Summer camp in Arslanbab

 The Summer camp in Arslanbob was organized from  6  to 11 of July, 2014 for AEPE students of Osh and Jalal Abad.
AEPE students of four groups from Osh and Jalal Abad, lead teachers, and coordinators met together to discuss the issues of teaching and learning. The sessions were organized from 8.45 to 21.00
We could have their morning exercises on the beautiful nature side,always different food and  team building activities through games, songs, dances, and talent show.
At the first day the program starts with the orientation session about the goals and objectives of the training. This training will be helpful to organize a final project work and to work in small and collaborative groups in order to organize working groups which will be responsible for different tasks to organize a big final project.
Ice breaking and group formation activities allowed our students to know each other better and to ask questions about the personal and school life.

At the session " lesson planning", students could analyze the main elements of the lesson plan and discussed  the process of lesson planning.  Three groups of teachers: enablers; explainers; and involvers were introduced to partcipants and they discussed their roles and functions at the school.

AEPE students reviewed the information about the learning styles and proposed recomendations to each other to use the knowledge about it in the work.
At the same time, it was a short time to organize  team bulding activities, such as morning exercise, games at the end of the day,trip to the Waterfall, etc. Students partcipated very actively.
                       



A beautiful nature side, a fresh air,and an exciting time to learn together contributed to a learning environmnet in the educational and leadership process of conducting a strong team of teachers

Day2

The main aspects of discsussion for the day were: presenting and practicing vocabulary; teaching grammar creatively; classroom management; using songs and chants; and a  final project discussion. In the evening students prepared for the lesson  demonstration.Trainers used different approaches of work, such as demonstrative lessons for participants that they discussed, games,  songs, etc. AEPE students could work individually, in pairs, and in small groups.
In the game  "Scavenger hunt" all students presented creative work and team spirit.

Day3

 The day was started with the Flashmob for morning exercise.
The sessions were  interesting for students and productive, such as discussion and practicing ideas about  Teaching Receptive skills; Listening and Reading; Using video in Language Learning; Using Graphic Organizers in the English Classroom;and a Final project discussion. Students discussed the listening and reading  difficulties and where we as teachers have to pay attention to. At the demo lesson "Dreams", trainers used several activities to listen, read, and to work with the text. They could analyze the role of the reading and listening for the learners, and challenges in the process of teaching and learning. It was very interesting to practice with watching video clips to answer to the series of questions about them. Through the comprehensive tasks  students  worked with the texts and discussed videos.
Many of our students have used graphic organizers in their teaching practice but they have never analyzed and compared the similarities and differences between them. Trainers used  Jigzaw as the  method to introduce, share, compare, and analyze information.
 Demo lesson preparation is a session where students continued their work in small groups to design a lesson that combines intrdouction of  American culture in English language teaching.
We will never forget a wonderful trip to the small  Waterfall!!! We climbed the hills; bought a lot of souvenirs and  kurtaps which were eaten on the way to the top of the mountain; and  could take a lot of beautiful and unforgetable pictures!

Day4

In the program were several  questions for discussion, such as "Encouraging Speaking with Teens; Effective Oral and Written Correction; Creative Writing". AEPE students had enough time to prepare for  Demo lesson and participate in different  team building activities, such as American Sports and Games.
Teachers reflected on their teaching expereince, on their methodology and the value of each skills for students. Speaking activities that were organized through the different games were accepted by teachers with a great enthusiasm and curiosity in each step of organizing them.  Provocative questions, such as "How do you feel when you make mistakes in your speech? and How do your students feel when they make mistakes in their speech?" were given to teachers and they could think deeper about this problem and the solutions to them.
Agreement and disagreement were productive  elements of discussion about different topics.

Day5

Trainers presented a session about Mobile Learning through the questions and answers.  It was very interesting, because students could use at the lesson  their mobile phones and to conduct a dialogue in pairs. Teachers can plan such lessons at their schools.  Finally,  AEPE students  presented their demo lessons that they prepared  during the training. In each team were three teachers and they had to demonstrate a team work, interactive methods of work, and strategies/activities that they have learned through the training. All lessons were prepared very well and teachers demonstrated creativity and a big enthusiasm in preparation and presentation.
 Feedback was given by the director of ACCELS and by the trainers of the training. Students have  learned through the feedback and will improve their workshop for the final project.

     

We are looking forward to a final project and our classes !