Enhance+Grammar+Teaching+and+Learning+with+Technology

=San Diego Regional CATESOL Conference= = Enhance Grammar Teaching and Learning with Technology =

Effective grammar instruction includes input activities, consciousness-raising tasks, and a focus on communication and meaning without ignoring form or accuracy. For students to retain and transfer the grammar they are learning to contexts outside the classroom, grammar knowledge alone is not sufficient; students need opportunities for output production. ESL teachers can take advantage of technology tools ranging from slideshows and audience response systems to Web sites and video to engage and motivate students, providing them opportunities for practice. The presenter will demonstrate how these tools can be integrated appropriately at different stages of a grammar lesson, from the warm-up to the evaluation, to enhance pedagogy. Students can also use a wide variety of technology tools to learn and practice independently as well as to creatively express themselves using the grammar they are learning. The presenter will explain and show how a project-based approach in grammar instruction is a meaningful alternative method of assessment that incorporates the productive skills of writing and speaking with technology.


 * PowerPoint (PDF format): [[file:Tech4GrammarSDRegionalFall2012Kreyes.pdf]]**
 * Handout: [[file:Tech4GrammarCATESOL2012Kreyes.pdf]]**

**Full PowerPoint slides **
 * Past and Past Continuous: [[file:Past Tense and Past Continuous Verbs.ppt]]
 * Present Continuous: [[file:Present Continuous Tense new.ppt]]
 * Participial Adjectives: [[file:Participial Adjectives.ppt]]
 * Adjectives v. Adverbs [[file:Adjectives v Adverbs.pptx]] [[file:Adj&AdvRules.ppt]]


 * Simple Present: [[file:Simple Present Tense.ppt]]
 * Short Answers: [[file:Short Answers Practice.ppt]]
 * Irregular Verbs - Past Tense - Team Board Race: [[file:irregverbs team game.ppt]]
 * Examples of Jeopardy PowerPoint Games: [[file:MiscGrammarReviewJeopardy.ppt]] [[file:passivejeopardy.ppt]]
 * Do What Your Heart Asks For (from Stories with a Twist, Natalie Hess): [[file:Story of William James.docx]][[file:Do What Your Heart Asks For.ppt]]


 * Grammar, speaking, writing practice using narratives

media type="youtube" key="nBFhvrAOFqY" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="vh7dyQB5SRk" height="315" width="560" [|Irregular Verbs - Past and Past Participles #2] [|Irregular Verbs - Past and Past Participles #3] [|English with Jennifer] - Many Grammar Videos [|Some short videos] [|Man Flirts in Castro Commercial] and the prediction activity [|ABC: What Would You Do?]
 * <span style="color: #898989; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Videos: **
 * <span style="color: #898989; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SuperChill Monkey Does Hollywood **
 * <span style="color: #898989; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Regular Past Tense] **
 * <span style="color: #898989; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Irregular Past Tense Verbs] **
 * <span style="color: #898989; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irregular Verbs - Past and Past Participles #1 **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Racism against migrant workers" also on [|Hulu] -- Season 4, Episode 5, Fri., Aug. 30, 2010
 * baby in car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saqIf6wIMhc 8 min
 * cell phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk0yiv1wkd4 6 min

[|Videos] made by ESL elementary school teachers and students at Frances M. Rhodes Elementary School, San Antonio Texas, USA (see, e.g., subject-verb agreement)


 * Favorite Web Sites for Supplemental Grammar Exercises for Students **
 * * [|ESL Blues] || * [|Guide to Grammar and Writing] ||
 * * [|ESL Writing] || * [|Purdue Writing Lab] ||
 * * [|ESL Writing Den] || * [|Road to Grammar] ||
 * * [|Grammar Bytes!] || * [|The Big List] ||
 * * [|Grammar Games] || * [|UsingEnglish Quizzes] ||

Course Management Systems such as Blackboard and Moodle media type="custom" key="21051190" [|VoiceThread] - [|Prepositions example]
 * Tech Resources for Formative Assessment**
 * Web sites for Online Assessment **
 * [|Polldaddy] **
 * Web Sites for Writing Dialogs**
 * [|Piclits]** **for online picture-based grammar practice - writing**

[|Digital Stories] Various Projects on class blogs and wikis Sample "Life Experiences" poster (writing using present perfect)
 * Projects for Application / Evaluation **

Podcasts [|Grammar Girl Podcasts] [|English Grammar Help! Podcasts] Apps (for grammar, not all free -- new ones developed every day) - not reviewed - results from itunes search [|Mobile Apps for Literacy Playlist] [|SayHi Voice Translator] [|Painless Grammar Challenge] [|English Basic Level] [|Daily Grammar Lessons Workbook] [|Grammar Up: Phrasal Verbs Lite] [|SentenceBuilder for iPad] [|Grammar Basics and Advanced Lite] [|Grammar Up] [|Grammar Express] [|English TestBank] (TOEFL, etc)
 * Grammar Learning with Mobile Devices **

**Is this the future of ESL teaching? :0** [|Robot teachers invade South Korean classrooms (CNN)]