It’s surprising how many teachers do not do any type of pre-reading activities to ramp up student interest prior to cracking open a book. Fellow Rob O’Leary lead off the webinar by telling participants of being forced (FORCED!) to read “Wuthering Heights’ in high school without any sort of pre-reading activities to generate interest. He never was (and never will be) interested in this novel. In the webinar he shared some of his favorite pre-reading activities such as Speed Dating, Tea Party, Anticipatory Guide, and Novel Ideas Only. Participants from throughout Peru and two other countries were encouraged to share pre-reading strategies they use in their classrooms and how these new strategies might fit in with their work. It was like there was a party on the Internet and everyone (with an invitation and a password) was invited!
Fellow Devon Jancin Connects with Local Culture while Training English Teachers in Indonesia
Based in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia, Fellow Devon Jancin is an instructor in the English Education Department at the Institut Agama Islam Negeri Salatiga. Discover Jancin’s life as a Fellow as she studies Bahasa Indonesian, leads teacher training workshops, and holds all-school office hours to meet the English language learning needs within her community.