Can we teach humor in EFL classes?

Speaker: Richard Hodson, University of Nagasaki, Siebold
Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki
Venue: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 4F (this is the large white building next to Dejima Wharf and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; take #5 streetcar to Shiminbyoinmae stop, or take #1 streetcar to Dejima stop.)
Description: The presenter for Nagasaki JALT's fourth meeting of 2008, Richard Hodson (University of Nagasaki, Siebold), writes, 'If you have ever tried to tell a joke in a foreign language, or to introduce a funny story in class, you will probably recognize the significant linguistic and cultural challenge that humor represents for learners and teachers.' In this workshop, he will introduce a variety of materials that exploit the huge potential of English humour as a source of authentic language input and output, at levels from the sentence, to the narrative and beyond. Participants will be asked to be creative - and, above all, to have a laugh!
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 1000 yen
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
This URL: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/4008


Contact Nagasaki JALT Chapter:
URL: http://www.kyushuelt.com/jalt/nagasaki.html
Melodie Cook:
  m.cook@sun.ac.jp
Tim Allan:
  allan@kwassui.ac.jp





Upcoming Events for Nagasaki JALT Chapter:


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



Other Past Events (Archive) for Nagasaki JALT Chapter


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


Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Stimulating Conversation: Thinking Critically about Current Issues
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, July 26th, 2008
The 2007 MEXT Program: Outsourcing In-Service Training; The 2007 MEXT Program: Participant Insights.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Outdoor Language Learning/Dealing with student plagiarism
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Expendable Entertaining Educators: Roles of Non-Japanese Teachers of English
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
TPR-S, Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki


Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Two Presentations: (1) Looking at Changes in the Center Shiken - Now vs. Then; (2) Studies on Japanese EFL Learners' Demotivation
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Nagasaki