Digital fluency is a necessity on par with English language skills for the multilingual learner navigating the technology-rich environments of adult life. This session celebrates the connections between the content areas of the ESOL class, oral communication skills, and digital literacy.
- This professional development activity/course is designed for: ESOL instructors at all levels
This professional development activity/course is designed for:
In our digital age, adults are expected to listen to, respond to and create audio and video content as well as participate and collaborate in online meetings and conversations. This session provides a variety of edtech routines that expand the context of speaking and listening instruction by integrating authentic digital workplace, community, and academic tasks into ESOL lessons.
Participants use a focused listening task to learn about digital literacy, then explore and work with three ways to focus the integration of digital literacy and ESOL instruction: content, process, and product. All webshop tasks employ easily accessible, mobile-friendly, and free, digital platforms and presentation tools that instructors can use to support ESOL learners’ listening and speaking skill development.
This session will equip ESOL teachers with edtech routines and tools to support learners in applying and expanding their listening and speaking strategies for the digital world. As learners engage with these strategies, they not only strengthen their language skills but also become adept at listening for, discussing, and creating online content.
This session is the second in a series on digital literacy for English learners:
- Session 1: Opening Digital Doors: Developing English Learners’ Digital Resilience (10/10, 2 - 4 p.m.)
- Session 2: Opening Digital Doors: Developing English Learners’ Digital Literacy Through Speaking and Listening Tasks (10/24, 2 - 4 p.m.)
- Session 3: Opening Digital Doors: Developing English Learners’ Digital Literacy Through Reading and Writing Tasks (11/7, 2 - 4 p.m.)
If you are interested in this topic, but are unable to attend all of the sessions as outlined here, please see our resource collection on the SABES website at: https://sabes.org/pd-center-resources/34
Note: Before the course opens, registrants will receive a separate email with instructions on how to access the synchronous sessions via Zoom. If you do not receive these instructions, please check your Spam folder and/or email nruskin@edc.org.
- Identify the intersection of ESOL speaking and listening instruction and digital literacy
- Make use of ed tech tools and instructional routines to transfer speaking and listening strategies to digital tasks
- Support learners’ creation of digital products that demonstrate their proof of learning during speaking/listening tasks
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
This is the second session in a series of three. Participation in the other two is recommended, but not required.
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