Event

Home

Mini Conference: English Activities for Elementary Schools

Saturday, February 13th, 2010, 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Tokio Watanabe, Tatsuto Tagami, Takamasa Motoyama, Tonya Kneff, Amanda Carr, Sue Fraser, Erin King and Shinobu Koya.

10:00 Tatsuto Tagami, Using English outside the English classroom (Japanese)

10:35 Takamasa Motoyama, Putting together 45 minutes of English activities to make a fun lesson (Japanese)

10:35 Tonya Kneff, Which language to use in the classroom? (English)

11:10 Amanda Carr, The Elementary English Environment - Comfort and Communication (Japanese)

11:10 Sue Fraser, Communicative Teaching (English)

11:45 Erin King and Shinobu Koya, Communication is Key: A Look into a Team-Teaching Relationship (Japanese)

13:45 Main Speaker: Tokio Watanabe, A Vision for Elementary School English Activities: English activities for non-linguists to tackle alone (Japanese with English subtitles)

Followed by group discussions.

Party afterwards at the Old Rock. All welcome!

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

Cost: free

Venue: School of General Education, Shinshu University, Matsumoto

Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Contact Nagano JALT

Miguel Mision