ERIC Number: ED294416
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Jun
Pages: 71
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Peace Corps Botswana Language Teacher Training Workshop Report (Gaborone, Botswana, Africa, June 3-13, 1985).
Peace Corps, Gaborone (Botswana).
A Peace Corps workshop for prospective language teachers is reported. The workshop's goals were to train a team of teacher candidates in effective language instruction methods, Peace Corps organization and operations, cross-cultural skills, and adult second language instruction techniques. Workshop content covered: discussion of the teacher selection criteria; expectations of the candidates; group norms; the Peace Corps training philosophy and goals; characteristics and role of a good instructor; assumptions about adult learning; the audio-lingual method and classroom techniques; community language learning; behavioral objectives; lesson plan format, development, and delivery; a grammar synopsis; roles of the cultural informant; classroom atmosphere; a learning styles inventory; cross-cultural presentation methods; a structural drill; language games; and development of visual and instructional aids. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Methods, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Training, Foreign Countries, Games, Grammar, Group Dynamics, Language Teachers, Lesson Plans, Material Development, Pattern Drills (Language), Second Language Instruction, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Voluntary Agencies, Workshops
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Peace Corps, Gaborone (Botswana).
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A