Presenters: John Shaw / Liyanage Miranga / Arora Kriti
Time: December 8th from 13:00~ followed by bonenkai
Location: Keio University Hiyoshi Campus / Raiosha Bldg 2F (direction)
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John Shaw "Word Diamond - A Diamond in the Rough"
Word Diamond is an engaging language game in which students need to find associations and justify them to their classmates until a diamond of nine words has been created. This word set is then used to practice or revise a grammar point by turning it into a student-generated activity where they test their classmates. The beauty of this challenge is that it can be easily adapted for any age group or level and the focus ranges from pronunciation to discourse. Hopefully this diamond in the rough can energize your language classroom.
John Shaw is a university professor for Westgate in Yokohama and is currently finishing his third DELTA module.
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Liyanage Miranga "English Speaking Guest Interviews for EFL Tertiary Learners"
Dedicating a lesson for English speakers to visit the English class as guests and be interviewed by university students can yield multiple benefits. Students will gain first-hand experience speaking with fluent English speakers, have a chance for cultural exchange, and feel more motivated to study English to engage in more English conversations. Furthermore, being in the presence of role models who have mastered the English language will provide added incentive, showing students what they can aspire to achieve. This presentation will propose how to plan this activity to maximize benefits for learners.
Liyanage Miranaga currently currently works as an assistant lecturer at Soka University. Her research interests include business English, English as a lingua franca (ELF), L2 pragmatics, and task-based language teaching. One of her papers appeared in the November 2024 JALT Business Communication Journal, Vol. 2.
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Arora Kriti "Maybe? Probably? Definitely! Teaching Adverbs of Certainty"
This presentation outlines a short lesson plan for teaching adverbs of certainty to elementary-level EFL students. Using basic mathematics to review the concept of probability and introduce select adverbs of certainty in English, the lesson features a “Guess the Picture!” game to help students practice the use of these adverbs as well as the future tense in a collaborative, fun space.
Arora Kriti is an Assistant Lecturer and alumnus of Soka University, Japan. Her academic interests include critical thinking, education for sustainable development, and technology-enhanced language learning.
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