The Minimal Pair: Episode 2

Show Notes: The Minimal Pair Title: Midterms ComethEpisode no: 002Date: February 24, 2014Introduction: Hello and thanks for listening. This is Episode 2 of The Minimal Pair, recorded on Monday February 14th, 2014 in St. Louis, MO.Believe it or not, the semester is almost halfway over! I don’t know about you, but between MLK Day, President’s Day, and all the snow days, I’m feeling the pressure to get everything covered in time!Topics in Language LearningMidterms * What kinds of classes we have… * What we do for midterm assessment (in each class)… * What’s worked and what hasn’t… * Conferences (how effective are they?) * Midterm grades * Time management at midterm and other strategies to get stuff done!

[PAUSE]MethodologyVocabulary* Teaching vocab. in different kinds of classes (reading/writing vs. listening/speaking) + Intermediate-level journals (word, POS, definition) vs. advanced-level class journals (word, POS, definition, sentence) + Listening and note-taking vocab. logs and tests (matching, writing sentences, fill-in the blank) to target different learning types + Advanced-level Essay prep: complete the chart by finding examples of how the character is…list of adjectives) * Parts of Speech & word form issues

[PAUSE]Adjunct AnticsResources* Access to course materials * Curriculum design & collaboration (Dropbox, shared syllabi, BB forum) * Different libraries * Blackboard, email, grade input, etc. is different everywhere

SHOUT OUTS: English Expressions & Rolls off the TongueTESOL COUNT DOWN: 30 days until we leave!Keep it minimal!