Ownage Case Study Frame Overlay Watch the video

Dr. Ken Beatty, TESOL Professor at Anaheim University, discusses the nature of case studies in language teaching and learning, using a personal example of his son's use of the word "ownage", a superlative term taken from the gaming world.

Narika Rep. Junko Shimura "Using Interactive Whiteboards in Elementary School Classrooms" Frame Overlay Watch the video

A wide variety of teaching materials are needed to depend children's understanding in an educational context. Traditionally, teachers need to spend a great deal of time in doing this and preparing for classes. How can technology help teachers in this area?

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Takao Ogawa Toda Dai-ichi Elementary School Effective English Communication and the importance of Prosody In order to make the jump from merely speaking Japanese English In the elementary classroom to being able to communicate in English with people from all over the world, prosody (rhythm, stress and intonation patterns of an utterance) is essential.　

Classroom Observation: A Riddikulus Lesson Frame Overlay Watch the video

Dr. Ken Beatty, TESOL Professor at Anaheim University, discusses classroom observations in language teaching and learning, using the example of a passage from J. K. Rowling's The Prisoner of Azkaban. The passage features a discussion between students and a professor. Different approaches serve to illustrate how we can examine the series of exchanges in different ways, depending on the type of information we are trying to elicit.