KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Jenny (Jennifer) Morgan, Wayo Women's University, Chiba, Japan
Crossing the Border from High School to University: Orienting Students to Learning
Abstract
Language teachers often rush into content teaching at the beginning of a course without properly inducting their freshmen students who are crossing from the Senior High School learning environment to the University learning environment. As a result, these students can miss out on opportunities to learn both inside and outside the classroom. This presentation will explain why time spent on learner orientation is more important than any other classroom activity, and explore practical ways to successfully help new teachers to orient learners to a more communicative style of learning at the beginning of any language course. The presenter will share ways of training students about learning methods, goal-setting, time and homework management, and tools that support an all-English communicative environment. Audience input and participation welcomed.
Biographicals
Jenny (Jennifer) Morgan has been teaching English for the past 16 years in London, China, New Zealand and Japan. She is currently teaching university students in Tokyo. Her current research interests include task-based language learning, global issues projects for learners, English as a Lingua Franca in language learning, and teacher-learner development with a particular interest in skills-sharing with teachers and trainers in Myanmar and Vietnam.
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