4. Ehime ETJ, November 2007 presentation

Date: November 4, 2007
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Venue: COMS Bldg, 2nd Fl
Matsuyama City, Ehime

Group: ETJ Ehime
Theme: How Do Teachers Make a Good Class from the First Five Minutes?
Presenter: Erin Peter Kourelis
(with acknowledgements to Glen Melrose, who aided with data analysis)
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Outline of the presentation:
Introduction
Six sections of the study:
- The importance of the first five minutes of class time
- Energy level at the start of class
- The effects and reasons for making groups in class
- Student-centered vs. teacher-centered and why
- Planning and expectations of both teacher and students
- Other comments teachers felt important to include here
Conclusion
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What you will hear:
-The importance of the flexibility of the teacher
-Reasons all participants start most of their lessons with teacher-centered material and whole-class activities
-Ideas for how to adjust your class in the first five minutes
-Activities you can use to implement the above adjustments
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How were the interviews conducted?

-Half-hour interviews with 17 teachers
-Teachers have students in Jr. high school or below
-They can comment on previous positions teaching children
-Teachers commented on:
Cram schools
Chain conversation schools
Teaching at their own conversation schools
Public elementary and Jr. high schools
All-English kindergartens
Day care centers (hoikuen) with 70 students at a time and parents helping to keep the peace
Teaching one-year-olds, where the children havenft yet learned their native language
Private Jr. high schools with no JTE.

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Also included at this meeting:
Discussion of ETJ Expo in Hiroshima

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