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Teacher Retreat
2005 Teacher Retreat
Friday
17th & Saturday 18th June - Chuo Hayama Guest House
The 2005 Retreat was attended
by: Carl Adams, Andy Barfield,
Dave Berthiaume, Steve Hesse, Suzanne Jensen, Yuri Komuro, Greg Lamb,
Andy Martin, Milt Miltiadous, Yuji Miyamaru, Jamelea Nader, Mary Jo Pichette,
Robert Russell, Yukio Saigusa, Ellen Scattergood and Kyoko Yamamoto.
Many thanks to everyone for taking
part in a very engaged, enjoyable and productive day of discussions.
And special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the summaries from
the Retreat.
It's great to see that so many
interesting conversations have come from one day of collaboration. If
you would like to add further
thoughts to any of the conversations, send your ideas to Mike here.
Pre-Retreat brainstorming and planning
• Collective
brainstorming of issues and formats
• Provisional Retreat programme for Saturday
sessions
Summaries of discussions at the Retreat
• Basic
Discussion Skills discussion summarized by Steve Hesse,
with further ideas from Andy Martin and Zorana Vasiljevic
• Advanced
Listening & Speaking Courses discussion summarized
by Ellen Scattergood and Andy Martin
• Introduction
to Academic Essay Writing discussion summarized
by Ellen Scattergood
• Improving
Academic Essay Writing discussion summarized
by Suzanne Jensen, with further comments from Milt Miltiadous, Jamelea
Nader and Andy Barfield
• Business/TOEIC
discussion summarized by Greg Lamb,
with further notes from Andy Martin and Robert Russell
• English
for Study Abroad/TOEFL / English for Legal Study Abroad discussion summarized
by Mary Jo Pichette
• Coordinated
Learning / Teaching discussion summarised
by Steve Hesse - The question posed: How can we avoid overlap of
materials, approaches and assignments across the Chuo English
Curricula?
• Self-
and Peer-assessment discussion and Self-study discussion summarized
by Ellen Scattergood and Robert Russell
• Vocabulary
Learning discussion summarized
by Andy Barfield
See also: Some
comments by students about learning vocabulary
• Notes
from plenary session by Andy Barfield
Post- Retreat discussions
• Reflections
on their Introduction
to Communications Skills classes by
Mary Jo Pichette and Andy Barfield
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