{"id":174,"date":"2016-04-27T08:55:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T08:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/?p=174"},"modified":"2016-04-27T08:55:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T08:55:20","slug":"april-27-2016-determining-our-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/april-27-2016-determining-our-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"April 27, 2016: Determining our schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/files\/2016\/04\/Photo-on-4-27-16-at-4.50-PM-2beeh1z.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-178\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-178\" src=\"https:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/files\/2016\/04\/Photo-on-4-27-16-at-4.50-PM-2beeh1z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo on 4-27-16 at 4.50 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First we made a schedule then we determined topics.<\/p>\n<p>Penelope&#8217;s topics of interest are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching speaking so that students can perform well on the new Center Test<\/li>\n<li>Team teaching<\/li>\n<li>How English teachers in Japan make use of the good points ESL<\/li>\n<li>Active learning<\/li>\n<li>Focus on meaning<\/li>\n<li>CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency)<\/li>\n<li>BICS (Basic interpersonal communicative skills)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rocky&#8217;s topics of interest are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Second Language Acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Speaking: Children in Kansai learn English speaking earlier than Tohoku, she wants to compare the children&#8217;s speaking skills.<\/li>\n<li>Active learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Here is an example of how to narrow down a topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Education<\/p>\n<p>Education sub: teaching English, understanding students, development, class management<\/p>\n<p>Teaching English: Development<\/p>\n<p>Development in teaching English: Children&#8217;s linguistic development<\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s linguistic development: speaking<\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s linguistic development in speaking: how do students progress from single-word utterances to speaking in phrases\/sentences?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next time:\u00a0<\/strong>Try to break down your topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First we made a schedule then we determined topics. 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