Course outcomes

Learning about this essential skill from the Common European Framework will enable you to:

  • Incorporate the 21st century skill of mediation in your lessons

  • set better speaking tasks to meet students’ needs

  • give better feedback on students’ speaking

  • design good writing lessonsrt

  • involve students more in the writing processe

  • give feedback on writing that’ll help students pass exams

  • motivate students to read and listen more

  • integrate all four skills into course designer

  • get students to reflect more on their learning and performance

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course admin and support

    • Links to zoom meetings

    • Some housekeeping

    • Preparation for the first lesson
  • 2

    The what and why of mediation (30-40 mins)

    • What is mediation (10mins)

    • What is mediation quiz (5 mins)

    • Why encourage mediation (10-15 mins)

    • Mediation and classroom issues (5 mins)

    • Reflection and discussion (5-10 mins)
  • 3

    Mediation and speaking tasks (50-80 mins)

    • Introduction (5mins)

    • Noticing moments of mediation (5mins)

    • Mediation and the CEFR (5mins)

    • Language-focused feedback on mediation (10-15mins)

    • Mediation reflection tasks ... and language! (5mins)

    • More mediation reflection tasks (5-15mins)

    • Adapting speaking tasks (5mins)

    • Reflection and Discussion (10-30mins)
  • 4

    Mediation and language tasks (60-80 mins)

    • Introduction: thinking about useful language for a speaking task (10mins)

    • What language to pre-teach and why (10mins)

    • Encouraging mediation through language tasks (15-20mins)

    • Teaching functional language for mediation (10mins)

    • Preparation and expectations for tasks (5mins)

    • Reflection and Discussion on Language tasks (10-30mins)
  • 5

    Mediation and reading (80-130mins)

    • The CEFR focus on mediation and reading (10-15mins)

    • Mediating a text in real life (10mins)

    • Open tasks: Mediating coursebook texts without comprehension questions (15-20mins)

    • Jigsaw reading using given texts (15-20mins)

    • Research for tasks (5-10mins)

    • Mediating unknown texts for language practice (5mins)

    • Critical thinking comprehension questions (10mins)

    • Reflection and Discussion (20-40mins)
  • 6

    Mediation and listening (45-70mins)

    • Introduction: Mediation and bottom-up listening (10mins)

    • A mediated approach to any listening text (10mins)

    • Flipped classroom and mediation (5-10mins)

    • Homework journals of texts (10mins)

    • Reflection and Discussion (10-30mins)
  • 7

    Mediation and writing (90-110mins)

    • Introduction: genre and translation (5mins)

    • Understanding genre and exam tasks (5-15mins)

    • A framework for teaching writing for particular tasks and genres (5mins)

    • An example writing lesson with mediation: describing data (15mins)

    • Translation and ELT classes (5-10mins)

    • Translating activities between L1 and L2 (10-15mins)

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    • The feedback cycle (40-50mins)

    • Reflection and Discussion (10-20mins)
  • 8

    Final thoughts

    • Projects and problem solving curricula

    • Can we assess mediation

    • Can we and should we assess mediation?

    • Further reading and links

    • Feedback

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  • Discounts on future Lexical Lab training, including lesson observation and coaching

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