RIESI Techno-pedagogy in English Language Teaching

Sessions objectives

1. To help teachers understand Krashen’s Hypotheses and their application in tackling challenges in ELT to enable students to develop communicative competencies in English
2. To help teachers experience and understand the ways in which mobile-based audio stories and related classroom activities can support English language teaching-learning (techno-pedagogy).
3. To help teachers access and make use of available resource repositories
4. To familiarize teachers with FOSS tools that can be used to create and productionize audio resources
5. To help facilitate teachers in using multilingual, inclusive and constructivist pedagogies in language teaching

Sessions Agenda

Day	Time	Session Name	Description/Topics	Resources
Day 1	3:00 to 5:00 PM	Krashen’s Hypotheses	Introduction to Krashen’s Hypotheses How ELT challenges can be overcome by applying these ideas along with integration of digital technologies Experiences from the field – different kinds of activities and use of OER for providing comprehensive input	MindMap Link to video by Krashen
Day 2	10:00 to 10:30 AM	Introduction, Overview	Developing a broad understanding of the Kathe Khajane Program (why digital audio stories, tech-enabled story-based pedagogy, year 1 workshops and outcomes/feedback)	Slide deck
	10:30 to 11:45 AM (Including Tea Break)	Immersive Demo and Discussion	Immersive demo session including Total Physical Response (TPR), pre-listening, during and post-listening activities modeling a classroom setting with teachers participating as students Discussion on demo, feedback, other ways to use digital audio stories	Slide deck A cloud of trash activity page Pre-listening activities During listening activities Post listening activities
	11:45 to 12:15 PM	Mobile App demo and hands-on practice	App installation, subscribing to the English Stories Podcast Streaming and downloading	Khathe Khajane website Antennapod video tutorials Video 1 - Download, Install and subscribe Video 2 - Accessing, orgnising and sharing
	12.15 to 1:00 PM	Group Activity	Divide participants into small groups (4-5). Each group listens to a story from the app and accesses the description/activity pages (List of stories can be provided). A few teachers can come up and demonstrate an activity that they liked	Slide with stories list
	1:00 to 2:00 PM	LUNCH
	2:00 to 2:30 PM	Kathe Khajane Advanced Features	Sorting stories within the podcast - by size, by length, themes Use Bookmark to shortlist favorite/interested stories Adjusting story narration speed Sharing audio stories (social message)	Antennapod video tutorials Video 1 - Download, Install and subscribe Video 2 - Accessing, orgnising and sharing
	2:30 to 4:30 PM (Including Tea Break)	Recording and Editing Resources – Demo	Narration practice , recording guidelines, sample recording, editing demo	Slidedeck on Narration Guidelines Recording Guidelines - Do's & Dont's Audacity manual

Sessions Resources

1. Krashen hypotheses

Expectations from the participants

1. Participate actively in all sessions, activities, and discussions. Share personal experiences, challenges, and solutions related to teaching and classroom management.
2. Apply the strategies and tools discussed in the workshop to their teaching practice. Develop actionable plans for implementing inclusive practices and technology in their classrooms.
3. Provide constructive feedback on the workshop sessions and materials. Reflect on their learning and its implications for their professional practice.