Students lead discussions on textbook chapters: (2 hours; about 20 minutes each)

Robin, Renee and Adrianna – Morley, Aural Comprehension Instruction: Principles and Practices (p. 69)

Fernando and Meghan – Peterson, Skills and Strategies for Proficient Listening (p. 87)

Patricia and Priscilla – Lazzarton, Teaching Oral Skills (p. 103)

Ryan and Lisa – Goodwin, Teaching Pronunciation (p. 117)

Angela and Shereen – Peck, Developing Children’s Listening and Speaking ESL (p. 139)

· Interactive Journal Entry

Evening: Free

Assignment: Go through Oral Language Notebook and identify activities you would like to use in your lesson plans

Monday, July 16

Morning Session 8:30 – 12:00 (3.5 hours)

· Thai Language Lesson (20 minutes)

· Presentation on Interaction Strategies (1.5 hours) (Wright)

· Lesson Planning (1.5 hours) – (Perrotta and Schultz)

Afternoon Session 1:00 – 4:30 (3.5 hours)

· Thai Lesson (20 minutes)

· Work on developing 6 Lesson Plans

o At least 2 fully developed plans

o 4 plans sketched out

· Interactive Journal Entry

Evening: Free

Assignment: Review selected activities from notebook (or your own activities) and determine what materials need to be created to teach lesson.

Tuesday 7/17

Morning Session 8:30 – 12:00 (3.5 hours)

· Thai Language Lesson (20 minutes)

· Presentation on Thai Culture, History, and Education System (Shultz and Thai educators from Hadsamran School in Trang)

· Make-and Take materials for lesson plans

Afternoon Session 1:00 – 4:30 (3.5 hours)

· Thai Language Lesson (20 minutes)

· Presentation of lessons (about 15 to 20 minutes per student)

o Describe the six lessons

o Teach part of one of the lessons to the group

· Interactive Journal Entry

Evening: Free

Wednesday 7/18

8:30 a.m. Depart for Trang

Other Assignment Due Dates

Due Dates for Daily Interactive Journal entries and Reading Reflections (for remaining Text Book Chapters):

July 24^th

Interactive Journal Entries for July 18 – July 23

Reading Reflections for readings marked on syllabus for Week 2

August 1^st

Interactive Journal Entries for July 24 – July 31

Reading Reflections for readings marked on syllabus for Week 3

August 10^th

Final Paper

Post Program Evaluation Form