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Verbal Classrooms: Faster, Smoother, More #987

Sun, Feb 14, 12:30-13:15 JST | Room 4
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All teachers want students to improve fluency, but how to teach it? Cruz will talk about how to get students to speak faster and to say more using basic measurable targets and techniques, such as the AQp, “One Idea, One Breath” (OIOB) and the “Switch”.

Audience aimed at: Elementary School Age Teachers. Junior High School. High School. Higher Education. General English. School Owners.

Language of the Presentation: English (Questions can be taken in Japanese.)


Presentation Assets

Verbal Classrooms: FSM (Abstract)

Verbal Classrooms: FSM Asset Links

Download PDF: Verbal Classrooms: FSM Asset Links

This VC session will try to continue on the base of knowledge established in previous presentations and sessions given by José Domingo Cruz in the past year. It will aim to cover the material that leads the students towards independent conversations and show how assessment is done at the end of the semester as the student do group conversations for th eir final tests. The Pdf Asset Links PDF connects to Youtube playlists of demonstration videos and conference recordings showing the foundational knowledge of Verbal Classrooms that attendees should view before attending this session.

José Domingo Cruz works on several English study projects, including his main venture, “GOLDFish365”. Cruz is from Canada, and is a veteran university instructor and Japan resident, specializing in fluency instruction and authentic materials creation. He is also a leading member of Online Teaching Japan.