José Domingo Cruz

All teachers want their students to achieve higher levels of fluency, but how to teach it, and which classroom methods actually work? The presenter has been teaching fluency-based speaking classes for over 20 years, and will share his methods and theories to get students to speak faster and to say more. In addition to a basic description of the essentials of his teaching techniques, he will demonstrate some classroom activities, from the basic Answer-Question pattern (AQp) to, One Idea, One Breath (OIOB) which is aimed at fluency improvement, and others such as Timed Speeches and, Disagreements. Time permitting, there will also be an introduction to his Authentic Listening / fluency practice website, GOLDFish365 – http:// goldfish365.com/.

Bio:
José Domingo Cruz works on several English study projects, including his main venture, “GOLDFish365”. Cruz is author of the soon to be published, “ZOOM for Educators”. He helped create the protocols for and led the team of volunteer Room Hosts that guided the presentations (The Fire Station) during the PANSig and JALT National conferences of 2020. Cruz is a leading member of Online Teaching Japan, where he and David Juteau host the weekly broadcast of “OTJtv”. Cruz is from Canada, and is a veteran university instructor and Japan resident, specializing in fluency instruction and authentic materials creation.

Endorsements:
Matsuyama City; Matsuyama City Board of Education
（後援: 松山市、松山市教育委員会）