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Dear Japanese Language Teachers,
Due to the holiday break, we have extended the deadline for registration for the following interesting workshop to December 20th, 2003.

Regards,
Chris Merritt.

Center for East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3rd Annual Winter Workshop, With Funding from the U.S. Department of
Education A one-day workshop for Japanese Language K-12 Teachers in the Midwest Motivational Curriculum and Syllabus Design

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, 9:00am-4:30pm
206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive,
University of Wisconsin­ Madison Campus

Informal Reception
Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, 7:00-9:00pm, Lowell Hall
610 Landon Street, Madison

How do you develop articulated curricula and syllabi to prepare students who can communicate?
How should you use your assigned textbook effectively?

Workshop focuses on strategies and processes of designing motivational
curriculum and syllabus that articulate across levels and enhance students communication skills. The discussion of the following points will be supported by the presentation of sample student outcomes:

… Elements of curriculum: language learning continuum
… Defining expected students outcomes and creating motivational outcomes
… Tips to create rubrics for assessment
… Tips to create motivational year/semester curriculum

Participants are expected to bring the textbook(s) that they are currently using and to be prepared to engage in a lot of group activities.

Chief Instructor: Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott
Professor, California State University, Monterey Bay
Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott directs the Japanese program and teaches various levels of Japanese language courses and methods courses for the certificate program in the School of Education at California State University, Monterey Bay. She is the director of the Monterey Bay Foreign Language Project where she provides professional development for k-16 teachers in the California Central Coast Area. She has a Ph. D. in Foreign Language Education and Instructional Design and Technology.

Registration form for the workshop is available online at our website:
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/east/eas.html

Registration Information:
Gloria Eichenseher, UW-Extension Registration Services
The Pyle Center, Room 139, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706
Tel: (608) 265-2955 or eichens@ecc.uwex.edu

Program Information:
Prof. Junko Mori, Department of East Asian
Languages & Literature
Tel: (608) 262-3871 or jmori@facstaff.wisc.edu
Center for East Asian Studies,
University of Wisconsin - Madison:
326 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI 53705
Tel: 608/262-3643
Fax: 608/265-2919
E-mail: eas@intl-institute.wisc.edu

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/east/Events/Events.html

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