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Chatterbox "traits": A T&T Early Literacy research focus (m14715)
Keywords: adults, chatterbox traits, Literacy, patterns, resource, speech scripts, Standard English, teachers and parents, terms for talk, traits, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian creole English, young children
Summary: This article will describe through a research lens the talk patterns of some selected young children in Trinidad and Tobago . It will also pose for discussion how these "traits" or patterns can be used productively in home and educational settings for Literacy purposes. This module particularly targets teachers and hopes ... Literacy learning.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 61.58%
Revised: 2008-02-15
Revisions: 10
"Pan" and Literacy for Trinidad and Tobago Teachers (col10460)
Institution: University of Trinidad and Tobago
Keywords: Calypso, Caribbean, Literacy, Music, pan, steelpan, students, teachers, Trinidad and Tobago
Summary: These modules about "PAN"--short for "steelpan" are directly related to the attempt to find ways in the culture and speech of young people in Trinidad and Tobago to improve their school Literacy. The collection is for the teachers-to-be of these young persons especially those who are at ... whole-class activities.
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 71.07%
Revised: 2009-09-28
Revisions: 12
An Alternative Language Experience Guide for Teachers (m14081)
Keywords: Alternative guide, Caribbean, Communication Experience Guide, Community, creole-influenced students, Language Experience, Literacy, native strategies for talk, Scheme, Students, Teachers, Trinidad and Tobago, Types of talk
Summary: This is an initial guide for Trinidad and Tobago teachers on using the communication experiences of creole-influenced students to improve their Literacy. The ideas suggested here can serve as an alternative to the Language Experience Approach to the teaching of Reading for such students. Teachers can experiment with and ... assist Comprehension.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 85.31%
Revised: 2009-09-18
Revisions: 24
Steelband history for local teachers (m18349)
Keywords: culture, education, famous pan pioneers, global, literacy, pan, steelband, Trinidad and Tobago, youth
Summary: This module will provide points for discussion on the steelband and its history. The targeted audience is teachers at both the primary and secondary levels in T&T . It will also provide an updated view of the pan and of the personalities who are associated with its development. The ... their students.
Subject: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 77.57%
Revised: 2008-12-10
Revisions: 9
How young Caribbean children learn to talk (m15161)
Keywords: adults, Caribbean, chat skills, chatterbox, children, Early Literacy, Language Acquisition, parents, preschool, siblings
Summary: This module will outline the basic concepts about the way children in general acquire talk (language)and by extension conversation skills. Teachers are invited to look at their experiences with Caribbean children in order to test these concepts. We also question, what our views are of child chat and how ... Literacy Learning.
Subject: Social Sciences, Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 60.04%
Revised: 2007-09-24
Revisions: New
Writing with Caribbean Teachers: the Reading-Writing Link (m14129)
Keywords: Caribbean, journalling, personal expressive mode, reading habit, Standard English, teachers, Trinidadian Creole English, writers, writing
Summary: This module seeks to encourage teachers to see themselves as writers. This is one way of improving their own writing skills and readying themselves to teach writing. It also seeks to link the reading habit to the act of writing. The ideas came from the expressed needs of student teachers in Trinidad and Tobago.
Subject: Arts
Language: English
Popularity: 84.49%
Revised: 2008-05-19
Revisions: 43
Communication, Language and Literacy in Trinidad and Tobago (col10388)
Institution: University of Trinidad and Tobago
Keywords: Codeswitching, Communication, Community, Experience, International English, Language, Literacy, Meaning making, Students, Teacher-researcher, Teachers, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian Creole English, Ways of Speaking
Summary: This course introduces teachers in Trinidad and Tobago to some possible links between Language, Communication and Literacy in our local contexts. All students and interested persons are welcome to sample the ideas here. Any of the modules/sections can be a convenient starting point.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 81.42%
Revised: 2009-09-18
Revisions: 18
Improving Literacy through Communication Experiences (m14074)
Keywords: Caribbean, Classroom, communication, community, Experience, interaction patterns, International English, Language, Literacy, Students, Teachers, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian Creole
Summary: This article/module explores the notion that to assist "problem readers" in Trinidad and Tobago, it is necessary for teachers to have a knowledge of how language is used in the community and how communication events occur there. These can be the basis for "patterns of interaction" with texts written in ... ideas further.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 94.03%
Revised: 2008-05-19
Revisions: 26
READING FOR PARENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL (m14694)
Keywords: school partnerships
Summary: In the elementary years, parents are usually involved with their students’ education; volunteering at school, keeping up with homework, and communicating with teachers. When students get to the middle school level, parents seem to pull back more, especially after the sixth grade year, generally being more involved when it comes ... the classroom.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 73.18%
Revised: 2007-07-02
Revisions: New
Teaching Reading to Limited English Proficient Students (m13093)
Keywords: Administrators, Limited English Proficient Students, Professional Development, Rural Schools, Teachers
Summary: Rural schools are schools located in rural areas with a population of less than 2,500 as defined by the Department of Education, Bureau of the Census (National Education Association [NEA], 2004) and face unique challenges for developing programs to serve the linguistic and cultural needs of English Language Learners ... first language.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 51.11%
Revised: 2005-11-05
Revisions: 3
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