Okayama JALT:

Teaching Listening Skills and Speaking Strategies

Date: Saturday, September 1st, 2007 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr

Description:
Alastair Graham-Marr, author of Communication Spotlight, will explain why, and what, strategies should be taught.

Part 1 of the presentation will examine how teachers can go beyond giving practice in listening and actually teach listening skills, such as top-down predictive skills and bottom-up decoding skills.

Part 2 looks at teaching speaking strategies: confirming or clarifying what we're saying and what we're hearing, showing interest, and maintaining and developing conversations.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 500 yen

Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F near Omotecho in Okayama City

Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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