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Team Teaching Tips for Foreign Language Teachers

By Rebecca Benoit rebeccabenoi@hotmail.com
By Bridget Haugh brihaugh@hotmail.com

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Introduction

This article seeks to provide team teachers with specific tips on how to function effectively as equal partners working together in the same classroom. These step-by-step tips are a basic guide to help you establish a dynamic team so you can experiment and find the approach that works best for you. For teachers who have never had a chance to team teach, or have perhaps avoided doing it for a variety of reasons, perhaps this article will help allay fears and give teachers a sense of what exactly team teaching ‘looks like’ within the class.

From our work team teaching with one another and others in a variety of contexts (elementary, high school, junior high school, and international schools) in Canada, Mexico and Japan, we’ve had the chance to experience everything from wonderful to disastrous team teaching relationships. Based on these experiences, we have assembled a brief series of tips to help you and your classroom partner.

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Benoit-TeamTeaching.html

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公告期限：94/09/16 ~ 94/09/26

單位 – 承辦人：國教輔導團 – 薛國凌

受文者：各國小

公告主旨：94學年國小英語師資與各校各年級使用教材調查表

相關連結：http://140.111.66.31/blog/blog/28/

附加檔案： http://blog.ilc.edu.tw/blog/blog/28/resource/590/13386

內容：煩請各校於94年9月23（星期五）下班前填妥附件調查表，並E-mail至英語領域輔導員信箱：vickie@ilc.edu.tw，謝謝！
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1.各校在mail回傳時，寄件標題和附檔檔名請用「校名」來寄送。
2.相關國小英語領域各項最新資料與消息請詳見國小英語部落格：
http://140.111.66.31/blog/blog/28/

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A Brief Background of Dr. Peter Ragan

Areas of Specialization

TESOL, TEFL, ESP, and EAP

· Multi-skill task-based English language instruction and materials development

· Applications of systemic-functional linguistics; corpus-based text analysis

· Aviation English

· Culture – language interface

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Education

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics: National University of Singapore

M.A., ESL: University of Hawaii, Manoa (East-West Center scholarship recipient)

B.A. Honors, Psychology: University of California, Berkeley (minors: Biology, German)

Significant Positions Held

· Current: Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan as TEFL Consultant and Advisor, 8/05 to 6/06

· Associate Professor: Humanities and Communication, Director, International English

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida; 1988 to present

· Visiting Professor: International Christian University, Tokyo; Summer Language Program

· Senior Lecturer: Applied Linguistics, University of Brunei Darussalam; 1 year sabbatical

· Lecturer: National University of Singapore, English Language Proficiency Unit; 9 years

· Volunteer teacher (science and mathematics): U.S. Peace Corps Malaysia; 3 years

· Fourteen years as professor/student in Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and China

Samples of Publications and Presentations

· Proceedings: “Cross-cultural communication in aviation.” 14th European Symposium on

Language for Special Purposes. University of Surrey, England. 2004

· Chapter: “Classroom use of a systemic functional small learner corpus.” Small Corpus

Studies and ELT. Eds. Ghadessy, M. et al. Benjamins, 2001

· Presentation: “Aviation English: idiosyncrasy, probability, and problem.” 1st International

Conference on English Grammar. Hyderabad, India. 1999

· Presentation: “Functionally aware.” Fourth International Conference of the Association

for Language Awareness. Quebec City, Canada. 1998

· Article: “Subject specialism and general English in aviation ESP.” TESOL Matters. Vol. 4,

1994

· Textbook: Interactive Writing. Co-author. Prentice-Hall International. 1988

Contact Information

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114 U.S.A.

Tel. 386-226-6649; fax 386-226-7210; Use e-mail to contact me in Taiwan: ragan@erau.edu

Introduction of Melanie

My name is Melanie, and I’m the new foreign teacher for Tong Le Elemetary, co-teaching with Clio. I just graduated from Columbia University this past May with a major in Political Science and East Asian Studies. I enjoy watching independent and foreign films, world literature, outdoor activities, and writing.

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Ariel Jacobs- Me Myself and I: An Introduction

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Introduction of Julianna

My name is Julianna Scheumann. I am from Isanti, Minnesota where I went to school at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota where I majored in English as a Second Langauge Education and Bible and minored in History and Psychology.

I am excited to be here in Taiwan and to start teaching at DaFu Elementary school. I hope that while I am here I will be able to learn some more Chinese, learn about the Chinese holidays, and explore many of Taiwan’s landmarks.

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Introduction: holdameo

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My name is Catherine Fillebrown. My Chinese name is Fei Kaiyun. I am from Maine, a place very similar to Ilan in many ways. I like to eat, run, kick box, read, study language, play the flute and listen to rock and roll. I am excited to be in Ilan, teaching English at Kai Xuan.

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