Today’s regular class session was cancelled to allow you to attend a lecture on EAL Learners by Sylvia Helmer, an instructor and FA in the Faculty of Education.  Here’s the PPT from her presentation:

[to be posted when I receive it]

Here’s the Test Your Awareness video:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4[/youtube]

and here’s the one from Desmond Morris on Gestures, Meaning, and Culture:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRQSRed58XM[/youtube]

We worked with the Diamond Ranking Activity a few times.  This activity comes from the classic teaching text, Global Teacher, Global Learner by Pike and Selby:

A big thanks to Sylvia for her lecture.

– Lawrence