Tokyo JALT:

Task based language teaching mini-course

Date: Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Speaker: Dr. Zhaohong Han

Description:
NOTE: This event is a three part mini-course taking place on July 5, 6 and 12.

Second language acquisition research and Communicative Language Teaching have hitherto converged on two basic understandings: A) Learning follows its own course; and B) environmental influences mediated by instruction have little impact on learning unless the former coincides with the latter. A recent pedagogical innovation, task-based language instruction seeks to provide conditions for learning to naturally unfold.

Participants in this workshop will be introduced to task-based language instruction, including its rationale, major parameters for evaluating, designing and sequencing tasks, and ways of implementing tasks in classrooms at various levels.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free, but registration is required: jalttokyo@yahoo.com
Non-members: this meeting is open to full JALT members only

Venue: Columbia University Teachers College, Suidobashi Campus (Suidobashi Station or Jimbocho Station)

Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Contact Tokyo JALT

Website: sites.google.com/view/tokyojalt