What I did at the weekend - Jim in Ueda

In my other job, organising presentations for Shinshu JALT, I get to invite some really cool people to make presentations on their work/research/books. As you can see from the slideshow, Sunday was really good fun. More info when I can find my notes (yes, we did go to the pub after!)

Teaching event, Jan 29th in Ueda; all welcome

ABAX is very happy to be sending four presenters to Nagano for this coming Sunday, January 29th. Among the presenters is Marcos Benevides, co-author of Fiction in Action: Whodunit which won the Duke of Edinburgh ELT Book Award in 2010 and the British Council’s ELTON award in the international category in 2011. Things kick off at 1.00 p.m.

This is the first time we’ve sponsored multiple presentations for a local event; many thanks to the Shinshu JALT Chapter for arranging this. We’re looking forward to our day in Ueda and hope you too can find time to attend. And if you can’t attend but think it looks interesting, please let your friends in Nagano know! We promise to keep the presentations resolutely non-commercial!

Sunday, January 29, 2012
TIME: 1.00 p.m. To 5.30 p.m.
PLACE: Pareo Library, Ueda City, Nagano-ken、〒386-0025 長野県上田市天神１丁目８−１

http://www.city.ueda.nagano.jp/hp/sys/20090911135734758.html

INTRODUCTION: 1.00 - 1.20
• An Introduction to Task-Based Learning – Marcos Benevides 1.20-2.10
• Narrow Reading 2.0 – Michael Stout 2.20-3.10

BREAK: 3.10-3.40

• Teaching Speaking Strategies: the Why and the How – Alastair Graham-Marr 3.40 – 4.30
• Teaching Listening to Low–Level Learners – Hugh Graham-Marr 4.40-5.30

We’ve set up a facebook page for the event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/136929726423999/

Please let your friends know about this too!

Whodunit - book review

Dear Adam and Marcos

I really liked your story WHODUNIT because I could not guess who the murder was so it was exciting. There were also lots of suspects and variety of characters so it was very interesting. The story was just the right length for me and I also learned difficult vocabulary like frame, attorney, coroner and warrant. The puzzle was tricky so it was fun doing it. The CD gave more information of the crime so it helped me to guess who the murder was.

I think there is nothing I want change about these stories.

I think I did become a better reader by reading this book. I learned lots of new vocabulary and I went back to check. I used my imagination reading the story and I also predicted what would happen next while reading. I always wanted to read more and finish reading because the story was really clever.

I really enjoyed reading this story and I would like to read more by you.

Sincerely,

TK