The Exploratory Learning and Teaching Newsletter of Dokkyo University ・ Summer 2008 ・ No. 11

Welcome to the 11th issue of Languaging! (“Leg’s 11 on the go,” as an Australian bingo caller might say), the newsletter that makes our work a little more interesting by sharing views about teaching and language learning.  Once again we have a nice assortment of topics from a wide range of writers, including students, undergrad and graduate, and teachers, faculty and adjunct, from Dokkyo University and beyond from as far off as Brazil. We welcome and thank them all for enriching our community with their words.
    
Appropriately enough, issue 11 has 11 articles. Ana Maria Barcelos helps us to reflect on the thought patterns that can have a very significant impact on our work and personal lives. Stewart Fulton expands upon this theme by offering practical guidelines for in-class error correction. Languaging’s most prolific writer, 4th year student Yuko Iwasaki, shares her first teacher experience reflections with us. Tim Murphey, having recently recovered from an intense Russian Polka dance experience, shares his enthusiasm for personalized writing on the topic of intense positive experiences. And there are no flies on Naoki Sekimoto’s lunch. He’s back in this issue with a Brown Bag Tuesday review.  Tetsuya Fukuda, shares practical data on just how much our students know about giving presentations. Jeroen Bode presents part two of his research into the usage of a particular type of Japanese expression, Yoji Jukugo. Paul Doré shares very little of his own thoughts, but a lot of his students’ thoughts and how reading them helps him to work more effectively and happily.

As always, we would like to thank our many guest editors, Tim Murphey, Tetsuya Fukuda, Yuko Iwasaki, Robert Palka, Takeshi Kikuchi and Keiko Okada, for all of their help.

Paul’s seasonal tip: This summer, don’t forget to ‘slip, slop, and slap’. Slip on a shirt, slop on the sunscreen and slap on a hat! That summer sun can be intense!  Happy reading!

The editors of Languaging! No. 11:



Share your learning and teaching explorations!
Languaging! is a place to experiment, not just write about experiments.
Think about your favorite ways of teaching and learning – fun ways to learn that could help others. Think about the data you might collect and share in our informal newsletter: keeping a journal, recording your changing feelings and ideas, having friends observe your classes, visiting friends’ classes, getting feedback from students on your classes, your materials, or the whole education system! Read a good book? Write about it. Have a good idea? Write about it. Had a good conversation? Write about it!

Get your ideas out in Languaging! Ask your students to submit their ideas, too!
Send submissions for Languaging! No. 12 by November 15th to the editors at
languaging @yahoo.com

Ye Olde Standard Disclaimer
The opinions and views expressed in Languaging! do not necessarily reflect those of the editors nor of Dokkyo University (and maybe not even of the authors - after all people change their minds all the time!). Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy!

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Languaging! No. 11

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