Hello Everyone,
I'm giving a lecture on teaching phonics to elementary school age children. For more information please check out the info below. If you know anyone who may be interested it would be great if you could pass the word on.
Thanks much,
Cadmus
The Japan Association for Language Teaching
January 2009
Fukui Chapter
福井支部
Presents
Phonics and the SPHERIC teaching method
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009
Time: 1:30PM-3:30PM
Venue: Open University of Japan
Fukui Campus, AOSSA, 7th Floor
SPHERIC stands for Synthetic PHonics, Engaged Reading, and Integrated
Communication. This presentation will explain how synthetic phonics can be used
as the center of a fully-integrated communicative teaching method in line with the
current theoretical and research consensus. Specifically addressed will be
recommendations on how to teach elementary school-aged children. Examples
will be drawn from experiences teaching in the Nagahama Elementary School
English Program (NESEP). Although the model is designed for use in Japanese
public schools, the method is flexible enough to be applied to a variety of
contexts.
About the Presenter
Cadmus Kyrala was an ALT for three years in the JET programme and a teacher in
the Nagahama Elementary School English Program (NESEP) for the last three. He is
currently in the dissertation stage of an MA in Applied Linguistics from the
University of Birmingham, where his research focus is decoding ideology in text.
He has been active in advocating reforms in NESEP and training teachers in
phonics techniques, culminating in the SPHERIC teaching method. He recently
presented on phonics at the PAC7-JALT 2008 international conference in Tokyo
and has an article scheduled for publication in a future issue of the Journal of
Language and Politics.
Cost: members free; “One-day members” 1,000 yen.
For more information, contact Takako Watanabe
(
wes@sage.ocn.ne.jp).
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