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Tokai FLC / JALT Professional Development Symposium 2010
by Mike Lidgley
Tokai FLC / JALT Professional Development Symposium 2010 Helping Learners Build Multiple Skills by Setting Clear Goals, Developing Effective Methodologies, and Creating Appropriate Materials Date: Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Venue: Tokai University, Shonan Campus, Building 14, 2nd Floor (4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292) Tokai Shonan Campus Map http://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/international/campus/shonan.html Website: FLC- Foreign Language Centre - Tokai University Sponsoring Organizations: - West Tokyo JALT - Tokyo JALT - JALT Shizuoka - JALT Gunma - Ibaraki JALT - JACET (Kanto Chapter) Admission: 500 yen (Free to members of sponsoring organizations -- so, Tokyo JALT members, you do not have to pay admission) Lunch: A boxed lunch will be provided to all participants who pre-register on or before Friday, October 15 compliments of Pearson Education. Pre-registration: Please be sure to pre-register at the following link. ==================== Speakers and Schedule ==================== Keynote Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr Keynote Address: Language Output, Grammar, Learning the Language System Language is both a knowledge set and a skill set. Consequently the process of learning a language is not linear. If learners are to realistically develop the "skill" of language, they must have many opportunities to use the language. Grammar is obviously important and is best taught reactively through correction and other awareness-raising activities. Vocabulary can be taught more pro-actively with activities that both re-cycle students back through their words and also lead to an understanding of how these words are used. Additionally teachers must guide students along a path of self-study. Teaches have many responsibilities. This talk will look at some practical ideas to help teachers in the classroom, and help guide their students to language learning success. About the Keynote Speaker ======================= Alastair Graham-Marr has his M.A. in Applied Linguistics. His research interests have included a focus on output, the role of explicit teaching in second language acquisition and second language listening. He has been teaching in Japan for 21 years. He is an active conference participant and presenter in Japan. He has run workshops in many countries around the world, including Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, the U.A.E., the U.S., Brazil, Canada and the U.K. Plenary Speaker: David Barker Plenary Address: Getting Back to Basics in ELT The history of English Language Teaching has been characterized by a stream of ever-changing fashions and trends. In most cases, proponents of new methodologies have urged teachers and learners to abandon all their old tools and techniques and embrace the new dogma, and all too often teachers have been willing to follow unquestioningly. One example of this is the way that many highly effective teaching methodologies have fallen out of favor in recent years because they are no longer deemed to be sufficiently 'communicative'. This is often in spite of the fact that a wealth of research evidence exists to show that many of them are, in fact, highly beneficial for learners. In this presentation, I will discuss a number of what I consider to be 'basic principles' of language learning and argue for a renewed look at what our students are actually able to do with their English. Feedback from participants will be invited. About the Plenary Speaker ====================== David Barker is from North Wales in the United Kingdom. He has been teaching English for 18 years, and he has taught in the UK, Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan. He has an RSA Diploma in TEFLA, an MA in Applied Linguistics, and a PhD in English Language Education. He has worked full- time at three Japanese universities, and part-time at three more, and he has also taught in several Japanese junior high and high schools. He is the author of seven books and various magazine and newspaper columns for Japanese learners of English. Presenters ========= There are three sessions with concurrent presentations/workshops. Session One Presenters: -------------------------------- Remarkable Note Taking, Simply Organized Richard McMahon Culturally Targeted Oral Task Learning Goals Nathan Ducker Google Forms as a Teaching And Learning Tool In Multi-Skills Courses Germain Mesureur & Mark Firth Session Two Presenters: --------------------------------- What to Do with Learning Goals Once You Have Them: Integrating Learning Goals with Course Practices Eric Setoguchi The Countless Possibilities of Mind Mapping Cecelia Ikeguchi A Focus on Fluency in the L/S Classroom Lori Parish Tokai University Session Three Presenters: ----------------------------------- Listening and Shadowing Using Graded-Reader CDs Jean Ware & Miyuki Yonezawa Multi-skills, Task-based Activities in Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication Junko Imai Getting Classes in GEAR Charles Kowalski There will also be poster presentations from 3:05 to 3:45 (after Session Three, before the Plenary Session) For details and abstracts, please see the Symposium website. -- Mike Lidgley Foreign Language Centre Tokai University 4-1-1 Kitakaname Hiratsuka-shi Kanagawa 259-1292 Japan 0463 58 1211 ext. 4587 Click here to read or post comments. |
