The Minimal Pair: Episode 2

Show Notes: The Minimal Pair

Title: Midterms Cometh

Episode no: 002

Date: February 24, 2014

Introduction: Hello and thanks for

listening. This is Episode 2 of The Minimal Pair, recorded on Monday

February 14th, 2014 in St. Louis, MO.

Believe it or not, the semester is

almost halfway over! I don’t know about you, but between MLK Day,

President’s Day, and all the snow days, I’m feeling the pressure

to get everything covered in time!

Topics in Language Learning

Midterms

What kinds of classes we have…

What we do for midterm assessment

(in each class)…

What’s worked and what hasn’t…

Conferences (how effective are

they?)

Midterm grades

Time management at midterm and

other strategies to get stuff done!

[PAUSE]

Methodology

Vocabulary

Teaching vocab. in different kinds

of classes (reading/writing vs. listening/speaking)

Intermediate-level journals (word, POS,

definition) vs. advanced-level class journals (word, POS, definition, sentence)

Listening and note-taking vocab. logs and tests

(matching, writing sentences, fill-in the blank) to target

different learning types

Advanced-level Essay prep: complete the

chart by finding examples of how the character is…list of

adjectives)

Parts of Speech & word form

issues

[PAUSE]

Adjunct Antics

Resources

Access to course materials

Curriculum design & collaboration (Dropbox, shared

syllabi, BB forum)

Different libraries

Blackboard, email, grade input,

etc. is different everywhere

SHOUT OUTS: English Expressions & Rolls off the Tongue

TESOL COUNT DOWN: 30 days until we

leave!

Keep it minimal!