Course: Presentational Mode: Developing Speaking and Writing Skills
Description
Presentational communication is one-way speaking or writing from the student to an audience. It requires students to strategically formulate how best to make themselves understood, using their full proficiency to convey their ideas, concepts and information. This module will show you how to support your students and move them from one proficiency level to the next with their presentational speaking and writing. We’ll also explore some fun tech platforms that your students will enjoy using for expressing themselves.
Topics Addressed
How you this course will help you in your classroom
Presentational communication is one-way speaking or writing from the student to an audience. It requires students to strategically formulate how best to make themselves understood, using their full proficiency to convey their ideas, concepts and information. This module will show you how to support your students and move them from one proficiency level to the next with their presentational speaking and writing. We’ll also explore some fun tech platforms that your students will enjoy using for expressing themselves.
Topics Addressed
- Review of modes of communication
- Review of characteristics of each proficiency level
- Scaffolding techniques for improving speaking and writing in the TL
- Holistic assessment techniques
- Tools for documenting student presentations
- Portfolios and self-reflection
How you this course will help you in your classroom
- Students will self-assess and set goals for presentational writing and presentational speaking with "Can Do Statements"
- Students will create artifacts of writing and speaking, collect into portfolios, and self-assess
- Students will move along the proficiency scale in their writing and speaking abilities
- Teacher will review characteristics of different proficiency levels
- Teacher will learn techniques for improving student performance in speaking and writing
- Teacher will learn tools and platforms for documenting student performance