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**Welcome to TE 407 | Fall 2008**
 Feedback and burning questions for us to address in class 1. Syllabus and Course Information
 * course goals

2. Target Language Refinement Plan info

3. Microteach Lab info

4. In-Class Presentation info

5. Resource Files info

6. Field Placement info

7. Final Project-Lesson Plan info

8. Miscellaneous Assignments
 * language ideologies
 * history of FLE in the US

9. TL Teaching Resources & Bangla Lesson Plans

10. Books, Readings and Resources of Interest We'll periodically add titles that we think you'll enjoy, that we think will challenge and enrich your understanding of your language and your practice as a teacher. Please feel free to post appropriate titles as well.

Welcome to TE 408 | Spring 2009
For this semester, all course materials and handouts are on our ANGEL site to avoid the confusion we all experienced with going back and forth between the two sites.

However, for your 6 Field Teach posts, in which you share your experiences and pose your questions about what you're observing in the field, we will use the Wiki since it is so much more flexible than ANGEL.

What to consider for your posts: - a specific question about how to handle an aspect of your field teach? - a particular success you had in working with a student or in carrying out an activity - a conversation or an idea from your mentor teacher that you thought would be helpful for others, or maybe that provoked some questions for you - a particular challenge you're facing in your placement - an event that occurred during your observation that challenged the ideas of articles we've read or presentations we've had on SLA and FL methods

Your post should be at least 150 words and should try to be specific - a specific event in the classroom that gave you pause, or a specific aspect of a reading or presentation in class that you're discussing. Your post does not *have* to refer back to your teammates' posts, but our guess is that once you'v read the others, you'll have some ideas too and what to respond to them. So, while you're only required to post once with your report, our bet is that you'll be posting a couple of times in conversation with your teammates' ideas.


 * Remember: this is a public space. A professional tone and pseudonyms for your school, mentor and students are imperative. General rule of thumb 1: don't write anything you wouldn't say to the person directly; general rule of thumb 2: don't adopt a tone that you yourself would find offensive or impolitic if it were directed at you.**

Your groups are listed below. Please use the discussion tab at the top of each page to post your thoughts, reflections, and questions. Also, please review your group-mates' comments to see what you can learn from them and to offer your own support and advice.

Group 1: Michele, Allison, Jessica, Alicia, Heather, Rachel Group 2: Cilia, Randy, Lauren K, Colette, Chris, Susan Group 3: Kate, Megan, John, Lauren S. Lesley, Gordon Group 4: Melisa, Jacob, Nicole, Maggie, Kristin, Becky

Post your Web-based Portfolio links here.

Google Reader Resources:


[|Google Reader for Teachers] (list of resources and links to accompany the presentation)

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