| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 22, 2013 | 8:00AM - 6:30PM | External Event, Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road (Morning Registration will be held here) & University College, 15 King’s College Circle, University of Toronto |
| Friday, August 23, 2013 | 8:30AM - 6:00PM | External Event, Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road (Morning Registration will be held here) & University College, 15 King’s College Circle, University of Toronto |
| Saturday, August 24, 2013 | 8:30AM - 4:00PM | External Event, Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road (Morning Registration will be held here) & University College, 15 King’s College Circle, University of Toronto |
To register and purchase tickets for this conference, please go here: www.cajle.info/programs/cajle-conference-2013-2/registration/
Assessing “Proficiency”: Teachers’ Roles in Supporting Students’ Learning
Keynote Speech & Workshop 1: Professor Osamu Kamada (Nanzan University)
Workshop 2 & 3: Professor Kimi Kondo-Brown (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Special Lecture: Dr. Michael Salvatori (The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers)
As our society becomes more globalized, so has the diversity of those learning Japanese. The purpose for wanting to learn Japanese varies, as do the methods for studying Japanese. Learners have options to study as part of a school education, through heritage language schools, by going to Japan, and through self-study with sources such as the internet. It is possible that these learners from varied backgrounds will come together in a classroom to continue their study of Japanese. Faced with this increasing range of diversity among the learners, how can an educator assess their levels and provide appropriate instructions to enhance their learning? At this conference, we will strive to provide educators with means to measure the proficiency level of the diversified learners and we will reflect on learning, teaching and assessment to efficiently enhance the learners’ proficiency.
We welcome for our Keynote Lecture Prof. Osamu Kamada from Nanzan University, who will also lead us in our Teacher’s Workshops with Prof. Kimi Kondo-Brown from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Our programme topics include focus on Japanese language education as a foreign language, as a second language, as well as Japanese as a heritage language. A special lecture on Canadian foreign language education will be given by Dr. Michael Salvatori, from CASLT (The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers), a partner association of CAJLE.
With many participants from various educational institutions, we expect this conference to be an excellent opportunity for vibrant exchange of information and opinions.
For more information about this conference, please go here: www.cajle.info
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