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ER@TU (Extensive Reading at Tohoku University)
I gave this short (30m) presentation about our ER program here at Tohoku University. The presentation is in Japanese.
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Tohoku (Sendai) ETJ Expo -Sunday December 2 at Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
I’ll be presenting at the ETJ Expo in Sendai this weekend, talking about useful online resources to help students study more effectively.
The schedule for the event is here, and the map/directions are here.
My workshop is at 12:30 -hope to see you there!
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Annotated list of websites from the “SRS, RSS, LMS: Online Tools to Boost Learner Efficiency” presentations
Hi everyone
A friend from Sendai reminded me that I promised to post the list of websites from my presentation on the blog. Here it is:
Anki is a spaced-repetition program
elllo.org is an amazing listening resource: over 1200 short conversations with transcripts
EnglishCentral.com has short videos with interactive subtitles as well as vocab and pronunciation practice
Facebook needs no introduction
Google search settings have some interesting tools, like reading level
Google translate is partially useful
iTunesUniversity great content for advanced students and teachers can now use it to show their classes
Network (Oxford University Press textbook) new series based around social media
OxfordOwl incredible resources including Oxford Reading Tree ebooks with sound
pikifriends a closed social network for junior high schools
popjisyo.com amazing resource for reading online content
readthekanji.com a simple (paid) system for learning kanji
renshuu.org a very powerful site for learning kanji and vocabulary -freemium but most of it is free
rikaikun for Chrome/rikaichan browser extension Firefox gives popup translations within the browser
skype for video calls
starfall.com phonics and reading practice for children
TED.com great content for teachers and advanced learners
youtube.com you know this
Hope you find something useful in there.
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Building Effective University Language Programs
I’m quite proud of this one. Here’s my talk from the seminar yesterday, entitled “Building Effective Language Instruction”. It’s actually about how to think about university language programs, what they should include and, more importantly, not include.
The outline is below for anyone who doesn’t like videos.
Introduction: the world has changed
Students, employers, and most importantly, language learning techniques have all changed in the new millenium.
What is effective foreign language instruction?
What are the desired outcomes of foreign language instruction? How can they be achieved?
Proficiency, independence
Things students don’t need
Foreign language instruction often includes extraneous material or goals that reduce its effectiveness: technical and social skills
A model program
What would an ideal foreign language program look like atTohokuUniversity? How could it be implemented? Blended learning, serve different types of students, lifetime learning
How to measure results
How should language learning outcomes be measured? How can the effectiveness of a program be judged? Not just standard language tests
Update
Just a really quick post today to let you know what I’ll be doing for the next couple of weeks.
I have a couple of videos to post (my online resources talk ver1.1 and today’s talk on university English education) that will be going up tomorrow and Wednesday. I’ve also got a couple of articles I have almost finished, and then I’ll be presenting at the Tohoku (Sendai) ETJ Expo this Sunday so will post briefly about that. Looking forward to seeing lots of familiar faces there.
I’ve also got a few reviews that are quite overdue. Basically expect to see some more content over the next few days.