Teacher Training and Related Links

• TESOL Technology Standards - free version of the standards framework document. Also see TESOL technology standards: Description, implementation, integration. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), a book with extended information, including examples, can-do tables for self and institutional evaluation, information about research, and much more.

• Opp-Beckman, L., Yaghi, R., Healey, D., Hochstein, D.G., et al. (2011). Women teaching women English. Beirut, Lebanon: U.S. Embassy Beirut, Public Affairs Section. This is a free textbook for beginning level learners, originally designed for Lebanon.

• Trace Effects, a video game from the US Department of State; Deborah was on the design team. If you are outside the US, contact your local US Embassy or Regional English Language Office for a copy of the CD/DVD version. In the US, contact Deborah.

• Reading, writing, and vocabulary suggestions

• Listening, speaking, and pronunciation suggestions

• Gamification information

• Online resources for ELT games website

• Technology tools for busy teachers

• Help with rubrics and other assessment tools

• CALL Software List of commercial software, freeware, and shareware - not recently updated

• Recommendations for setting up a computer/learning lab - software recommendations for a lab

• Digital Libraries - a list of sources of free and mostly free electronic texts

• From YouTube to the Movies - using video in the classroom

• Reading resources - and 2006 Tunisia workshop on teaching and testing reading

• Pakistan Teacher Education and Professional Development Program 2004-2005 (archived ELI/OSU site)

• Tunisia-Oregon Project 2004 workshops and 2001 workshops - and ESP Internet links

• Information about pronunciation software and pronunciation websites

• TESOL Journal 2002 special issue Constructing Meaning with CALL

• Courses

  American English Institute/Dept. of Linguistics, University of Oregon (2008-2016)

  • CALL elective/discussion section - short course for the Master's in Linguistics, Language Teaching Specialization program. Fall and Winter quarters 2009-2016. Designed, taught.

  • Creating Engaging Environments for English Language Classrooms (Massive Open Onlne Course on Canvas Network), 2016; co-creator, co-instructor.

  • Shaping the Way We Teach English (Massive Open Online Course on Coursera), 2015-2016; project lead, co-creator, co-instructor.

  • Trace Effects: An Online Teacher Training Course, 2015; project lead, co-creator, co-instructor.

  • Access Teacher Development Online Program (ATDOP) - improving listening and speaking skills and pedagogy for Access teachers from 8 countries. See the public website for the course. Co-designer, co-instructor, co-administrator of the project.

  • UO-AMIDEAST MSN Gaza Project - a collaborative project with AMIDEAST's Model Schools Network program, adding teacher development through AEI online courses. Designer, project lead, co-instructor.

  • Thai-UO Tsunami Project - materials for English language and science teachers to use for disaster preparation content. Co-designer, co-instructor.

  • Critical Thinking and Learning Styles & Strategies - courses for English language teachers. Co-designer, co-instructor.

  • Shaping the Way We Teach English. Co-designer, co-instructor. Public access to the material is at https://oelp.uoregon.edu/shaping.html

  • Building Teaching Skills Through the Interactive Web - course for English language teachers. Summer 2009-2010. Co-designer, co-instructor.

  • Oregon-Iraq Guided Online English Study (GOES). Co-designer, co-instructor.

  • Oregon-Iraq GOES-ELT Tandem Learning. Co-designer, co-instructor.

  English Language Institute, Oregon State University (to 2008)

  (These are my online pages. Some internal links on these pages may no longer work.)

  • ELI 155X pages - Advanced TOEFL Prep

  • Technology for Teachers- for Pakistani English teacher educators - at ELI/OSU

  • ELI 157 pages - Advanced Grammar Through Writing

  • ELI S60 pages - University Reading and Writing

  • ELI162 pages - Advanced Reading and Writing

  • ELI 138 - Pronunciation links and 12-step pronunciation program

  • Ed596 pages - Technology for Teachers, Summer 1997

  • Links to Music info online from English through Music