What’s New in Welcome to Our World, Second Edition

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DR. JOAN KANG SHIN & KRISTEN KEATING

OVERVIEW

Sing and learn with Welcome to Our World, National Geographic Learning’s best-selling series for very young learners of English, now in its Second Edition!

Join Series Editor Joan Kang Shin and Development Editor Kristen Keating as they discuss what they learned from teachers and students of Welcome Our World, First Edition, all over the world and how the new edition improves the Welcome to Our World teaching and learning experience.

With new content and video and improved teachers’ and parents’ support, Welcome to Our World prepares learners for school, celebrates diversity, and helps children communicate better than before!

Whether you teach or learn with Welcome to Our World now or are interested in learning about a new series, we hope you join us for this informative webinar!

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Dr. Joan Kang Shin is an Associate Professor of Education at George Mason University and the Academic Program Coordinator of the Teaching Culturally & Linguistically Diverse & Exceptional Learners (TCLDEL) program. Dr. Shin specializes in teaching ESL/EFL to young learners and teenagers and has provided professional development programs and workshops to EFL teachers in over 100 countries around the world. She is a Series Editor of National Geographic Learning’s young learner programs Welcome to Our World, Our World, and Explore Our World, as well as the teen program Impact, and an author of the professional development title Teaching Young Learners English.

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Kristen Keating is a Senior Development Editor with National Geographic Learning and is currently working on the second edition of Welcome to Our World. Kristen has taught both English and Spanish at the primary level, and she has developed bilingual literacy and language immersion programs for primary students.

Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Activities

WEBINAR LIBRARY
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Dr. Joan Kang Shin
Dr. Jered Borup

OVERVIEW

This is part one in a three part series called “Breaking Through the Screen: A Dozen Tips for Engaging Students in Online English Language Learning.”

Simply digitizing what you have always done in your in-person classrooms can leave you and your students feeling frustrated because activities that work in person too often fail to engage students online. The online learning environment is different and so the ways you teach should be different too. In this webinar we will share tips that you can use to create a better online learning environment for your students by:

Using online technology to amplify and transform activities.
Moving beyond passive learning by requiring your students to interact and create.
Creating quality direct instruction using video recordings.
Assessing your student learning using multiple methods.
Setting clear expectations and providing the direction and support that your students need to meet them.

During the webinar the presenters will share specific examples that will help to illustrate what these strategies look like when teaching English to learners across grade levels.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Dr. Jered Borup is an Associate Professor in the Division of Learning Technologies at George Mason University. In his current position, he is the professor-in-charge of the Blended and Online Learning in Schools Master’s and Certificate programs that are devoted to improving teacher practices in online and blended learning environments. Previous to earning his Ph.D. at Brigham Young University, Jered taught history at a junior high school for six years. He has also taught online and blended courses since 2008. He currently researches student support systems in online and blended environments and has published 35 journal articles and 12 book chapters. His book “K-12 Blended Teaching: A Guide to Personalized Learning and Online Integration” can be read or downloaded for free at https://edtechbooks.org/k12blended.

What’s New in Our World, Second Edition with Series Editor Dr. Joan Kang Shin

WEBINAR LIBRARY
WHAT'S NEW IN OUR WORLD SECOND EDITION

DR. JOAN KANG SHIN
AUTHOR

OVERVIEW

Our World, National Geographic Learning’s best-selling series for young learners of English, is now in its Second Edition! Join Series Editor Joan Kang Shin as she discusses what she learned from working with teachers and students of Our World, First Edition, all over the world and how the new edition improves the Our World teaching and learning experience. Dr. Shin will share

• Experiences from real Our World classrooms

• Insights into the creation of the second edition

• The most exciting second edition updates including: more real-world and cross-curricular content, improved grammar lessons and practice, an all-new, mobile-responsive online practice platform, and more!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Joan Kang Shin is an Associate Professor of Education at George Mason University and the Academic Program Coordinator of the Teaching Culturally & Linguistically Diverse & Exceptional Learners (TCLDEL) program. Dr. Shin specializes in teaching ESL/EFL to young learners and teenagers and has provided professional development programs and workshops to EFL teachers in over 100 countries around the world. She is a Series Editor of National Geographic Learning’s young learner programs Welcome to Our World, Our World, and Explore Our World, as well as the teen program Impact, and an author of the professional development title Teaching Young Learners English.

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Teaching Reading and Writing in the Young Learner Classroom

WEBINAR LIBRARY
TEACHING GRAMMAR TO YOUNG LEARNERS
IN A REAL-WORLD CONTEXT

DR. JOAN KANG SHIN
AUTHOR

OVERVIEW
Grammatical structures are the building blocks of language, but the approach to teaching grammar should match the way students learn. Children do not learn through grammatical explanations; rather, they gain an understanding the grammar implicitly through repetition and recycling of the language in different contexts. In this workshop, we’ll discuss the ways in which young learners approach language learning, and what we can do as teachers to ensure our grammar instruction is learning-centered, meaningful, interesting, and most importantly effective.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Integrating Information Literacy Skills into the Young Learner Classroom

WEBINAR LIBRARY
INTEGRATING INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS
INTO THE YOUNG LEARNER CLASSROOM

DR. JOAN KANG SHIN
AUTHOR

OVERVIEW

Information literacy is a necessary skill for young learners in the 21st century, which is increasingly image, media, and technology driven. In the past, literacy referred to being able to read and write, but the term “literacy” now includes the interpretation of all kinds of information, whether in print, images, video, or audio.

Today, English language teachers need to incorporate new literacies and prepare our students to gain information in different ways. This presentation will deepen your understanding of information literacy and show effective ways to build your young learners’ ability to interpret various forms of information while teaching English.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Literacy Programming for Young EFL Learners

WEBINAR LIBRARY
LITERACY PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG EFL LEARNERS

DR. JOAN KANG SHIN
AUTHOR

OVERVIEW

Developing literacy skills in a foreign language can begin as early as foreign language instruction begins. Although some EFL programs delay literacy instruction for young learners and only focus on oral language development, studies have shown that it is not necessary, or even recommended, to take this approach.

In this webinar, Dr. Joan Kang Shin will discuss how literacy activities can be introduced with learners as young as pre-school age and provide the building blocks for balanced literacy programming for young EFL learners.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Empowering 21st Century Teenagers

WEBINAR LIBRARY
EMPOWERING 21ST CENTURY TEENAGERS

DR. JOAN KANG SHIN
AUTHOR

OVERVIEW

For young teenagers, life can be both exciting and confusing. At this age, teenagers are discovering who they are and who they want to be, and exploring the qualities that make them unique as well as the qualities they share with their peers.

In this webinar, Dr. Joan Kang Shin will offer tips and ideas for teachers of young teenagers to help their students better understand themselves, each other, and the world they live in.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

Fostering Global Citizenship in the Young Learner Classroom

WEBINAR LIBRARY
FOSTERING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE
YOUNG LEARNER CLASSROOM

DR. JOAN KANG SHIN
AUTHOR

OVERVIEW

What does it mean to be a global citizen? In today’s world, people around the globe rely on each other more than ever. In this webinar, Dr. Joan Kang Shin will discuss why global citizenship is important, describe the five essential knowledge areas for young learners to become successful global citizens, and showcase practical classroom applications for these ideas!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Connect with Dr. Shin: Google Site

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