hOLA!! :) Congrats Lissette!! There will be an OLA 'newbie' meeting every Monday at 4:00 Oregon time (PST). It will be a gotomeeting online and the number will be sent out before the meeting. Anyone from anywhere can access it. There are also going to be several other opportunities throughout the week to connect. I will send that schedule out as soon as it is finalized. Also, feel free to email me directly at: rogersdr25@xxxxxxxxx Abrazos, Darcy Enviado desde mi iPhone El sep 5, 2012, a las 5:26 a.m., Lissette Lorenz <lissettelorenz@xxxxxxxxx> escribió: > Hello everyone, > > My name is Lissette. I just graduated from college in May and in two weeks > will start a two year English teaching fellowship in Tokyo, Japan. I will be > teaching first and second year college students' beginner and intermediate > reading and writing. This is my first time teaching English, and am very > excited. > > During my senior year, Darcy Rogers led an OLA workshop and I fell in love > with the teaching style. Therefore, I am planning to model my classes on the > OLA method. Trouble is, I only attended that one workshop.... > > So I'm looking for ideas and advice, specifically for teaching > reading/writing courses of a beginner/intermediate level. I have lots of > freedom in terms of lesson planning, and love to get creative. If I could get > directed to useful resources for a newbie OLA teacher, I'd really appreciate > it! > > Thanks for including me in this community! > > :) Lissette