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Kobe Chapter Events in 2001

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Sunday, February 25th, 2001

Conversation Strategies & Timed Conversation: Nice Talking With You!

Speaker: Tom Kenny, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies.
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., February 25th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS
Description: Kenny will talk about how this practical speaking activity--timed conversation--motivates learners to practice real social conversation and keeps them speaking English only longer. He will show videos of students using timed conversation and the essential conversation strategies they have mastered. Find out how it all works together with his new conversation text, Nice Talking With You!

Sunday, April 22nd, 2001

Pragmatic Tasks With a Purpose

Speaker: Robert W. Long III, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 22nd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: DiPietro's strategic interactions have been used successfully in an ESL context, but it can be difficult for some EFL teachers to implement this approach. The presenter will introduce five kinds of pragmatic tasks for use at the novice through advanced levels, based on language tied to context, emotion, purpose, and identity. Participants will then engage in a variety of real-life simulations based on these tasks.

Sunday, May 27th, 2001

TBA

Speaker: Robert Kirkpatrick, Prefectural University of Kumamoto
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., May 27th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: TBA

Sunday, June 24th, 2001

Pragmatics Miniconference

Speaker: See the website for the list of speakers
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 24th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): TBA
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: Kobe Chapter and Pragmatics SIG will sponsor a one-day mini-conference on pragmatics in language teaching. There will be a series of short presentations followed by a workshop on "The Contrast Culture Method." Program details and updates are posted on the Kobe Chapter website, on the Pragmatics Miniconference Program page, http://asia.geocities.com/wm_hogue/kobejalt

Sunday, September 30th, 2001

Teaching Children Miniconference

Speaker: Katherine Mackay, Yukie Kawaguchi, Tom Merner and more.
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., September 30th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: This mini-conference is held in conjunction with the Teaching Children SIG. Visit the website at http://asia.geocities.com/wm_hogue/kobejalt/meetings/mc010930/index.htm for complete information.

Activities That Work for Children, Katherine Mackay (Pearson Education). Children at the elementary level often have short attention spans and retaining their interest can be a challenge for the language teacher. This practical workshop will show how through careful planning and a balanced approach, children can gain the confidence they require to participate fully in the class. A variety of activities, songs and games will be demonstrated.
Versatile Card Games, Yukie Kawaguchi. Common problems among teachers who teach young learners are running out ideas since children are always look for something new! Instead of spending long time to read a lot of book and preparing material, why don't you think about simple variations of common card games? Common card games work for everyone young to older students and beginners to advanced. A little variation idea will save your time and create more fun in your classroom!
Monbusho's Handbook, Tom Merner.

More is being planned, so visit the mini-conference web site for the latest details.

Sunday, October 14th, 2001

Language and Cognitive Science

Speaker: Dean Williams
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM (Sun., October 14th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen (for both of today's presentations)
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: How did language evolve in the human species? Why do humans have a complex symbolic communication system that other species appear not to possess? What is the neurological correlate of language; how do mere neurons and synapses combine, communicate, and interact to create linguistic meaning? Advances in cognitive science, neurology, paleontology, and neurolinguistics are drawing back the curtain that has veiled the inner workings of the human brain. Psychological, symbolic-mathematical, or social theories of language are insufficient; they do not adequately address the indisputably biological nature of our species' linguistic ability. This presentation will attempt to draw together thestrands of evolution, brain science, and linguistics to portray at least in a rough way how nature might have formed language in the human animal.
(This is followed by a second presentation by Marie Nelson)

Gender and Language Teaching

Speaker: Marie Nelson
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 14th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen (for both of today's presentations)
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: This highly interactive discussion is of how gender interacts with language teaching and language teachers' careers. It is being conductedin conjunction with research done by the National Council of Teacher's ofEnglish (USA) and by their commission on gender, which will includea chapter on Japan in a monograph they are publishing. Come and share your stories!
(This presentation is preceeded by a presentation by Dean Williams.)

Sunday, December 9th, 2001

Potpourri and Annual Business Meeting

Speaker: TBA
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., December 9th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: Potpourri topics TBA. Contact the Program Co-chairs with your suggestions.Chapter officers election will be held. Nominations will be taken from the floor.

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