The Active Learner: A Classroom Teacher's Perspective

Speaker: Paul G. Batten, Faculty of Education, Kagawa University (MacMillan Languagehouse)
Date: Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Location: Matsuyama, Ehime
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Batten will discuss how he used The Active Learner in classes of varying levels. This text focuses on communicative strategies to help learners become more independent and confident in English. He will discuss using the text, how it went, testing it, and students' reactions to the focus on their L2 strategies, and not their knowledge of the language.
Cost: free
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter, Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
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URL: http://jalt.org/groups/Matsuyama
Kiyoshi Shioiri:
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