Gunma JALT:

How to Develop Confidence in English Pronunciation

Date: Sunday, July 22nd, 2001 Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Takashi Shimaoka

Description:
Because of the great difference in the writing systems, EFL teachers as well as students tend to believe that there is no common ground between English and Japanese and that it is impossible for Japanese EFL learners to master English pronunciation. During his presentation, he would like to change these popular misconceptions by deeper understanding the English alphabet and using modified kana. He would also like to stress the importance of pronunciation for Reading Aloud for Communication. His checklist of English pronunciation using 10 steps and 100 items will be introduced. The model reading was done by Peter Roach, the editor of The Daniel Jones English Pronouncing Dictionary (15th edition) published by Cambridge University Press. Takashi Shimaoka is currently a professor at Ibaraki Christian University, teaching English phonetics and English teaching methodology. He is also a professor emeritus at Tsukuba University. He obtained a Ph.D in linguistics from Tsukuba University in 1994. He is the chief author of the Sunshine English Course, an authorized textbooks published from Kairyudo. He was a Fulbright Scholar at San Francisco State University in 1958-59 and a British Council Scholar at the Post-graduate TEFL Diploma Course at Welsh College of Advanced Technology in 1960-61. He was a research scholar at UCLA in 1982-83. His NHK radio English conversation program was in 1987-88. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of American Cultural Exchange in Seattle. He has written many books. Some of the popular ones are Little Star English Picture Dictionary published from Shogakukan, and Team Teaching in English Classrooms - an Intercultural Approach published by Kairyudo.

Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Gunma JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen; Students, 200 yen; Newcomers, free

Venue: Kyoai Gakuen College (http://www.kyoai.ac.jp/)

Location: Gunma City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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