In this lesson snapshot, a high school ESL 4 class delves into factory farming, sustainability, and the food industry through Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma. They use the QFT twice throughout the unit; once as a pre-reading exercise and later to unpack two juxtaposed primary sources images of farming then and now, armed with knowledge from the book.
ESL/ESOL
Library teacher Kendall Boninti and Instructional Technology Specialist Nicole Hart share how they use the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to engage students learning English as a second language in inquiry and project based learning. They also share their best practices for making the QFT work well with English Learners.
This recorded webinar is a presentation by ESL coach Beth Skelton for the #VirtuEL 2020 Conference. It provides an experience in the QFT and good tips and tricks for implementing it in the language classroom and with language learners of all kinds.
"Our dual language PreK-8 classrooms at Dual Immersion Academy in Grand Junction, Colorado are buzzing with students’ voices. Questions are volando."
How world language teachers incorporate the QFT with students at different levels of language proficiency.
How world language teachers use the QFT to accomplish instructional goals unique to the language classroom




