Dear all,
           this is Shester SEVERE for the second report of the the workshop we made in Lascahobas for the English teachers.
Describe how communicative language teaching (CLT) was introduced: The problem we were used to facing in Haiti most of the teachers are teaching Foreign Languages to prepare the students for only the exams. They always focus on grammar rules, give the students a lot of vocabularies to memorize and ask them sometimes to make a sentence with each word and recite them when they come back to school without thinking if the sentences are communicative or not.
After the training we had with the teachers in Lascahobas, they said that the methods we used are really useful, it will allow them to know how to use their brain to create practical activities in the class with these three (3) words ICI (Imagination Creation and Invention) and they will try hard to include it in the Language Teaching to make a positive impact on the educational system.
We presented the communicative language teaching through a topic, we asked them to identify the sentences which are communicative or not.
 
Describe how SWBATs were introduced and what that trainees developed: We presented to them this new method which is named SWBATs (Students Will Be Able To.), generally SWBATs used to define objectives of the lesson plan. It was a new method for them according to their testimony, but they were excited and welcomed it. They said that it will definitely improve the way they used to teach before.

Best regards!
Shester SEVERE

​Well this is again Rodney Adams DECAMP reporting the second report of the the program Train-the-trainer teacher training held at Centre Educatif Evangelique de Lascahobas-CEELA.  Lascahobas, Plateau Central, Haiti.
Describe how communicative language teaching (CLT) was introduced:
Problematic:
The main issues in languages teaching in Haiti are that the methods are not communicative. Whatever the foreign languages teaching, students are overwhelmed with grammatical rules and vocabularies just to pass the tests and final exams.  For instance the most common methods have always been about to copy vocabularies off the board and try to memorize then recite them before the Teachers.  But it is more than that just pass a test and memorize vocabularies, it is actually a question of communication: how useful or practical is what the students have learned. It is a serious point which has an impact on all a generation.
Introduction communicative language teaching (CLT):
 As Professors Ruth and Vanessa did, to introduce the (CLT), we shared some sentences and asked each teacher to think on it and to give his feedback if the sentences are communicative or not. And we asked them to create activities they think which could be more practical. In fact they did it.
 
Describe how SWBATs were introduced and what that trainees developed:
SWBATs were well introduced. First of all we ask to share their ideas on what SWBATs is, if they are familiar with it. In their intervention, the teachers said that they did not know SWBATs before; they were used to apply other method to determine their objective but definitely they will use SWBATs in their next class.
We present SWBATs as follow: Students Will Be Able To… (SWBATs). It states what our objective or our learning goal is for a particular lesson. Then in the practical phase we brought them to perform SWBATs activities.

Rodney Adams DECAMP,
​Best and finest regards

​Good Morning dear All!
This is Rodney Adams DECAMP from Haiti. I am kindly submitting to your attention the report from the 1st day of the training program: Train-the trainer teacher training held at Centre Educatif Evangélique de Lascashobas-CEELA in Lascahobas November 4th, 2015. Shester SEVERE and I Rodney Adams DECAMP have formed a good trainers’ team, and we had an enthusiastic trainees’ team as well. We have listed eleven (11) teachers from Mirebalais, Port-au-Prince, Saut D’Eau and Lascahobas where the training has taken place. As these teachers are from different areas, knowing that they teach at several schools and according to their testimony after the training their impression lets us estimate that this training session will have an impact on a large number of students-from one thousand and five hundred students (1500).
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At the beginning we warmly welcomed the teachers. We started with an English song and a prayer. In terms of introduction we used two (2) Ice-Breakers. The first one was about a rotation where each teacher introduced himself (his name, where his from and his favorite sport); the next teacher introduced the colleague before him and himself and so on…the second Ice-Breaker was about the year of birth of each participant written on a piece of paper –then we checked to see the year in which most of them were born and we only called the year for instance (1989) and more than three (3) teachers stood up at the same time. Interesting! Isn’t it? Such activities were new for them but deeply impressed them.

We considered this strong educational quotation,  was put in our Haitian context and shared “Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble……to make sure that our kids are enjoying learning, that our Teachers are able to operate with creativity, to make sure we are preparing our kids for a lifetime of success.” –President Obama.

The list below is the teachers/ participants names who attended the training session. Looking forward to post other steps very soon.
Teachers’ names list:

1. Bernadieu METELUS
2. Josué SENESCAR
3. Eclésiaste JOSEPH
4. Félix LEXANDRE
5. Changlois SMITH
6. Jean Wilner LOUIS
7. Michaël HERMILUS
8. Habaccuc SIGUE
9. Mireline Charlemagne
10. Charly JEAN-FELIX
11. Darline THERMIDOR

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Rodney Adams DECAMP,
Best and finest regards

​Good Morning dear All!
This is Rodney Adams DECAMP from Haiti. I am kindly submitting to your attention the report from the 1st day of the training program: Train-the trainer teacher training held at Centre Educatif Evangélique de Lascashobas-CEELA in Lascahobas November 4th, 2015. Shester SEVERE and I Rodney Adams DECAMP have formed a good trainers’ team, and we had an enthusiastic trainees’ team as well. We have listed eleven (11) teachers from Mirebalais, Port-au-Prince, Saut D’Eau and Lascahobas where the training has taken place. As these teachers are from different areas, knowing that they teach at several schools and according to their testimony after the training their impression lets us estimate that this training session will have an impact on a large number of students-from one thousand and five hundred students (1500).
At the beginning we warmly welcomed the teachers. We started with an English song and a prayer. In terms of introduction we used two (2) Ice-Breakers. The first one was about a rotation where each teacher introduced himself (his name, where his from and his favorite sport); the next teacher introduced the colleague before him and himself and so on…the second Ice-Breaker was about the year of birth of each participant written on a piece of paper –then we checked to see the year in which most of them were born and we only called the year for instance (1989) and more than three (3) teachers stood up at the same time. Interesting! Isn’t it? Such activities were new for them but deeply impressed them.
We considered this strong educational quotation,  was put in our Haitian context and shared “Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble……to make sure that our kids are enjoying learning, that our Teachers are able to operate with creativity, to make sure we are preparing our kids for a lifetime of success.” –President Obama.
The list below is the teachers/ participants names who attended the training session. Looking forward to post other steps very soon.
Teachers’ names list:

1. Bernadieu METELUS
2. Josué SENESCAR
3. Eclésiaste JOSEPH
4. Félix LEXANDRE
5. Changlois SMITH
6. Jean Wilner LOUIS
7. Michaël HERMILUS
8. Habaccuc SIGUE
9. Mireline Charlemagne
10. Charly JEAN-FELIX
11. Darline THERMIDOR

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Best and finest regards,
​Rodney Adams DECAMP

​Train-the-trainer teacher training.
Good morning, this Shester SEVERE and Rodney Adams DECAMP reporting from the first day of the train-trainer workshop at Centre Education Evangélique in Lascahobas (C.E.E.L.A) Plateau Central.  We had eleven (11) teachers; some of them live far away from Lascahobas about an hour transportation to reach there. The first session of the training was excited. The teachers were impressed by the way they were really comfortable and they told us that they learned so many new things such as: Ice-Breakers. They are used to giving the students vocabularies to memorize by heart. They told us they will change the way of teaching English. The training showed them how to create activity in the classroom and it will allow the students to interact to each other. It was a great experience to work with them and they are looking forward to receiving other trainings to become more and more by teaching their students.
The first (1) day we presented to them MIIS program and Rotary Club. We started with Ice-breakers to show them how they can be familiar to each other, to avoid the students being stressed and felt comfortable in the class room.This program will make impact over one thousand and one hundred (1100) students approximately.
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​Teachers’ names list

1. Bernadieu METELUS
2. Josué SENESCAR
3. Eclésiaste JOSEPH
4. Félix LEXANDRE
5. Changlois SMITH
6. Jean Wilner LOUIS
7. Michaël HERMILUS
8. Habaccuc SIGUE
9. Mireline Charlemagne
10. Charly JEAN-FELIX
11. Darline THERMIDOR

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Best Regards,
​ Shester SEVERE