Yokohama JALT:

Teaching English to Older Learners

Date: Sunday, July 9th, 2006 Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Tadashi Ishida

Description:
The presentation will include

  1. Watching a video How to teach English to older learners, showing demonstration lessons by four English teachers (three natives and one non-native).
  2. Discussion and feedback from the floor on the video.
  3. How can a teacher motivate older learners in learning English? Live demonstration with four of Ishida's students (two male and two female students over 60).
  4. Discussion: What kind of role should a native teacher play in teaching English to older learners?


Tadashi Ishida has been teaching English to senior citizens at a community center in Tokyo, sponsored by the Taito Ward Board of Education for the past 23 years. He is the founder of the Teaching Older Learners SIG and published a book titled Hajimeyou! Ikigaitoshiteno Eigo with Shumpu Publishing. He was a national vice president of JALT for 5 years.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen

Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi map

Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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Website: http://yojalt.org

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