The 3rd Summer Seminar 2002 at MSU-A Organized by Akita-JALT Effective Learning and Teaching Strategies "Everybody is Born to Learn!" with Jarrett D. Ragan Jr. in person and Glenn Capelli on video with 11 eager learners who participated in the seminar More Information about the Seminar & my poem Click here Go to the detailed Report about what we learned in the seminar with more pictures & stories 5 day Intensive Course in which you participate and enjoy Improving your Communicative Skills You will take part in a lot of interesting discussions on many issues among participants improving your listening and speaking skills learning how to express yourself better, more clearly and more effectively Exchanging your ideas on Teaching Strategies You will have a lot of time to exchange ideas about teaching and learning English throughout the course You can make presentations on any topics you like because the seminar is based on the important concept of "Everybody is a Teacher" or "Autonomy in Learning is a key of success in acquiring a language" or Self-motivated approaches are highly valued. ************************* The seminar is facilitated by Prof. Dave Ragan (MSU-A faculty) ************************* The professor is helping you at the seminar But don't depend upon him totally all the time Ask him to help you in a manner you benefit Ask him to give you something you want In other words, ask him to work for you How many will attend the seminar? About 10 participants will attend. When? All mornings and afternoons of five days (10:00AM - 5:00PM) Monday, July 29 through Friday, August 2 Where? (room number) GH-300 on the third floor of Minnesota State University Akita Class Time Table morning session: 10:00AM -12:00AM afternoon sessions: 13:20PM -14:50PM and 15:20PM -16:50PM Flexibility You don't have to participate in all activities depending upon your schedule. No strict rules to obey except for Speak English all the time throughout the seminar How Much? participation fee: 25,000 yen special discount for students: 20,000 yen Who can attend? The seminar is open to anybody who speaks English How to sign up? Come to MSU-A (the room GH-300) at 10:00AM on the morning of the 29 th of July (Monday), pay the participation fee and register. What to bring? Please bring the following with you throughout the seminar. 1) a recording device (tape recorder, MD recorder, etc) 2) markers or highlighters or color pens 3) English dictionary 4) a notebook Where to have lunch? You can eat your "obento" in the classroom Or you can eat at Cycling Terminal, Hotel Cripton     the MSU-A cafeteria will not be open MSU-A Library will be open between 1:00PM and 5:00PM during the week _______________________________________ Let's have a great time making this summer 2002 a good memory for all of us! _______________________________________ More Information about the Seminar Click here Go to the detailed Report about what we learned in the seminar with more pictures & stories

Hello to the 11 participants!

How are you doing? Hope everything is fine and enjoyable.

Do me a favor, will you? Send your reports or anything about the seminar to me by email for these pages, please. Thanks!
Takeshi (September 21, 2002)

Miki Kato sent in her report about the seminar in Japanese. Miki's report

Summer Seminar related pages:
summer seminar
the 1st day
the 2nd day
the 3rd day
the 4th day
the 5th day-1
the 5th day-2
the 5th day-3
my poem

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