Event

Two Presentations: Peer Review and Counseling Techniques

Sunday, July 27th, 2003, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Yoshiko Kondo and Scott Gardner; Raphael O'Donoghue

Becoming A Better Peer Reviewer: How Can Peer Review Practice Help Improve teacher practice (Yoshiko Kondo and Scott Gardner)
Peer Review is an activity widely used as part of process writing. However, some teachers are skeptical of its effectiveness because of students' inadequacy in responding with helpful and constructive advice. Kondo and Gardner conducted a study to explore ways for the students to become effective reviewers.
Reasons For and Methods Of Integrating Counseling Techniques into the Classroom (Raphael O'Donoghue)
This presentation tries to show the value and the means of having a counseling orientation as part of the language teacher's basic philosophy of teaching and learning. The presentation explains various counseling approaches as they could be applied in the classroom. Specific counseling approaches and techniques are then explained in the context of particular language learners and particular learning tasks.

Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Okayama JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen, students 500 yen

Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F

Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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