LEARNSCAPING :: constructing active learning environments

My approach to teaching

Much of what I bring to my facilitative style is informed by my past as a language and literacy instructor. I have learned how to integrate skills and content, and performance and knowledge. Because language teaching entails incorporating procedural knowledge, structural knowledge and declarative knowledge, my toolkit abounds with techniques that translate such varied objectives into engaging and appropriate activities.

I like dynamic learning atmospheres and incorporate a variety of activities, groupings and representations in order to accomodate the diversity of learner styles and intelligences. I like a little chaos so that learners can make their own order.

Courses and workshops I have taught

2007	Instructor Development Workshops Preceptorship Workshop	BC Ambulance Service
1994-2006	EFL Teacher Education Academic Preparation Academic Language Proficiency Intensive English Skills Job Search English Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada/English Language Services for Adults, levels 1 to 3 English Conversation: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	Richmond Continuing Education, SD#38, Richmond, B.C.
1994,1995,1996	English for Academic Purposes Learning English through Content: B.C. Film, Contemporary Issues of BC First Nations, Understanding Fairy Tales Cross-Cultural Communication	Langara University College, Vancouver, B.C.
1994-1996	English Converstion Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) English Tutoring	Windsor Education Academy, Richmond, B.C.
1992-1994	Business English English for Computers General English	CDI Career Development Institute, Vancouver, B.C.