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This masterclass provided techniques and action steps for using the ECO Teens educational resources to promote English language learning both in the classroom and autonomously. The techniques covered preparing lessons using ECO Teens materials, communicating and collaborating using functional language, and guiding students to use English beyond the classroom through projects. Corresponding action steps included sharing resources with students, adapting lesson plans to include ECO Teens radio segments, and determining how students can present their work meaningfully. Resources for ECO Teens materials are available online.

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MC2-Teaching Techniques and Action Steps-1

This masterclass provided techniques and action steps for using the ECO Teens educational resources to promote English language learning both in the classroom and autonomously. The techniques covered preparing lessons using ECO Teens materials, communicating and collaborating using functional language, and guiding students to use English beyond the classroom through projects. Corresponding action steps included sharing resources with students, adapting lesson plans to include ECO Teens radio segments, and determining how students can present their work meaningfully. Resources for ECO Teens materials are available online.

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MASTERCLASS #2

Teaching Techniques & Actions Steps

You can watch this MasterClass again to remember how to use these strategies here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ17KmYv1Vo

Master Class: How to use ECO Teens to promote face-to-face and autonomous English
language learning

Education Marcela Forero Jiménez- British Council


specialist: Tatiana Gómez Ramírez- Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo

Overview: In this MasterClass, the audience had the possibility to explore all the
educational resources from ECO Teens 2.0. They were able to listen
to segments of the radio program, use sections of the Teacher´s and
Student´s Guides and they were invited to Go Beyond the classroom
with projects and real-world tasks. Additionally, teachers experienced
how to plan the before, while and after of a class using different ECO
Teens 2.0 resources. Concepts such as flipped learning,
translanguaging, projects and tasks were referred to but, most
importantly, shown in a practical way.

Technique 1: Prepare for the class!

Here are some things that students can do to prepare for the
class:

- Listen to the episode before class at


https://eco.colombiaaprende.edu.co/ecoradio-teach/
- Complete a while-listening exercise.
- Do the READY and STEADY sections of the Student´s Learning
Guide

Here are some things teachers can do to prepare for the class:

- Flip the class and have students listen to the radio episode
before class, plan an exercise to activate knowledge and another
one to do while listening to the podcast.

MasterClass #2:
How to use ECO Teens to promote face-to-face and autonomous English language learning
- Check out the different ECO Teens resources to better take
advantage of the materials.

Action Step 1: Share ECO Teens resources and make students accountable

- Explore ECO Teens 2.0 resources and share them with students
- Use the checklist attached to this document and make students
accountable

Technique 2: Communicate and collaborate using functional language

Use learning stations to further improve your students´ skills in


the classroom. Here are some ideas:

- Station with functional language exercises


- Station fostering collaboration
- Station promoting communication

Action Step 2: Adapt your lesson plans with episode segments

- Check out how each episode of the radio program is structured


and pick the segment that best suits your students´ needs and
interests.
- Adapt your lesson plan with an episode segment

Technique 3: Go beyond the classroom and guide students to use the


language

This can be done through tasks and projects

- Check out the After Listening section in the Teacher´s Guide


- Extra Activities in the Teacher´s Guide
- Check out the GO section in the Student´s Guide

MasterClass #2:
How to use ECO Teens to promote face-to-face and autonomous English language learning
Action Step 3: Determine the best ways for students to present work and
make it meaningful

- Think about the different audiences you teach and how they will
present the work they have created
- Use the checklist attached to this document to remember the
steps to follow

Materials and Available at https://eco.colombiaaprende.edu.co/


Resources:

Ministerio de Educación Nacional. English for Colombia: ECO 2.0


Teacher’s Guide ECO Teens. Bogotá, Colombia.

Ministerio de Educación Nacional. English for Colombia: ECO 2.0.


Guías para estudiantes ECO Teens. Bogotá, Colombia.

MasterClass #2:
How to use ECO Teens to promote face-to-face and autonomous English language learning

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