This event is part of TAPPED IN's Summer Carnival. You will be rewarded a certificate for participation to this carnival. Log in to TAPPED IN and ask HelpDesk for detailed information.
Currently Senior Instructor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado, Boulder, http://www.colorado.edu/ealld . Her main interest is in the affective aspects of language learning. She is also interested in theory and practice of translation.
As Caleb Gattegno, one of the giants in the field of foreign language pedagogy, says, self-learning is the only learning, and that the learner must develop inner criteria, a good monitoring system, in order to learn. One good method of helping students develop such system is to give the task of teaching to students themselves. Saegusa has had students prepare exercises, activities, and sometimes quizzes and exams at all levels of Japanese language classes for the past 15+ years, and has had positive results overall. There are certain principles and requirements the teacher and students must be aware of and agree upon in order for this method to work. The challenge for the teacher is to stay out of students' learning process - to become a "lurker" ; the students' challenge is to take responsibility for their own learning and eventually walk away from the teacher. The process helps both the teacher and students grow into fuller human beings.
Saegusa sensei's paper is at
http://stripe.colorado.edu/~saegusa/benkyoukai/students.htm
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Saegusa sensei and others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.
This event is open to anybody who is interested in the topic. It will be at After School Online Room at http://www.tappedin.org
Instructions to log in as a guest and get to the After School Online Room:
1. Go to http://www.tappedin.org
2. Click the "Guest Login" Button on the TAPPED IN home page
3. Be patient while loading
4. When prompted in the bottom window, erase the text next to the word SAY, and type your name and hit return.
5. When loading is done, you will be in the Reception area.
6. To talk, type in the message in the window next to the word SAY. Then press the SEND button or the ENTER key
7. In order to get to After School Online room, you can click on After School Online in the map.
Download and print this document. It will explain the interface really well. http://www.tappedin.sri.com/info/docs/TAPestry3.pdf
If you have problems connecting from a school computer, you may be behind firewall. Please read Firewall explanation in FAQ..
If you still need help, please mail TAPPED IN staff at contactus@tappedin.org
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