{"id":95,"date":"2015-05-11T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/?p=95"},"modified":"2015-05-11T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T13:47:13","slug":"may-8-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/may-8-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"May 8 & 15, 2015: Finalizing our Schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hard<\/a><\/p>\n

Important dates:\u00a0<\/strong>6\/4 (Fuzoku JHS Open Class); 6\/6 ~ 6\/12 James in Myanmar; 6\/16 (ETM Plus students teach at Fuzoku JHS); 6\/19 Niou ES open class; 7\/3 (Ueda JHS Open Class); \u00a07\/12 (Yokohama test); 7\/23 ~ 8\/16 USA for James; 7\/25~26 (Iwate & Fukushima Test); 7\/27\u00a0Morioka City Hall; August 3 ~ March – Superwoman in the USA; \u00a0September 22: Kuji City Hall, test, (2nd test end of October); 10\/20 – 10\/26: 2 Thai teachers from Absorn and two from Wat N; 1\/19?, Thesis<\/p>\n

Crazy Chicken<\/strong><\/p>\n

May:\u00a0<\/strong>Employment test, ongoing research, read books about actual teaching practice<\/p>\n

June:\u00a0<\/strong>6\/4, open school Fuzoku JHS, ongoing research (book), employment test<\/p>\n

July:\u00a0<\/strong>Think about effective teaching grammar, 7\/25 ~ 26 First test!!!!<\/p>\n

August:\u00a0<\/strong>Make lesson plan for teaching grammar at ES.<\/p>\n

September:\u00a0<\/strong>Second test, practice her methodology from the research, make a questionnaire, restart the dance practice<\/p>\n

October:\u00a0<\/strong>Teaching practice at a JHS for two weeks, continue to practice her methodology. Research by using questionnaires.<\/p>\n

November:\u00a0<\/strong>Put together her thoughts and write her graduate thesis. Go to open schools as much as she can. Start to study for the Teaching Japanese as a Second Language test.<\/p>\n

December:\u00a0<\/strong>Continue to write her graduation thesis.<\/p>\n

January:\u00a0<\/strong>Submit the thesis<\/p>\n

Chicken is not sure whether to develop her own methodology or to investigate the methodologies of practicing teachers.\u00a0Next time, she will consider what she wants to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Superwoman:<\/strong><\/p>\n

May:\u00a0<\/strong>Decide her theme in detail.<\/p>\n

June ~ July:\u00a0<\/strong>Watch English classes at Shiwa Dai-ichi JHS and support students who don’t understand. She can know about the content of English class and curriculum.<\/p>\n

August ~ March:\u00a0<\/strong>Compare a Japanese and US foreign language and the USA. James’ advice: The classes should be at the same school level.<\/p>\n

Sapphire:<\/strong><\/p>\n

May:\u00a0<\/strong>Think about her thesis and decide the theme in detail.<\/p>\n

June:\u00a0<\/strong>Open school at Fuzoku ES and Nio ES. She will observe English classes at Nio.<\/p>\n

July:\u00a0<\/strong>She will take Kyousai on 7\/12 in Yokohama. 7\/25 + 26, Kyousai in Fukushima.<\/p>\n

August: <\/strong>Study for second test.<\/p>\n

September:\u00a0<\/b>Take second test.<\/p>\n

October:\u00a0<\/strong>Teaching practice in JHS for two weeks. Conduct a questionnaire and consider how ES and JHS English are connected.<\/p>\n

November ~ January: <\/strong>Write\u00a0her thesis.<\/p>\n

Sassy<\/strong><\/p>\n

May:\u00a0<\/strong>Job hunting in Tokyo. Take some companies’ web test. 1) Make a definition of ELF (English Lingua Franca) for her Master’s thesis. 2) Plan the methodology.<\/p>\n

June:\u00a0<\/strong>Recruit and interview teachers in JHS & company interviews.<\/p>\n

July ~ August:<\/strong>\u00a0Class observation and questionnaire to the students.<\/p>\n

September:<\/strong>\u00a0Analyze the results. Plan B, if no job in Japan look at attending international universities.<\/p>\n

October:\u00a0<\/strong>Take TOEFL (Talk to Superwoman).<\/p>\n

\u00a0November & December: <\/strong>Plan B: Contact other college teachers.<\/p>\n

January:<\/strong>\u00a0Puean & Master’s thesis.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Nobita\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Topic<\/strong>: How to teach vocabulary, teaching vocabulary instruction.<\/p>\n

Methodology<\/strong>: Documents(books), interview about effective methods how to memorise \u00a0vocabulary.<\/p>\n

May:\u00a0<\/strong>Study for employee test<\/p>\n

June<\/strong>: Interview his English teacher about vocabulary teaching.<\/p>\n

July<\/strong>: Employment test.<\/p>\n

August<\/strong>: 2nd test. Search for the vocabulary teaching by listening activities.<\/p>\n

September<\/strong>: Employment test. He’ll search for speaking activities.<\/p>\n

October<\/strong>: 2nd test. He’ll search for writing activities.\u00a0Practice Chopin’s music.<\/p>\n

November<\/strong>: He’ll put his thoughts together.<\/p>\n

December<\/strong>: He’ll start to study for Eiken.<\/p>\n

January<\/strong>: Eiken. Submit the graduation thesis.<\/p>\n

February<\/strong>: Eiken 2nd test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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