Thu, Jan 09
|ESLC Training Room
Quarterly Pre-Service Volunteer Training (Q3) - Evening Series
This training series prepares participants to teach or assist in English classes provided by the English Skills Learning Center. Must attend all 3 sessions to volunteer: Session 1: January 9 (5:00 pm-8:00 pm) Session 2: January 16 (5:00 pm-8:00 pm) Session 3: January 23 (5:00 pm-8:00 pm)
Time & Location
Jan 09, 2025, 5:00 PM MST – Jan 23, 2025, 8:00 PM MST
ESLC Training Room, 1270 W 2320 S Suite F, West Valley City, UT 84119, USA
Attendees
About the event
This training series prepares participants to teach or assist in English classes provided by the English Skills Learning Center. Each session is facilitated by ESLC staff members who come to training with years of experience teaching adult English language learners. Training activities are focused on how adults learn language, how the ESLC approaches teaching, and considerations for working with adults. Each activity in training also is an opportunity for modeling the types of learning activities the ESLC values in a hands-on, engaging, and discussion-oriented classroom.
Session 1: Adults and Language Learning
Session 1 is an introduction to how adults learn. Participants will be introduced to important considerations for working with adult learners as well as how trauma affects language learning. Additionally, participants get to experience language learning in an immersive Total Physical Response activity in order to draw attention to the importance of repetition in language learning. Participants will also…
Tickets
Prospective Volunteer
Pay what you can! We mean it! The suggested fee for training is $35, however the ESLC recognizes that financial barriers may prevent some from volunteering. For this reason, we have created a "pay what you can" ticket option.
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