Kagoshima Chapter

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Kagoshima Chapter Events in 2001

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Sunday, February 11th, 2001

Star Taxi

Speaker: DramaWorks (Theo Steckler, Ian Franklyn, and Marc Sheffner)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 11th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (2F of I'm Building)
Description: Star Taxi is a story told in twenty scenes of dialogue. Star Taxi is easy and fun to use, does not require any drama experience or props, and does not end in a full-blown dramatic production. It is a complete course but can also be used as a supplement. It is designed for use with teenagers and adults, although the warm-ups and language activities we include can be, and are, used with younger children. Most workshop participants find them highly entertaining and refreshing, whatever kind of class they teach.

Saturday, March 24th, 2001

Teaching International Understanding in the English Classroom

Speaker: Paul Sminkey, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., March 24th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (2F of I'm Building)
Description: This presentation will give suggestions and provide resources for teaching about problems that foreigners living in Japan encounter. In classes on cross-cultural understanding, many teachers focus on providing information about countries outside Japan, but it is equally important to make students aware of the difficulties that foreigners within Japan encounter and to guide them to act more naturally with foreigners they may meet.

Sunday, April 22nd, 2001

The importance of non-verbal communication skills

Speaker: Claire Tyers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 22nd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kagoshima University, Hobun-gakubu, Room 202
Description: This workshop aims to investigate the non-verbal communication that makes up around 70% of total communication. It demonstrates how non-verbal communication observed during role play projects can potentially aide learners in the learning of English in and out of the classroom.

Saturday, May 12th, 2001

Phonics

Speaker: Lynda Yoshida
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., May 12th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center (7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Eki)
Description: Lynda Yoshida will demonstrate how to teach children to strengthen their reading skills using the phonics method. She will also discuss how the method enables children to read and write further and eventually become independent learners. Practical activities will be introduced.

Saturday, July 14th, 2001

Teaching Middle and High School Students

Speaker: Alastair Lamond, Thomson Learning Japan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 14th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center, 7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Station
Description: Lamond will conduct a workshop in which he will discuss how to teach middle and high school students.

Saturday, September 22nd, 2001

Teaching at the Elementary and Junior High School Levels

Speaker: Shintaro Yamasuso, Brain Pendersen
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., September 22nd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center (7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Station)
Description: Two Kagoshima Chapter members will present ideas based on their teaching practice. Shintaro Yamasuso will discuss his experience of team teaching with ALTs (assistant language teachers) at the junior high school level. Brian Pedersen will discuss strategies for developing eagerness at the elementary and junior high school levels.

Sunday, October 21st, 2001

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., October 21st, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kagoshima-shi Chuo Kominkan
Description: English instruction is about to become an option for the new Period for Integrated Studies in the Japanese public schools. Monbusho has publishsed the Handbook for Elementary School English Teaching Activities to provide support to teachers. Tom Merner, a member of the authoring committee, will introduce the handbook, share views about the directions public elementary school English seems to be heading, and introduce results of a survey about the current situationin schools which have already implemented English.

Saturday, November 17th, 2001

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., November 17th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (I'm Building)
Description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve one's chances of gaining employment. Raul C. Laborte is the Asian Scholar for the Four Corners Tour 2001. The Four Corners Tours are opportunities for JALT National Conference speakers to visit local JALT chapters throughout the country. Sponsorship assistance for the Asian Scholar Tour is provided by Tuttle Publishing, LIOJ and the Foreign Buyers' Club .

Sunday, December 9th, 2001

Teaching Language from a JSL Perspective (Japanese as a Second Language)

Speaker: Kazumi Uesako
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., December 9th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (IM Building)
Description: Uesako sensei will talk about teaching language from the viewpoint of teaching Japanese to non-Japanese people. The meeting will be in Japanese.

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