{"id":278,"date":"2015-08-20T14:27:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T14:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/ics\/?p=278"},"modified":"2016-03-02T15:15:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T15:15:50","slug":"teach-for-success-2-managing-interaction-and-assessment-in-international-student-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/ics\/2015\/08\/20\/teach-for-success-2-managing-interaction-and-assessment-in-international-student-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach for Success 2: Managing Interaction and Assessment in International Student Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14th April, 9.30 am\u201312.30 pm. 34\/1020, Highfield Campus. Tea &amp; coffee provided.<\/p>\n<p>There is no charge for this workshop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Target audience:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>For academic staff and education developers of all disciplines.\u00a0 Maximum of 20 participants.\u00a0 Please register your interest by emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlook.soton.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?SURL=WHIjnQ_c392rnZv5wYlYUfSUNBVKfW_bS4eKUrZBWY2jYlTkmKjSCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAaQBuAHQAZQByAGMAdQBsAHQAdQByAGEAbABAAHMAbwB0AG8AbgAuAGEAYwAuAHUAawA.&amp;URL=mailto%3aintercultural%40soton.ac.uk\">intercultural@soton.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0by Monday 4th April with \u2018TFS2\u2019 in the subject line.\u00a0 Please include your role, academic unit and faculty. \u00a0We\u2019ll contact you when we have a confirmed date to check if you would like to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outline:\u00a0 <\/strong>This half day workshop is for academic staff who work regularly with international students.\u00a0 It focuses on two specific areas:\u00a0 <em>written assessment<\/em> and <em>interaction\/group work<\/em>.\u00a0 You will therefore benefit from this if you are interested in these specific areas and have experiences to draw on. (For a more general workshop, we recommend you attend <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/ics\/2015\/08\/20\/teach-for-success-1-supporting-international-students-in-the-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teach For Success 1: Supporting International Students in the Classroom<\/a>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you can expect to gain:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awareness of the types of writing that international students have been assessed on for IELTS and on Pre-sessional courses<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of the proficiency level of their writing<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of ways in which assessment criteria, assignment briefs and exemplar assignments can be used to help students understand what is expected<\/li>\n<li>The chance to improve the transparency of one of your own assignment briefs*<\/li>\n<li>Appreciation of how linguistic and educational backgrounds can affect levels of interaction, \u00a0and engagement with group work<\/li>\n<li>Practical strategies for enhancing student interaction in lectures, seminars and group projects<\/li>\n<li>Resources for you and your students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*If you would like to work on improving the clarity of one of your own assignment briefs, please bring a paper copy to the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Led by Jill Doubleday, Modern Languages and Alison Dickens, LLAS (Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies) as part of the Intercultural Connections Southampton project<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/ics\/staff\" target=\"_blank\">Jill Doubleday<\/a> has 15 years\u2019 experience of teaching English to international students and is studying for a PhD in the field of internationalisation of higher education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/ics\/staff\">Alison Dickens<\/a>\u00a0currently directs the LLAS academic development programme and develops and delivers training in a number of areas including e-learning, language teaching and internationalisation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14th April, 9.30 am\u201312.30 pm. 34\/1020, Highfield Campus. 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