Please join Osaka JALT for our Summer Eikaiwa Forum! Current, former, and prospective Eikaiwa teachers as well as any and all language professionals can meet, network, and grow professionally in this series of presentations from Eikaiwa teachers. The event is online and free. All are welcome!
About the presenters:
Paschal Orjika has been teaching English in Japan for half a decade and holds a B.A. in philosophy and a master's in human resource development. His field of specialization is adult education with an emphasis on self-directed learning.
He will be presenting Self-directed Learning in the English Classroom.
Olivia Allanson is from Sydney, Australia, and now resides in Shiga, Japan where she works as an Eikaiwa Teacher. She graduated from The University of Sydney with a bachelor's in English along with a master's in TESOL where she gained experience teaching practical English to international students. Born in the middle of a cultural hot pot, she developed a passion for language and its ability to connect and unite people of different backgrounds. As such, she places great value on language as a communicative tool, rather than as a summative assessment.
Olivia will present a condensed version of her master's thesis which focuses on Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). In this she will touch upon the key principles, goals and benefits of CLT through an interactive approach.
