Speaker: Neil Heffernan, English Education Center, Ehime University
Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Kochi
Venue: Kochi Women's University, Eikokuji Campus, Kochi City, 2nd floor, administration building (10 meters from main entrance). 5-15 Eikokuji-cho, Kochi City.
Description:
Creating and writing textbooks can be a rewarding experience for professionals who wish to further their development as both EFL teachers and practitioners in Japan. Although writing a textbook can be a long and arduous task, it is a worthwhile experience for teachers who want to contribute to the field in a manner that will benefit other teachers and, of course, the learners in their classrooms. The presenter will show how – through his involvement in the creation of two recent textbooks for Japanese learners – this can be achieved and exactly how the process works. The specifics of finding a suitable publisher to suit one's ideas and needs will be discussed, along with the best ways of integrating one's ideas into the work for final inclusion in the textbook. This will be followed by an outline of the results of a recent survey of teachers' attitudes and actions towards copyright laws when developing and using materials in the EFL classroom, which have direct implications for what materials developers should consider when formulating materials for classroom use.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 500 yen
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Upcoming Events for East Shikoku JALT Chapter:
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kochi
Other Past Events (Archive) for East Shikoku JALT Chapter
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Kochi
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Kochi
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Time: 10:20 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: Kochi
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Kochi
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Time: 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Kochi
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Kochi
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kochi
Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Kochi
