Gifu JALT:

Conversational Storytelling in the Language Class

Date: Sunday, May 27th, 2001 Time: 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Speaker: Bob Jones

Description:
(First of three presentations today) Whenever people gather for social interaction, stories of amusing incidents, friends' misfortunes, personal triumphs, etc., are likely to crop up in the conversation. The presenter will examine some typical features of these conversational stories and demonstrate how transcripts can be used to raise learner awareness of these features. There will also be some discussion of how this growing awareness might be channeled into helping learners to improve their own storytelling skills.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen for the full day of presentations

Venue: Dream Theater, Gifu City

Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

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