August 26, 16:00-18:00
OTJ Summer Sessions: Online Teachers Japan, Zoom session
Session Abstract: This session will discuss the use of defined roles in student group work activities to facilitate more efficient language learning in Zoom breakout rooms. The models that will be shared have been used in my face-to-face classrooms for the past few years, and they have become even more important with the current COVID crisis and the dependence on synchronous video as the mode of classroom communication. This presentation will discuss two models for classroom roles; one developed by Stephen Henneberry and Craig Manning for use at the University of Shimane with lower intermediate students, and another developed by Kevin Ryan for use with more advanced students at Showa Women’s University.
