Comments on: Goal-Setting with English Language Learners

By: Technology Fun Bits

Technology Fun Bits — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:05:37 +0000

very informative. Thanks for sharing these. The videos are really helpful.

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[...] Goal-Setting with English Language Learners- We discussed the importance of showing students how to create learning goals and statements for themselves and how to keep students accountable to these goals. [...]

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By: LanguageSpider

LanguageSpider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:59:43 +0000

You could try this website if you want to practice vocabulary, it works for lots of languages and if the translations you want to learn aren’t already available you can add them to a shared dictionary that other users can share with you:

http://www.languagespider.com

I hope you find this useful.

By: Marisa Pavan

Marisa Pavan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:03:12 +0000

Hi Shelly,

Thanks for these insightful ideas! I always make students reflect on their reasons for learning a second language with the aim of helping them make commitments. What’s great is the introduction of a video in which they can see other students doing the same and the A to Z article. I’ve bookmarked all this material for my next year classes.
Thanks a lot!!!
Marisa

By: Lindsay Clandfield

Lindsay Clandfield — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:06:12 +0000

Great piece Shelly, and really nice incorporation of different media (of course I love the video). I did something similar with my learners too, but I didn’t know about the A to Z article, which I will track down now!

Thanks again for sharing

By: Shelly Terrell

Shelly Terrell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:33:28 +0000

Chris,

I rather have students arrive at conclusions then spoon feed any day, because really at the end of the day if I lectured they will just forget what they learned when the goal is for them to use what they learned!

By: Shelly Terrell

Shelly Terrell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:31:51 +0000

Berni,

I plan on using this with all my classes to start with! It is really a useful article! We had a lot of fun, especially when I had to model some of the ideas with my students. They nearly cried when I pulled out my compact mirror and showed them how I move my mouth to check my pronunciation of difficult German words.

By: Shelly Terrell

Shelly Terrell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:36 +0000

Neal,

Thanks for adding more advice on the topic! I definitely think long term and short goals part of the process and am always looking for better ways to incorporate these and have students actually follow through!