Sendai JALT:

Using Self-Access in a Japanese Junior High School

Date: Sunday, May 27th, 2001 Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Raymond Wong

Description:
This workshop will include an account of the introduction of a mini self-access system at Nishiyama Junior High School in Sendai, to be followed by an open forum about learner autonomy, self-directed learning, and how the introduction and use of self-access in Japanese secondary schools can complement the current syllabus and cater more effectively for the students' different learning styles and needs. The motivational dimension of using self-access will also be discussed. Also presented: Foreign Language Anxiety and JTEs, a short presentation of the initial findings of a small exploratory study into whether JTEs as non-native EFL teachers experience foreign language anxiety and the possible pedagogical implications of this affect on the EFL classroom in Japanese junior high schools.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free (also free for TALE members)
Non-members: 1000 yen (for non-JALT and non-TALE members)

Venue: 2nd floor, Room 5, Ichibancho Shimin Center

Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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Website: www.jaltsendai.org