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Empowering English Language Learners

Task-Based Learning in Asia Conference

5/20/2012

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The new school year is under way and it's been an exciting year so far.  With a new class on "Exploring Comics through English and Graphic Novels," and a visiting practicum teacher from Saint Michael's College, Vermont, there's a lot going on.  

Also, I presented at my first conference in Japan, the Task-Based Learning in Asia International Conference in Osaka.  I held a poster presentation outlining the Collaborative Learning in English and Engineering course I've been teaching for two years.  I went over the goals of the course and tasks were used as scaffolding to help us reach those goals.  It was the first conference put on by the TBL Sig of the Japanese Association of Language Teachers (JALT) and it was really fantastic.  It was great to connect with other teachers around Japan and even some from Vietnam.  It was clear through my interactions and  that people are passionate about task-based learning and teaching and that there is potential to expand it's reach within Japanese education.  

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    I'm Sarah Forbes. I'm the
    K-1 ELL Teacher at John F. Kennedy Elementary,  Vermont, and President-Elect of the Northern New England TESOL Board. I have my MATESOL and K-12 Licensure in ESL. I spent several years teaching English in Japan at Kanazawa Technical College and have also worked at Saint Michael's College as the Graduate Assistant to the Applied Linguistics Department, and Instructor in the Intensive English Program, and Summer TESOL Certificate Program. In addition, I have worked with Vermont Refugee Resettlement and through local grant budgets to provide English classes for Adults from the refugee community. I am passionate about sharing resources and experiences that can help other teachers in their work with ELLs.

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