It was indeed a year-end celebration. There was no fixed charge - everybody went Dutch and paid their own. Presenters will report on their work in curriculum development with their English classes, describing classroom processes, tasks, content, and their ownr research. For pictures of the Conference, click here. The most important skill we can hlep our students develop is listening.
Many Japanese learners find listening difficult to learn for they have less control over it.
In this presentation, a myriald of listening techniques at the public school level will be demonstrated. Since speaking activities follow naturally from listening activities, a variety of games and communicative taskas will be outlined. Aleda Krause workd with Prentice Hall Japan. Students naturally identify with and are motivated by NPRMs, and they certainly have more exposure to them. And smiling helps.