Computer-Based Writing Classes

Speaker: Bill Pellowe, Kinki University, Iizuka campus.
Date: Saturday, May 14th, 2005
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Nagasaki
Venue: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 4F, Meeting Room #2
Description: Pellowe describes his computer-based writing course, and gives practical advice on how teachers can implement similar courses with their own students. Pellowe's students do pre-writing tasks, solicit and share opinions, and respond to and discuss each other's writing. He discusses the effects on students' writing (both the processes and products) and some solutions to challenges faced with such a course.

Directions to the venue: This meeting will be held at Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 4F, Meeting Room #2, which is the large white building next to Dejima Wharf and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum. Take the #5 streetcar to Shiminbyoinmae stop, or take #1 streetcar to the Dejima stop. Limited car parking also available.)
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 1000 yen
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter, Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
This URL: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/2510


Contact Nagasaki JALT Chapter:
URL: http://www.kyushuelt.com/jalt/nagasaki.html
Tomoko Maekawa:
  maekawa728@hotmail.com
Tim Allan:
  allan@kwassui.ac.jp





Upcoming Events for Nagasaki JALT Chapter:


Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Intertwining content studies with language studies
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki



Other Past Events (Archive) for Nagasaki JALT Chapter


Saturday, June 20th, 2009
(1) Pronunciation difficulties for Japanese learners of French; (2) Vocabulary and effective lesson planning with clear goals and outcomes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Brain Studies and Learning/Active Skills for Communication
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, April 18th, 2009
English language as the 'lingua franca' in the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement, 1859-1941
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The Best of Tokyo: Presentations from the JALT2008 Conference
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Shadowing and other out-of-class listening assignments
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Winter Holiday/Year End Party
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Interactive Blended Learning: The next generation of ELT
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, October 18th, 2008
(1) Planned and Unplanned Speech Acts Using Yackpack; (2) Practical Uses of Songs in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki