2005 Faculty Workshop / Retreat

The 2005 Retreat was attended by: Carl Adams, Andy Barfield, Dave Berthiaume, Steve Hesse, Suzanne Jensen, Yuri Komuro, Greg Lamb, Andy Martin, Milt Miltiadous, Yuji Miyamaru, Jamelea Nader, Mary Jo Pichette, Robert Russell, Yukio Saigusa, Ellen Scattergood and Kyoko Yamamoto.

Many thanks to everyone for taking part in a very engaged, enjoyable and productive day of discussions. And special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the summaries from the Retreat.

It's great to see that so many interesting conversations have come from one day of collaboration. If you would like to add further thoughts to any of the conversations, send your ideas to Mike here.

Pre-Retreat brainstorming and planning

• Collective brainstorming of issues and formats

• Provisional Retreat programme for Saturday sessions

Summaries of discussions at the Retreat

• Basic Discussion Skills discussion summarized by Steve Hesse, with further ideas from Andy Martin and Zorana Vasiljevic

• Advanced Listening & Speaking Courses discussion summarized by Ellen Scattergood and Andy Martin

• Introduction to Academic Essay Writing discussion summarized by Ellen Scattergood

• Improving Academic Essay Writing discussion summarized by Suzanne Jensen, with further comments from Milt Miltiadous, Jamelea Nader and Andy Barfield

• Business/TOEIC discussion summarized by Greg Lamb, with further notes from Andy Martin and Robert Russell

• English for Study Abroad/TOEFL / English for Legal Study Abroad discussion summarized by Mary Jo Pichette

• Coordinated Learning / Teaching discussion summarised by Steve Hesse - The question posed: How can we avoid overlap of materials, approaches and assignments across the Chuo English Curricula?

• Self- and Peer-assessment discussion and Self-study discussion summarized by Ellen Scattergood and Robert Russell

• Vocabulary Learning discussion summarized by Andy Barfield

See also: Some comments by students about learning vocabulary

• Notes from plenary session by Andy Barfield

Post- Retreat discussions

• Reflections on their Introduction to Communications Skills classes by Mary Jo Pichette and Andy Barfield