Debbie+West

= **My Profile:I teach Japanese at Geelong Grammar School to children from ELC up to and including Grade 4. I have been teaching for 20 years, French to Years 10-12 and now Japanese in Primary. I have been at my present school for 11 years. Before that I worked as an interpreter and translator. I have also worked as a tour guide and a bilingual secretary. I have also taught Japanese to businessmen and French at Adult Education. I taught English in Japan. (that was rather a long time ago!)** = = **Action Research Project Planner: I am interested in finding out the difference with children's language acquisition through use of the target language in the classroom.** = I will be doing an experiment in 2011 with use of target language in one class more than in another. Using different assessment tools, I will be able to monitor the children's progress in these two classes and be able to compare their language acquisition. What will be your focus for this project in 2011? || Timeline for 2011 Budget for Resource Grant || What did you do? || What did you notice? || What would you do the same/differently in the future? ||
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