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Here is a brief bio of our PD Technology in the Classroom module writer Professor Charles Brown:

Dr. Charles Browne is Professor of Applied Linguistics & TESOL and Head of the EFL Teacher-Training Program at Meiji Gakuin University. He served as the first National Chairman of the JET Program from 1987-88 as well as on many MEXT committees including a national committee on teacher training, a national steering committee for the JET Program and the national English textbook advisory committee. He is a specialist in Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Extensive Reading, especially as they apply to online learning environments. In addition to his work in creating several important new corpus-based word lists for second language learners (known as the NGSL, NAWL, TSL and BSL), and a wide range of free online tools to teach, learn and create texts based on these lists, he has also developed a variety of research-based language learning and analysis tools including free ER and EL-focused websites such as ER-Central, OGTE (Online Graded Text Editor), more than a dozen free word learning apps such as NGSL Builder, and works hard to share this knowledge with teachers, authors, students and researchers through countless presentations, seminars and hand-on workshops around the world.

To put a face to the name. Here is the writer of this module talking at TED x Tokyo. Although the topic, his speciality, belongs in the Vocabulary module there's plenty here to learn from.

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    • 5. Contextual: Making the most of Team Teaching
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    • 7. Teaching: Working in Japanese Public Schools
    • 8. Teaching: Approaches and Methods
    • 9. Teaching: Listening
    • 10. Teaching: Reading
    • 11. Teaching: Speaking
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    • 13. Teaching: Vocabulary
    • 14. Teaching: Phonics
    • 15. Teaching: Writing Tests
  • PD
    • 16. PD: Learning Strategies
    • 17. PD: Materials Development
    • 18. PD: CLIL
    • 19. PD: Technology in the Classroom
    • 20. PD: Multicultural Education
    • 21. PD: Doing Research
    • 22. PD: Getting Published
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    • Elementary
    • Junior High
    • High School
  • Community
    • Blog
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    • Teacher's Wall
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