Key Technology Influences in Our School
Even though the program for our school is a BC Ministry of Education curriculum designed for native language speakers, the most successful teachers in our school realize that in addition to teachers of their particular curricular area, they are also English language teachers. In essence, the content serves a dual purpose for student learning. It is simultaneously the purpose for the course of study and the vehicle that carries vocabulary and language acquisition. Through trial and error and under the influence of experienced ESL instructors, the school utilizes a variety of vocabulary development principles and emerging technologies such as those listed below:
- Weekly Vocabulary Study
- Digital Word Maps
- Lextutor
- Extensive speaking: Mobile Phones and Audacity
- Extensive speaking: The Classroom
- Sustained Silent Reading
- Electronic Dictionaries
- Computer Assisted Learning