Yokohama JALT:

1) Blogs as a Teacher Research Tool; 2) Teaching Comparative Religion

Date: Sunday, November 12th, 2006 Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Speaker: 1) Renata Suzuki 2) Jean-Paul DuQuette

Description:
Blogs as a Teacher Research Tool
Suzuki shares how blogs can be used as a self-reflective research tool, comparing them with teacher diaries and illustrating them with a research study of teacher use of motivation strategies.

Teaching Comparative Religion
Japan is often seen by the west as a deeply spiritual country. In 21st Century Japan, however, students particularly seem disinterested or perceive religion with ambivalence or distrust. Can (and should) English as a Foreign Language teachers play a role in improving knowledge of comparative religion in their classrooms? In this presentation, the results of a small-scale informal university student survey on world religion will be examined. Then, general recommendations for appropriate integration of content-based lessons on religion will be discussed.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen

Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]

Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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