] Methodology Visual learners FYI: listen to future episodes for similar segments about audio learners and kinesthetic learners! Source: Adam Simpson’s blog, “Teach them English,” http://www.teachthemenglish.com/2014/05/using-infographics-to-teach-language-the-why-how-and-where/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Beginning English Picto-wikis Infographic Timeline of events in a story Illustrating student work Diagrams: Venn diagrams, columns, thought-webs Building blocks of English writing (bottom of pyramid) Intermediate English Building blocks of English writing (top of pyramid) Outlining essays (outline as a “blueprint”) Videos (i.e. “School House Rock” for Grammar) Powerpoints (a picture is worth a thousand words—being succinct; animations—giving students a chance to answer first) Presentations (posters, Powerpoints, passed objects, etc.) Graffiti Advanced English Research presentations (Powerpoint and beyond) Videos (for the student and by the student) Including pictures in wikis (literal and abstract) Picture outline (a picture for each point) [32:40] Culturally speaking… English-only debate Immigration issue Preserving L1/living in predominantly L1 communities Learning the spoken language of new country and letting go of L1 Actively integrating both in daily life Language and identity First-generation Americans Kids caught between cultures 3rd culture kids Role reversal in immigrant families Multilingual countries The linguistic divide can cause political/cultural tension (i.e. Quebec) Language status (English vs. anything in the U.S.) Countries that were formally colonized and the linguistic implication English as the official language of the U.S. The U.S. does not have an official language English’s status in the U.S. as the “unofficial official language” Should the U.S. have an official language? What should it be? Should/could there be more than one? Is this an issue to be decided at a state or federal level? Check us out on twitter, FB, gmail Keep it minimal!