Event
HomeEncouraging Young Learners, and their Teachers, to Communicate in English
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007, 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Sue Fraser Osada (Seisen Jogakuin University)
This workshop provides practical advice and examples for using English with young learners, and has particular relevance for those involved with foreign language teaching at the elementary school level.
A specific aim is to help teachers to develop confidence for giving instructions and demonstrating the target language in class, through the use of classroom management language and activities that give both students and teachers communicative practice in English. Activity-types applicable to many topics will firstly be experienced by participants as low-level learners, and then will be discussed and expanded as teachers.
Elementary school teachers, both EFL-specialist and non-specialist, and teacher-trainers, in addition to anyone involved with young learners of English are encouraged to attend this workshop.
Sue Fraser Osada teaches Drama, Literature and Pronunciation at Seisen Jogakuin College and general English at Shinshu University, and is currently researching into the communicative competence of Japanese high school students of English for her doctorate degree.
She was previously a teacher trainer and materials writer at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where she wrote and directed a "Teaching Young Learners" course for primary EFL teachers. She also has experience of teaching French at elementary school level in England.
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Nagano JALT)
Cost: free
Venue: Monzen Plaza, Basement Hall, Chuo-dori, about 10 mins from Nagano Station
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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