KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Steven Charles, Nagoya University of Foreign Stuides
Get Them to Ask You: Making Self-Intro Lessons More Student-Centered
Abstract
The self-introduction lesson is a standard part of an assistant language teacher's experience, yet they often have unreasonably high teacher talk with little to no chance for the students to participate. Steven presents several activities he has developed or modified to reverse the ratio of talk time so that a self-introduction can become far more student-centered. This serves three educational goals: the teacher can check the students' levels, get the students to practice speaking and listening (reading and writing are optional additions) and help to build a bond between the new teacher and his/her students.
Biographicals
Steven Charles has been teaching in Japan since 2003. After several years teaching in conversation schools, he became an assistant language teacher in the public school system in Japan. He holds a BA in anthropology from Hunter College CUNY and a MS in education from Indiana University in Bloomington. He currently is an EFL lecturer at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies. His primary research interest is examining the differences between East Asian and Western cultures, particularly educational systems.
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