Gifu JALT Chapter

The Gifu Chapter holds interactive presentations approximately 8 times per year at Heartful Square on the 2nd floor of Gifu JR station. Our speakers focus on practical teaching techniques that participants can apply to many different age groups. We also hold an annual summer BBQ along the Nagara river and a winter Christmas turkey dinner. If you are interested in joining or would like to help out, please contact Steve Quasha at quasha@yahoo.com for information. Keep your eye on the JALT Calendar website for the latest event details.

The next meeting for the Gifu Chapter is on Saturday, June 21st, 2008 from 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM.

Exploring Portfolio Assessment in the EFL Classroom

Steve Quasha, Sugiyama Women's University (Nagoya)

In this workshop, the author will demonstrate how portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his communicative English courses at a Japanese women's university. Participants will experience tasks and activities that will enable them to successfully develop their own grading rubrics, peer assessment projects and learn how the notion of shared accountability improves language acquisition based on interactional theories of language. Furthermore, the notion of sharing information is central to Task-Based Learning and Teaching; the reporting phase.

Creating portfolios provide students with the chance to learn the skills of reflection, self-evaluation, and critical thinking. All of which can lead them more readily onto the path of independent learning. Come and experience the many ways portfolios can be used in your own teaching situation to promote student generated experiential learning regardless of the age of your students.

The meeting is at Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken.
Cost for non-JALT members: 1,000 yen; for JALT members: free

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