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This presentation described techniques used by Omagari Junior High English teacher Takayuki Yoshizawa for using the secondary English classroom setting more effectively and described related classroom in the form of a reflective classroom activities journal and student comments from a 3rd year junior high class. Mr. Yoshizawa felt that he was able to increase classroom interaction and student interest through "Read and Share" group activities with both intensive and extensive reading. Video footage of a very lively class using "shadowing" was given as an example of how shadowing during oral readings helped students internalize expressions. Another technique demonstrated on video had students delivering short presentations they had prepared and recorded themselves, first with the help of their own recorded presentation while listening through earphones, then delivering the presentation without help. Mr. Yoshizawa also explained how he helped students link meaning with sound through note-taking using picture symbols which they could use to deliver their own summaries. Mr. Yoshizawa felt that such activities, together with ongoing evaluations of their own progress by students, greatly helped improve learner interest and autonomy.
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