"Four Language Skills Outside the Box: Activities for Improving Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Listening"

Speaking, reading, writing, listening. How can we creatively adapt our teaching methods, materials, and lesson content to promote one or more of these skills?

In five minutes, each presenter will have an opportunity to share effective and efficient teaching strategies and quick tips for managing different language levels in the classroom through a classroom activity which they have developed.

Dr. Linda Abe, Second Language Studies
"Listen, Pronounce, Present: Preparing L2 Learners for Public Speaking"

Yilmaz Koylu, Second Language Studies
"Integrating Songs Into the ESL/EFL Language Classroom"

Jean Young Chun, Second Language Studies
"Let's Create a Class News Program"

Jeanne Gilbert, Second Language Studies
"Not So Childish Children's Books"

Jun Takahashi, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
"Using the Japanese Game 'Fruits Basket' for Listening and Speaking Practice"

Megan Hansen Connolly, Second Language Education
"'Puzzling' Out Paragraph Construction with Second Language Writers"

Bud Odon, Second Language Studies
"Let Us Write a Story Together!"

Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni, Linguistics
"Improving Language Skills"

Janusz Solarz, Second Language Studies
"Everybody Has Problems"

Kazi Abu Bakar Siddique, Dhar India Studies
"Building Bridges Through Situational Stories"

Bora Nam, Second Language Studies
"Information Gathering Activity"

Justin Ricketts, Second Language Studies
"Radio Gibberish"

Zawan Al Bulushi, Second Language Studies
"Information Gathering Activity"