Peace Corps Botswana Language Teacher Training Workshop Report (Gaborone, Botswana, Africa, June 3-13, 1985).

Institution	Peace Corps, Gaborone (Botswana).
Titel	Peace Corps Botswana Language Teacher Training Workshop Report (Gaborone, Botswana, Africa, June 3-13, 1985).
Quelle	(1985), (71 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Audiolingual Methods; Behavioral Objectives; Classroom Communication; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Cognitive Style; Cross Cultural Training; Foreign Countries; Games; Grammar; Group Dynamics; Language Teachers; Lesson Plans; Material Development; Pattern Drills (Language); Second Language Instruction; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods; Visual Aids; Voluntary Agencies; Workshops + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Klassengespräch; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Klassenführung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Ausland; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Grammatik; Gruppendynamik; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Pattern-Drill; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Anschauungsmaterial; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	A Peace Corps workshop for prospective language teachers is reported. The workshop's goals were to train a team of teacher candidates in effective language instruction methods, Peace Corps organization and operations, cross-cultural skills, and adult second language instruction techniques. Workshop content covered: discussion of the teacher selection criteria; expectations of the candidates; group norms; the Peace Corps training philosophy and goals; characteristics and role of a good instructor; assumptions about adult learning; the audio-lingual method and classroom techniques; community language learning; behavioral objectives; lesson plan format, development, and delivery; a grammar synopsis; roles of the cultural informant; classroom atmosphere; a learning styles inventory; cross-cultural presentation methods; a structural drill; language games; and development of visual and instructional aids. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC