Katrina Keogh, Education Officer at the NCCA, speaks in depth to John Hurley from TeachNet about the FÓN project. Katrina shares some fascinating insights and findings from the project. It’s a must hear for anyone interested in language learning and assessment.
Greetings from the United States! I recently attended and presented at CALICO 2010 in Amherst College, MASS. Despite my presentation starting at 8am on Saturday, a sizeable and good natured group turned up.
It was really interesting to hear from the group how community colleges, four year colleges and universities, both in the US and elsewhere, are responding to huge demand to develop English language proficiency. Naturally students have a requirement to interact with the academic content of their fields of study. The group were really interested in how Learnosity Voice could help address the needs of these students in higher education.
Some members of the group are teaching the next generation of K-12 English language instructors and a lively discussion ensued about how best prepare teachers to work with students on the Speaking and Listening components of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language, TESOL standards, and the Common Core standards in the US. We discussed how content teachers will be equipped to teach and assess in any of these areas when language instruction was not part of their pre-service experience and nor does it seem to be available in in-service.
I am confident that Learnosity can play a big part in delivering solutions to assist with these challenges. Have a look below at the presentation that I delivered.
Please contact me with any questions you may have (jesse.markow [at] learnosity.com), or leave a comment here.
Jesse Markow, Learnosity Education Consultant, USA.
