Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
Oct. 12-15 2012, Act City, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
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The presenter will discuss his system of vocabulary building, various reading methods, together with home study practices which include diary writing. Through the presentation, he will demonstrate how to encourage students who have motivational troubles and lack determination in English lessons.
This two part workshop will consist of a demonstration of 12 different ways to use simple picture cards in EFL classes for effective, stimulating and enjoyable lessons, and an examination and demonstration of the application, design, and correction of homework.
Following Paul Nation’s research on extensive reading and speed reading for the development of reading fluency and accuracy, this presentation will demonstrate its application in the EFL classroom through an exploratory study focusing on first year university students in Japan.
In this session we will explore a range of practical techniques for making effective use of movies and television programs in the language classroom, including asking questions that facilitate strategy development; assigning simple tasks to make difficult video accessible; empowering students to use video programs for autonomous learning; preparing for the unpredictable: authentic English vs.
JALT Extensive Reading SIG is proud to announce the Fifth Annual Extensive Reading in Japan Seminar!
We will have a full day of speakers, including plenaries from Stephen Krashen and Junko Yamanaka, as well as a wide range of books on display.
Don't miss this annual highlight on the ER calendar.
More details to be announced shortly
Part of the annual JALT Four-Corners Tour, this interactive workshop by Theron Muller is divided into two parts. The first illustrates how audience members can become legitimate participants in academic publishing by explaining different journal systems, including The Language Teacher, the JALT Conference Proceedings, and the Asian EFL Journal family of journals.
When conducting research, it may be easy to take a wrong turn and be uncertain of how best to proceed with our individual projects. And yet, if provided with opportunities to articulate our jumbled thoughts in a supportive and non-judgmental environment to a fellow peer who is willing to listen and understand them, we may begin to see things more clearly, discover new perspectives on our research, and find a direction forward.
This meeting will feature three presentations on various approaches to facilitating and encouraging communication. Issues affecting communication such as environment, medium, and strategies for bridging cultural differences will all be examined in what promises to be a highly informative meeting.
Hot debates with regard to the goals of ELT have never ceased in Japan. Since people here tend to have either strong desires or regrets for English, the general public as well as scholars and practitioners in that academic field have provided so many different perspectives on the “why and how” of ELT in Japan.
This professional development seminar, sponsored in part by the Junior & Senior High School SIG, will feature presentations, workshops and discussions on various topics related to language learning/teaching of adolescent learners in Japan.
Schedule:
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:10 Zane A. Richie & Aaron Fox – “Incorporating CBI into EFL Textbooks”
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