KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Jack Ryan, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Promoting Conversation with Information Gap Activities
Abstract
In EFL contexts like Korea and Japan one of the major challenges learners face is finding opportunities to speak English. The time we have students in our classroom as a captive audience is often the only chance they have to speak English in an average week. Information gap activities are a great way to ensure that students do most of the talking in class.
In this workshop, attendees will be expected to actively participate and will learn how a simple information gap activity can be adapted to any theme and make a lesson, or entire course, truly communicative. This workshop is aimed at new teachers and anyone interested in becoming more familiar with how to use this staple activity in a language learning classroom.
Biographicals
Jack Ryan is an associate professor at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture. He teaches courses such as Survey of English Literature, Global Issues, English Composition as well as English communication courses. His research interests include content-based instruction, vocabulary acquisition and the future of English education in Japan.
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