Himeji JALT:

Nice Talking With You!: Conversation Strategies and Timed Conversations

Date: Sunday, June 2nd, 2002 Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Speaker: Tom Kenny, of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies

Description:
Tom Kenny, of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, will talk about how the practical speaking activity, timed conversation, motivates learners to practice real social conversation and keeps them speaking English only longer. He'll show videotapes of students using timed conversation and the essential conversation strategies that improve their fluency. Find out how it all works together with his popular conversation text, Nice Talking With You!

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

Cost: free

Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (located directly across from Nozato Station, Bantan Line; plenty of free parking; from Himeji Station, train leaves at 13:50)

Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

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Website: http://www.geocities.jp/himejijalt/