Title Projects for Peace:  focusing on ELT for Young People

 

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Abstract

Based on the precept that language learning, both process and product, should be meaningful, TESOL professionals create curriculum and projects to help students explore their identities, gain understanding  and appreciation of  the other, and build peaceful and sustainable communities.  Educators working with immigrants,  refugees, and at-risk youths, share their stories.

Session Objectives

Participants will share ways and means of teaching language for peaceful purposes.

Experts and experienced ESOL teachers will present projects which participants will view synchronically  (and online, subsequently, for the convenience of those who would otherwise not be able to view).     Participants (the 'audience') will have the opportunity to share their successes, and express their ideas and particular needs.

TESOL Peace Forum will develop an ongoing ‘cadre’ of members who will continue to interact and share, post-EVO 17, and post-TESOL Convention, 2017.

 

 

 

 

Target audience

Teachers of ESOL who are interested in maximising the use of interesting, committed, meaningful content when getting students to learn English. The goal is to reach out to those who wish to participate in a Community of Learning  and Practice which, without the medium of EVO, would otherwise not be possible. Teahers of EFL in rural and remote areas in the five continents are  the prime target audience. 

 

 

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Syllabus

The focus each week will be one of a series of key talks and demonstrations, presented  by ESOL and/or Education specialists, supported by interactive pre- and post- sessions (online) moderated by Peace Forum members   * .   Additional readings , listenings and viewings will be suggested for each week's focal topic. An online chat group and set of discussion groups will be set up  for the participants to enjoy  more intimate  discussion than is available on the large MOOC - type facilities.  

*The topics of the talks are those of the proposed presentations to be made at TESOL,March, 2017, in Seattle.  The focus is on working with youth.

 

 

Weekly Content

General: 

 Each week:    i.  Pre-view exercises and discussions; readings and viewings;

ii. major presentation;

 iii. post-view discussion;

iv. task assignment (to elicit feedback)  - 3 levels;

v. [five-day ongoing discussion  period – re. readings, viewings, action research, interviews….]

          vi. Day six: review of deliberations and discussions; group ‘editors’ post summaries.  

 

 

Week 1   (Jan 8-14, 2017)

 Presentations of self  - and others [An interactive session conducted by the moderators]

Goals for the group(s), Overview of the Session.

A short account of the Peace Boat Program (Japan-Korea) to be given by Kip Cates

Review of Pre-session  task. (Distributed, Jan 4)

Topics for discussion: the needs of young people, motivation to learn language, the striving for a peaceful world.   

 

 

Week 2  (Jan 15-21, 2017)

Featured Speaker:  Zsuzsanna Kozák
 A photoethnographer and worker for Peace Studies.

“Your Decision: Making Bystanders Become Upstanders.”

 

 

Week 3   (Jan 22-28, 2017)

 Featured Speaker:  Lydia Stack

“ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR REFUGEES & MIGRANTS”

 

 

Week 4  (Jan 29-Feb 4, 2017)

   Featured Speaker:   Alison Milofsky
“Peace-Building initiatives and EFL learning”

 

 

Week 5  (Feb 5-11, 2017)

 Featured Speaker:  Cheryl Woelk, with panel  of ‘audience’ participants.

Discussion topic: “Criteria for Effective Peacebuilding Programs through ESOL teaching”

 

 

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Session Communication Tools

Webinars, Wiki tools, EVO-team recommendations, Moodle

 

 

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Potential Sponsors

TSR IS

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USIP

 

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The action starts on Jan 8, 2017.

 

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Moderators

Moderators: Fill in the table for all session moderators and co-moderators. You can change or add to the list later. Co-moderators are expected to take part in the training session along with moderators.

 

Name (last, first)	Email address	Location (country of residence)	Biodata (not more than 50 words)	Picture
Jakar, Valerie	vsjakar@gmail.com	Jerusalem, Israel	A TESOL member for thirty years, VSJ has studied and taught on three continents with a range of populations, “K – 60”, in a range of educational institutions. A sociolinguist and ethnographer, VSJ’s  interests include Mentoring ESOL teachers, Multicultural Education, Content-Based Language Instruction and Peace Studies.
Woelk, Cheryl	clwoelk@gmail.com	USA	TBA
Milofsky, Alison	amilofsky@usip.org	USA	TBA
Stack, Lydia	lstack@mac.com	USA	TBA
Daniel, Mayra	mayra.daniel@gmail.com	USA

 

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Statement of commitment: Each moderator and co-moderator should request access to this wiki. Once access is granted, each moderator should type the words "I agree" and  his/her name to show understanding of and acceptance of the following statement (***No one should sign the statement of commitment for another person.***):     I Agree.    VSJ

 

I understand that session moderators are required to participate in the 4-week moderators' training session from October 16 until November 13, 2016. The EVO session will be offered between January 8 and February 12, 2017. I understand that EVO sessions are free of advertising and no commercial sponsorship is allowed. Finally, I understand that EVO sessions are free and open to all, and that no academic credit may be given for participation.

 

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