Sam Murchie
上杉英会話教室
About
Born in the US. Raised in Japan. Live in Japan. Teach in Japan. Growing up in Japan, going to Japanese school, having only Japanese friends meant that my main sources of English were at home with my family and the books that were assigned to me by my parents. It was the extensive amount of reading in my childhood that laid the foundation for an career in academia and business that required conversational and academic English. I started my own English school a few years ago with ER as the core part of the curriculum. The school has grown to 60 students, most of which do ER on a regular basis. My students and my own career are proof that ER works! :)Sessions
Younger learners Reading out loud: Aid or interference to reading comprehension? more
Tue, Aug 8, 17:00-17:35 Asia/Tokyo
Are the benefits of reading out loud in a second language exaggerated or misplaced? Students with a strong background in having books read to them out loud may demonstrate good English pronunciation and smooth reading when they themselves read out loud. Good pronunciation and/or smooth reading when reading out loud, however, does not appear necessarily reflect the readers comprehension of the text. Indeed, it would appear that a student’s pronunciation and/or smoothness in reading out loud should be used as an ancillary means of measuring a student's ability to understand the meaning of a text. The presentation will discuss a series of pedagogical experiences and research-based conclusions that have challenged his previously misguided assumptions in this regard, and which have led to his recently modified approach to reading out loud in L2.
All levels The big ER debate: Paper books are better than digital books more
Wed, Aug 9, 15:30-16:05 Asia/Tokyo
Listen to a debate about ebooks and paper books. You can help decide the winner.
