Turning a Popular Authentic Text into a Language Course

Speaker: Kenneth Fordyce (Hiroshima University)
Date: Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F
Description: The presenter will show how a text such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone can be used as the basis for a language course covering all 4 skills as well as vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. The presentation will be followed by a workshop on developing such materials.

Please note the change of date from Nov. 16 to Nov. 30.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 500 yen
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter, Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
This URL: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/4242


Contact Hiroshima JALT Chapter:
URL: http://www.hiroshimajalt.org
Andrew Brady:
  montelbrady@hotmail.com
Caroline Lloyd:
  caroline@hymca.jp
  Phone: Office: 082-228-2269





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Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hiroshima


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Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hiroshima


Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Hiroshima


Sunday, May 18th, 2008
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