ESL Workshop Offers Six Hours of Professional Development Credit
Larry Vandergrift and Marsha Chan
A University of Arkansas workshop and seminar May 3 offers teachers information on helping English language learners become more successful listeners and speakers. They can earn six hours of professional development credit for attending sessions in the morning and afternoon.
The event is sponsored by the curriculum and instruction department in the College of Education and Health Professions and Educational Testing Service. It is free but RSVP is required. RSVP may be made by calling 479-575-7244 or emailing jamos@uark.edu. The workshop will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Reynolds Center Auditorium on campus.
This workshop and seminar is intended for K-12 pre- and in-service teachers in all contexts and for all learner levels.
Presenters will be Larry Vandergrift, a retired professor of the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada, and Marsha Chan, professor of ESL at Mission College, Santa Clara, Calif., and an author-publisher at Sunburst Media. Vandergrift’s presentation is titled “Learning to Listen; Listening to Learn,” and Chan’s presentation is titled “Tools and Techniques for Developing ELL Listening and Speaking.”
Organizers are Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, assistant professor of TESOL, and Erin Casey, clinical assistant professor of childhood education. More information is available on the curriculum and instruction website.
Contacts
Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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