Event

Assisting Learners: One ALT's Experience

Saturday, September 30th, 2006, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Speaker: Mike Plugh

Being an ALT means different things for different people. With few standardized guidelines about how an ALT is to be used, schools are left to build relationships with their new foreign staff on their own. For this reason, the range of ALT experiences is vast and varied. In his presentation, Mike Plugh hopes to shed light on some of these experiences and the things he has learned about the feelings on both sides of the team-teaching system. Plugh's main focus, however, will be on his own experience teaching at a SelHi, or Super English Language High School. Some of the important points that will be covered are:
1. How he got here.
2. He's not an English teacher...
3. What value does he bring, contrasted with the JTE's lessons?
4. Differences in teaching English Course and Regular Course students.
5. Where does he draw his teaching resources from?

6. His thoughts on the future of the JET Programme.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen for one-day members, 500 yen for students

Venue: Room B103 at AIU (Akita International University)

Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Contact Akita JALT

Suzuki Takeshi

Work phone: 0184-22-1562