Free ESL teacher training webinar - Learning Begins With Curiosity

Free ESL teacher training webinar - May 20, 4:00 pm, New York time.

Watch this free #ESL teacher training Facebook Live video on our ELI Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/EnglishInNewYork/posts/3377560532277353

Too late? No problem, this video will be ready soon on our YouTube channel or podcasts (see podcast links below).

CLASS DESCRIPTION - LEARNING BEGINS WITH CURIOSITY

The objective of this 10-15 minute class presentation is to introduce ESL teachers to the Right Question Institute at Harvard University and to provide a brief explanation of the Question Forming Technique (QFT).

Using the QFT encourages students to ask their own questions. In this way, students figure out what they want to know. Instead of always being asked the question, they learn that they can also ask and they learn how to ask. The QFT is a group experience that helps students to better comprehend and understand what they are learning. It encourages curiosity, which in turn makes students active learners.

 

The webinar will be organized like this:

Part 1:  Introduce the importance of encouraging students to ask questions—Open-Ended and Close-Ended Questions.

Part 2:  Review what viewers will learn during webinar:

a)    QFT:  Rules for Producing Questions

b)    Steps in Using QFT in an ESL Classroom

Links to QFT resources on the Right Question Institute’s Website

#CUNY presenter: Erika Heppner

Erika Heppner is a full-time lecturer in the Humanities Department at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY where she teaches courses in public speaking, speech communication for non-native speakers of English and intercultural communication.

Prior to her tenure at LaGuardia, she taught ESL in the Loyola Intensive English Program at Loyola University in New Orleans and from 2010-2011 served as its director. Ms. Heppner has over 25 years of classroom teaching experience and has also taught English and video production in Spain, the Czech Republic, Mexico and England.

Ms. Heppner earned a Master of Arts in English Teaching and a Master of Fines Arts in Drama and Communication, both from the University of New Orleans. 

She is an avid cyclist who enjoys traveling and adventure. She has recently planted a vegetable garden in her backyard where she struggles with hornworms and other unwelcomed insects.

This teacher training presentation will be soon available on our podcasts.

Podcasts

- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iWA36jgDkwBqnIlA5iiBZ

- Google Play Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZWJjZDljOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

- Apple iTunes Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/english-language-institute-college-of-staten-island-cuny/id1511116984

- Other podcasts: https://anchor.fm/english-language-institute