Event

Raising English Ability Through Making Speeches

Sunday, April 15th, 2007, 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Speaker: Dennis Woolbright

This workshop will explain the process of helping students research, prepare and deliver speeches in English, no matter what level of English ability they have at the beginning of the course. For students with low English ability, it is necessary to give a lot of structure. Making a speech is like making a cake; if you have all the ingredients you need, and you mix them properly and bake it long enough you can make a good cake. The important thing is not to expect too much at first, give simple instructions and work with the student step by step. This workshop is for both students and teachers. We will actually build a speech in the workshop.

L. Dennis Woolbright is a professor of English at Seinan Jo Gakuin University where he teaches Oral English, speech and debate. He also serves as an advisor for Seinan Jo Gakuin Senior High School's SELHi (Super English High School) program. He has a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Denver. He has been teaching in Japan for 24 years. For the last four years he has served as a lecturer for the Monbukagakusho?fs intensive summer English program for high school and junior high school English teachers in Fukuoka and Yamaguchi. Before coming to Kyushu, he studied Japanese at Waseda University?'s Language Institute and then was a lecturer at Waseda Honjo Senior High School. He enjoys coaching students for speech contests and serves as judge for various local University speech contests. In a former life he was the Television Tokyo All Japan Foreign Singing champion.

Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Nagano JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen

Venue: Matsumoto M-Wing, Room 4-2, across from PARCO

Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

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