Brock Brady, is the current President of international TESOL association. Currently, he is an Expert in TEFL Curriculum Design for Peace Corps. Before coming to Peace Corps, Brady served as Coordinator then Co Director of the American University TESOL Program for 12 years, developing and enhancing several academic program curricula and designing and teaching a number of graduate-level teacher education courses. Before going to American University, Brady directed English Language Programs for the State Department in Burkina Faso and Benin, lectured at a science and technical university for two years in Korea, served as a Fulbright Scholar in France, and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, W. Africa. Brady matriculated at Reed College and Portland State University in Oregon.
Brady’s research interests include program and course design, cross-cultural discourse analysis, pronunciation, and teacher education. He has also taught English or engaged in educational consulting in the U.S., Angola, Egypt, France, the Gambia, Israel, Mali, Panama, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, and Spain.
Keynote - "Transition in How We View Teaching: The Triangle of Professional Competence"
Saturday morning, November 13, Plenary
The "Triangle of Professional Competence” is a tool to help teachers self-assess their teaching competence in terms of practice (knowledge and skills—the traditional source of teacher competence), but also in terms of relationship (with students, colleagues and supervisors), and commitment (to the profession and to the institution). Participants will learn to use this model to assess themselves to be more effective, well-rounded teachers.
Workshop - "Teaching in Transition: Incorporating Pronunciation Instruction into all ESL classes"
Saturday, November 13
Judy Gilbert has described pronunciation as the ESL/EFL “orphan”—that is, pronunciation is often left out or ignored as part of instruction. Pronunciation is frequently not highlighted in other ESL skill classes—especially for beginning students. When it is treated as an explicit instructional element, it is frequently during a more advanced level elective course. This is strange. When one is using an additional language typically the biggest anxiety and impediment to communication is pronunciation; therefore, we should build learner confidence by providing effective pronunciation support into all ESL classes.
Discover techniques that you can apply to pronunciation instruction immediately without becoming an expert on phonology or phonetic transcription. Pick up tricks you can use “on the fly” to incorporate pronunciation instruction in other language skills classes, and learn quick ways to analyze lessons in other skill classes to highlight pronunciation features for practice-- along with the rest of the lesson content.
