活动详情（研讨会将用英语进行，仅限英语教师及教研人员参加）

尊敬的英语教师及教研人员：

欢迎您于5月20号星期六前来北京美国中心，参加由美国驻华大使馆地区英语项目办公室（Regional English Language Office）举办的第十二届英语教学研讨会！此活动免费面向各学段英语教师及教研人员。 

本次活动由3位目前在中国高校执教的美国外语/二语教学领域的英语学者（English Language Fellow）主持。他们将为各位带来4场时长各75分钟的工作坊。期待您的参与。活动限100人，实名注册，报满即止。

注册连接：https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-20-2017-2017-relo-monthly-seminar-relo-tickets-34411992195（或扫下方二维码）

日程 Schedule (subject to change)

9:00-9:15: Opening Remarks

9:15-10:30: Session 1— Less is More: Using “Blackout Poetry” with English Language Learners

Rebekah Gordon

In the past few years, the concept of “blackout poetry” has been popularized by Austin Kleon. In short, “blackout poetry” is creating poetry from already-written text, such as newspapers, dictionaries, novels, magazines, or advertisements by crossing out, or “blacking out” the unnecessary words and letters. The process of creating “blackout poetry” forces students to work backward which exposes them to grammatically correct input which they must digest in a creative manner to create their own poem. Workshop participants will see several examples of “blackout poetry” and get a chance to try it out themselves. Finally, ways of integrating “blackout poetry” in the ESL/EFL classroom will be discussed.

10:45-12:00: Session 2— Teaching Students to Speak Naturally

Dan Forman 

An approach to teaching sentence-level pronunciation to any level. This workshop focuses on how to teach basic pronunciation techniques to students at the sentence level with the goal of fluent, natural sounding speech.  The workshop starts with thought groups and how to teach them, and uses thought groups as a basis to teach prominence, linking, and word stress.  These four techniques will help students be more understood and help them to speak fluently and naturally.

12:00-13:30: Lunch Break (On your own)

13:30-14:45: Session 3— Scaffolding: Providing Instructional Support to Enhance Learning

Rachel Parker

This workshop will introduce and demonstrate instructional, procedural, and verbal scaffolding. Students have different learning styles and it is crucial to provide instructional support (scaffolding) to address the varying learning needs of our students to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks. Teachers will be able to differentiate the support that they deliver in their classrooms based on students’ needs. Participants will brainstorm how they can implement scaffolding in their classrooms.

15:00-16:15:  Session 4— Formative Assessment for Learning

Dan Forman 

Formative Assessment can help teachers learn what their students are learning (or not learning) during the lessons, units, and terms so that teachers are more informed decision makers in the language classroom.  The workshop includes explanations of 15 fun and engaging formative assessments to help get your students talking and interacting with the material. 

16:15-16:30:  Closing Remarks

注意事项：

Note:

本活动仅限英语教师及教研人员参加。活动将用英语进行。活动期间不得使用音频和视频记录设备。

This event is ONLY open to English teachers and professionals. The event will be conducted in English. Audio or video recording of the program will not be permitted.

请携带本人有效身份证件及报名确认函进入北京美国中心。请勿携带大包前往。 

You must bring both your valid photo ID and registration confirmation page in order to get into BAC. Large bags will not be allowed into BAC for this event. 

请于活动开始前30分钟到达现场。 活动开始30分钟后将不允许进入。如无法参加活动，请至少提前1天在注册网站取消预约。否则，可能会影响今后的活动预约。

Please arrive 30 minutes earlier ahead of the start time. You will NOT be admitted if you arrive half an hour after the program has started. If you cannot show up for the event, please cancel your reservation from the Eventbrite website at least 24 hours ahead. Otherwise, for future events, we may cancel your reservations.

出于安全原因，北京美国中心工作人员保留拒绝任何人进入的权利。 

For security reasons, the BAC staff reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone. 

参与者授权美国国务部拍摄和录像他们的形象和/或声音。允许美国国务部在公共信息项目和活动中发布、出版、广播或引用这些材料。获得的内容可能会被用于未来的演讲、在互联网上传播、以及通过多种广播渠道和印刷媒体传播。内容（图片、音频或想法）的使用将不会用于商业目的。

Attendees grant permission to the U.S. Department of State to photograph and video record their image and/or voice. Permission is granted for the U.S. Department of State to release, publish, broadcast or quote this material in public information programs and activities. Content procured may be included in future speeches, on the Internet, through multiple broadcast channels and print media.  Use of content (image, audio or ideas) will not be used for commercial purposes.

地点：北京市朝阳区安家楼路55号 (美国大使馆东门)。 

Location: No. 55 An Jia Lou Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (East Gate of the U.S. Embassy). 

交通：地铁10号线，亮马桥站B出口，向东北步行至天泽路和安家楼路交汇处， 签证处北侧。 

Directions: Metro Line 10, Liangmaqiao Station Exit B, walk northeast to the Tian Ze Road intersection of An Jia Lou Road, north side of the Visas Office. 

区域英语项目办公室简介

RELO (Regional English Language Office) 通过一系列英语教学项目协助东道国教育管理部门及教育机构加强英语能力建设。通过提升英语教师及专业人士的英语教学能力，以更好地培养可熟练运用英语进行国际交流与合作的人员。RELO资源中心汇集了专业的英语学习及教学资源。同时，RELO资源中心定期举办研讨会及工作坊等活动，内容涵盖东道国英语教师及专业人士较为关心的英语教学热门话题。详情请访问：http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/relo2.html。

RELO works with professional teachers of English through a series of programs focusing on capacity building of local ELT communities. RELO also has a resource center providing a collection of state-of-the-art professional materials and holds professional development seminars on topics of professional interest to the English teaching community. For more information, see: http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/relo2.html.

我们的英语教学资源网站:

https://americanenglish.state.gov/ 

请加使馆微信USEmbassyChina关注我们的活动。 

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