CATESOL Orange County Chapter Conference
Spring 2012 Professional
Development Workshop
A Dramatic Approach to Literature in ESL by Dr. Susan Stern
Saturday, March 3, 2012
California State University, Fullerton
This workshop will demonstrate and give hands-on experience in using dramatic activities to complement and enhance the study of short stories, plays, and novels in ESL classes, both to integrate literature study with language learning, and to help students understand, appreciate, and enjoy a work of literature. By the end of the workshop, instructors should feel sufficiently prepared to adapt this dramatic approach to any selection of fiction or drama for their ESL classes, from the simplest of scripts or stories for lower-level students to full length novels or plays
Dr. Susan Stern is a Professor of ESL at Irvine Valley College, where she has enjoyed teaching all levels of ESL for over 20 years. Prior to that, she was a Lecturer in ESL at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Stern holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she also taught a variety of ESL classes. She received her M.A. in TESL, her Secondary Teaching Credential (English/French), and her B.A. in English from UCLA.
Workshop Agenda
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Coffee, Registration, and Publishers
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Welcome and Stern, Part I
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Publishers’ Fair
11:15 – 12:30 p.m. Stern, Part II
12:30 – 1:20 p.m. Lunch, Publishers, and Poster Presentations
1:20 – 3:00 p.m. Stern, Part III, and Closing
TEFL students,
Please arrive at the IP office by 7:15am. Lunch will not be provided at the conference, so expect to purchase lunch at nearby restaurants. You can expect to return to the IP office around 3:30pm.