Our
next meeting is on Sunday 29th January
2017
Our December 2016 Meeting was:
Professor Rie Adachi (Aichi University) The possibility of
practicing CLIL in Japanese elementary schools.
The presentation was on Sunday 18th December from 1.30 pm to
4.00 pm
at Room 541 (Building 5) at Aichi University's Toyohashi
Campus. To get there
In this presentation the speaker examined the possibilities of
contextualizing Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
into Japanese elementary schools, and discussed how to
implement CLIL lessons which are adjusted to Japanese
educational settings. In Japan, it is a priority to improve
students’ English communicative proficiency. Therefore, Japan
will start English education for the third grade and above
from the academic year 2020. The presenter believes CLIL
should be employed rather than just introducing English
lessons. Although Japanese elementary school teachers usually
do not have high proficiency in English, they do have
confidence in teaching skills in general subjects. In
addition, the 4Cs (Content, Cognition, Communication, and
Culture/Community) are considered very important in CLIL
lessons. The speaker conducted two studies to ask school
teachers about CLIL lessons and based on the results she
discussed the possibilities and potential problems of
implementing CLIL lessons into the Japanese educational
context.
The meeting was followed by our end of year 'Bonenkai' party.
See you there!
Find out about November's meeting