Textbooks, Tasks, and Fluency Speakers: Â Theron Muller (teacher and researcher based in Japan) In the first part of this workshop, Theron will explain how he adapts textbook activities to make them more task-like. Participants are encouraged to bring the textbooks they teach with to consider how they can adapt activities for their own classrooms. The … Continue reading
The Secrets of Peer Tutoring & iPads as Teacher Toolkits Speakers: Craig Manning & Stephen Henneberry (both from The University of Shimane) Would you like to enhance your students’ learning outcomes and overall educational experiences without working harder? In the first talk, Craig Manning will explain how peer tutoring can greatly help students. For best … Continue reading
Comparing Foreign Language Communication to Budo (Martial Arts) Speaker: Yosuke Yanase (Hiroshima University) Learning to communicate in a foreign language is a highly demanding task, and it may be compared to learning Budo (martial arts): the capability to deal with the almost unlimited possibilities that real combat offers. This presentation will deal with the issues … Continue reading
