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Event Report, Nankyu Chapter March 2020
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This was the first online reading event supported by KumaReads, a community organization of extensive readers in Kumamoto. About a dozen participants young and old (students of an existing online […]
Event Report, Nankyu Chapter March 2020
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PIGATE’s March meeting was held via Zoom for the first time as members adjusted to circumstances caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic. A total of eleven participants including university teachers, […]
Event Report, Nankyu Chapter February 2020
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As precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19, administrators of the venue (Sojo University, Kumamoto) cancelled this event just days before it was scheduled to take place. Conference organizers were […]
Event Report, Tottori Chapter February 2020
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On February 9th, 2020, our first event of the year was held. It was a new kind of event where children of our community joined us to enjoy learning English. […]
Event Report, Kitakyushu Chapter November 2019
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This session involved a number of presenters giving short (15-20 minute) introductions to activities or ideas they thought might be helpful for others. Conversation Modelling – Charlie Bell Charlie gave […]
Event Report, Shinshu Chapter February 2020
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Textbooks and Vocabulary: Two Three Problems and a Way Forward Dr. Dale Brown On February 1, Shinshu JALT was very pleased to welcome to Nagano Dr. Dale Brown from Kanazawa […]
Event Report, Nankyu Chapter January 2020
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The first NanKyu event of 2020 was attended by twelve people including three nonmembers. Panelists and attendees contributed to an engaging discussion that centered around the role of the teacher […]
Event Report, Tottori Chapter November 2019
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Presenter: Janice Bland, Professor at Nord University 講師：ジャニス・ブランド教授、ノード大学（ノルウェー） Spinning a Story ~Weaving Grammar and Lexis~ 「物語を紡ぐように〜文法、語彙の構築〜」 Event Report 初めにジャニス氏は、英語話者でさえ話している内容の４０〜６０％は慣用表現を元に構成されていること、それゆえ英語学習者も慣用表現に触れ、その一部の単語を変更しながら英語を構成する力を養うことが有用だということ、慣用表現を学ぶのに絵本の活用が有効であることなどをお話しされました。 その後、実際にシェスカ作「３びきのコブタのほんとうの話」を用いて、実際に中高大学生の英語学習に絵本を取り入れる方法を体験しました。参加者は絵の特徴を捉えてメモに残すグループ、絵本に用いられている英語表現から慣用表現を探すグループ、絵本の内容に信憑性があるかどうか判断するグループの三つに分かれ、それぞれ異なる視点から絵本を学習に活用できるか考えました。グループ活動では個人で考えてペアで共有し、その後全体で意見を共有する方法が取られました。参加者たちは、絵本の持つ力に引き込まれながら、相互的に多様な絵本の活用方法を学んでいました。 Janice Bland, Professor at Nord University, and JALT […]