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AKITA JALT meetings in 2008
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October





Guest speaker: Anthony S. Rausch
Date: October 25th, 2008
Title: English Story Cycle: What, Why and How
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: AIU (Akita International University)
Room: B-103

6 people attended.

Chapter Report (to be printed in The Language Teacher) Guest speaker: Anthony S. Rausch AKITA AKITA – October 2008 English Story Cycle: What, Why and How – Anthony S. Rausch, Hirosaki University. Japanese elementary school teachers are now expected to conduct English classes at their schools. Some of them, however, may not be confident of their English proficiency or in their ability to teach such an unfamiliar subject. Professor Rausch began his presentation by explaining why he created the English Story Cycle, a curriculum cycle that uses several stories over a period of time. He then moved on to what the English Story Cycle provides, i.e. a long-term curriculum, appropriate language, and meaningful content, to name but a few. Finally, Professor Rausch described and demonstrated how the English Story Cycle actually works. The cycle has three basic steps: a pre-reading activity, the story-reading itself, and some post-reading activities. A unique feature of this system is that the stories overlap. This means students will be always exposed to two or three stories at different stages of the cycle, except for the very first. He has experimented with this innovative curriculum at an elementary school affiliated with Hirosaki University and he has received many positive responses. His presentation was followed by a productive question and answer session. Reported by Chieko Shibata

AKITA JALT meetings in 2008
picture album page 3 - the 6th meeting of 2008
November







Guest speaker: Bobby Mamoru Takahashi & Stephen Shucart
Date: November 22nd, 2008
Title: Content-Based Instruction: A tale with two flavors
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: AIU (Akita International University)
Room: B-103

8 people attended.

Chapter Report (to be printed in The Language Teacher) Guest speaker: Bobby Mamoru Takahashi & Stephen Shucart AKITA - November 2008 - Content-Based Instruction: A tale with two flavors - Bobby Mamoru Takahashi & Stephen Shucart, Akita Prefectural University. A Schema comes across the sky! This presentation was an expanded version of one that the presenters gave at the JALT national convention in early November. Professor Takahashi started with an introduction to CBI. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is a methodology that utilizes a theme-based curriculum rather than focusing on the traditional forms, functions, situations or skills. He then went on to give a mini-workshop based on his CBI class on the theme of Global Climate Change. In the second half of the presentation Professor Shucart showed how DVDs of three science fiction classics - Star Wars; Episode IV; Blade Runner - The Final Cut; and The Matrix - could be utilized as a CBI-based conversation class for science and technology majors. In keeping with their disconnect from tradition, posters with Mind Maps of their classes were used instead of the traditional PowerPoint to illustrate their presentations. Follow the bouncing ball ... Now Everybody- Reported by Tyrone Slothrop

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