A Preview of Dr. Charles Browne's plenary presentation 'Change in the Classroom: Principled Pragmatism in Reading and Vocabulary' at the 2014 KOTESOL National Conference held at Global Plaza (Kyungpook National University Campus) in Daegu, South Korea May 31, 2014.
Change in the Classroom: Principled Pragmatism in Reading and Vocabulary
Teachers are often required to teach from either Ministry-approved textbooks or using materials assigned from above. Far too often, however, these materials do not match the needs, interests, or level of our students. This presentation will discuss an analysis of both reading materials and vocabulary that Japanese high school students are required to learn, identify some of the problems, and propose several informed solutions. It will also introduce several free on-line analytical tools that can be used to do a similar analysis on materials used in the Korean classroom.
KOTESOL is pleased to co-sponsor these presentations with Cambridge University Press Korea.
