Proceedings of the Annual NEAR Conference

From the Editors

We are pleased to be publishing our second peer-reviewed issue of the Proceedings of the Annual NEAR Conference..

In this issue, we present works on two topics. The first, Tabletop Games and Language Tasks in the EFL Classroom, by Martin Sedaghat, explores the uses of board and card games to enhance learning in language classrooms. Martin also explains the challenges of using such games and how they can also be utilized for pre- and post-class activities. In the second article, Applying and Adapting the New Course of Study at Elementary School by Mark Fennelly, the author offers insights into the new Course of Study and the materials based on it, and gives suggestions about how this change will influence teachers working in elementary schools and in English education throughout the school system in Japan.

Again, we hope you will enjoy reading and learning both theoretical and practical ideas from this research.

Dr. Melodie Cook, University of Niigata Prefecture

Dr. Howard Brown, University of Niigata Prefecture 

Contents

1 - 15               Applying and Adapting the New Course of Study at Elementary School

                     Mark G. Fennelly

16 - 28             Tabletop Games and Language Tasks in the EFL Classroom

                      Martin Sedaghat 

Proceedings of the Annual NEAR Conference

Published by JALT Niigata (Niigata, Japan)

ISSN: 2434-6160