September
2009 meeting
From 9.30 to 12.00 on
September 13th, Mike Bostwick will be presenting on
his lengthy experience with language immersion in Japanese schools with
his presentation:
"Sharing 18 Years of Experience with Language Immersion in a
Japanese K-12 School: Insights and Implications"
In
room 543 in Building 5 at Aichi University Find
the way
Abstract:
The presentation describes the development of Katoh Gakuen’s English
Immersion Program - the first English immersion school in Japan, and
the only one with accreditation from the Japanese Ministry of Education
and the prestigious International Baccalaureate Organization.
The
presentation will highlight two areas of interest:
1)
The overall organization of the program and how the program came into
existence. The school has developed a unique model of bilingual
education in order to meet the challenges and goals of the school. A
video and discussion of how students learn academic content through a
foreign language will be presented.
2)
What we have learned from our experience as a pioneer in immersion
education in Japan will be shared. Areas of discussion include – first
and second language development, language and identity, and
implications for language instruction in non-immersion contexts.
Dr.
Mike Bostwick currently serves as Executive Director of the English
Immersion Program K-12 at Katoh Gakuen in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
and has directed the development of the program from its inception in
1992.
Fee
for JALT members: free
Fee
for non-members: 1000 yen
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