TESL Waterloo-Wellington

LOCAL PD EVENT - HOSTED BY TESL ONTARIO (https://teslontario.org/in-person-events/)

This session contextualizes and operationalizes key tenets of the action-oriented approach, providing attendees with opportunities to consider applications of this cutting-edge educational research in their own teaching contexts.

The first part of the session presents a background of the key concepts behind the Action-oriented Approach (Piccardo & North, 2020), including the notions of agency, affordances, and mediation, as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Companion Volume (Council of Europe, 2020).

The second part of the session invites participants to engage in and create action-oriented tasks, which will include
the creation and use of real-world learning scenarios
the notion of backward design with the use of “can-do” descriptors, student self-assessment and awareness-raising mediation rubrics, and the production of an action-oriented artifact.

Participants will leave with an understanding of what the action-oriented approach is, why it benefits language learning, and how it can be used in English language classrooms in various curricular contexts.

TESL Ontario members will receive four (4) PD hours for their participation.

Refreshments and light lunch included in registration fee.

Registration Fees
$49.00 (plus taxes) – TESL Ontario Member
$69.00 (plus taxes) – Non-Member

A special 20% group discount rate is available – $200.00 (plus taxes) for five (5) registrants. To purchase a group registration, please contact [email protected].

If you're interested please visit - https://continuing-education.conestogac.on.ca/programs/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-tesl and contact the program coordinator.