ETJ Kobe:

Phonics in the young learner classroom

Date: Sunday, September 26th, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Speaker: Jim Doyle, Katherine MacKay, Mitsue Hoshihara

Description:
ETJ-Kobe is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in the Kobe area. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.

Phonics? Phonemic Awareness? Phonology? Do you use phonics in your young learner lessons? Have some experience / ideas you would like to share? Short presentations followed by group discussion:

• Jim Doyle: A kinesthetic method for teaching phonics, reading, spelling & writing, using literature.
• Katherine MacKay: Phonemic Awareness is the easy way for kids to learn sounds, through fun listening and speaking activities.
• Mitsue Hoshihara: Phonics Activities inspired by the MPI approach.

Organization: ETJ Kobe (English Teachers in Japan) (ETJ Kobe)

Cost: 500 yen

Venue: Takigawa Boy's Jr/Sr High School, 2-1-1 Hoden-cho, Suma-Ku Kobe 654-0007 (Sanyo or Chikatetsu Itayado Station. 5 minute walk. Just behind Daiei.)

Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

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