Project Based Learning (PBL) offers a student-centered learning opportunity for ESL students to improve their language literacy skills, critical thinking, and acquire knowledge. This presentation would address PBL as an alternative to conventional teaching methods to support ESL learners. It would discuss how to plan a project and assess the learning process. It would offer helpful PBL tools and resources, and show examples of PLB with ESL students.
Martin O'Donnell is the Center Director for LCI Language Centers in Houston, TX. He has taught abroad in 3 different countries and earned his MA TESOL in 2013 from the University of Central Florida.