Yokohama JALT:

Content Based Instruction as a Framework for Teaching Reading

Date: Tuesday, November 19th, 2002 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Speaker: William Grabe, Northern Arizona University

Description:
In this workshop-style interactive presentation, William Grabe focuses on EAP (English For Academic Purposes) for reading development. The first part of this talk outlines theoretical ideas about vocabulary acquisition; the second part examines the implications for instruction; the third part explores real applications for instruction by working through how to exploit a specific text.
About the speaker:William Grabe is Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Northern Arizona University. He is also the author of The Theory and Practice of Writing (with R.B. Kaplan, 1996) and the soon-to-be-published volume in the Longman series of Applied Linguistics in Action entitled Reading (with Fredricka Stoller), and a leading researcher in issues of L2 reading, writing, and literacy. He is currently the president of the American Association of Applied Linguistics and was, until recently, the chief editor of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics.

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

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

Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi

Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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