Kobe Chapter

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Kobe Chapter Events in 2004

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2008 [7]; 2007 [6]; 2006 [10]; 2005 [7]; 2004; 2003 [7]; 2002 [9]; 2001 [8];

Thursday, February 12th, 2004

A Box of Delights: Stories for Extensive Reading

Speaker: Jennifer Bassett
Time: 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM (Thu., February 12th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe/078-241-7204)
Description: Stories have been told since time began, creating alternative realities to help us interpret our own world. Jennifer Bassett will demonstrate how reading good stories, at the right level, is a stimulating and rewarding part of learning a language.

Saturday, April 24th, 2004

Wonder Kids

Speaker: Theo Steckler
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., April 24th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe/078-241-7204)
Description: The presenter will present a workshop to introduce DramaWorks' innovative new kids' program that makes both learning and teaching, easy and fun. Wonder Kids is designed for use in grades four through six, and it introduces authentic language and characters in a fun-filled story told in twenty scenes.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2004

Ideology of Women's Education in Japan

Speaker: Steve Cornwell, Osaka Jogakuin College
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., May 22nd, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe/078-241-7204)
Description: As a representative of the JALT GALE SIG (Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group), Steve Cornwell will talk about the ideology of women's education in Japan and also discuss the kind of curriculum he and his colleagues try to use at OJC (Osaka Jogakuin College) to help expand students' thinking.

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

Adapting Textbook Activities on the Spot

Speaker: Rebecca Arthur
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., June 26th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe/078-241-7204)
Description: This workshop demonstrates a variety of ways to adapt textbook activities in the classroom on the spot, with almost no preparation. Although the workshop will be based on activities typically found in college and university textbooks for false beginners, the adaptations can be made to textbook activities of almost any level. Participants will experience the adaptations firsthand and will have the opportunity to share successful adaptations they have made.

Saturday, October 30th, 2004

Two presentations on Motivation and Reading

Speaker: Steve King (Longman)
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., October 30th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe/078-241-7204)
Description: Today there are two presetations by Steve King from Longman. The first is entitled The M.A.P. Motivate, Anchor, Personalise) Method, which can improve the speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities of your students. Find out how Longman can help with this comprehensive approach to teaching college students. The second presentation is Learning to Read / Reading to Learn. Graded Readers are a great tool for motivating language learning. We'll look at a range of techniques for exploiting the potential of Penguin Readers in the classroom. Get your students on the road to reading and vocabulary building.

Saturday, December 11th, 2004

Potpourri Meeting & Bonenkai

Speaker: Brent Jones & Anthony C. Torbert
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., December 11th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe/078-241-7204)
Description: There are two presentations.

Reading Attitudes and Habits by Brent Jones.
Preliminary results of an ongoing action research project involving adult leaners and university EFL students in Japan are reported together with ideas and activities for promoting constructive EFL reading habits and attitudes. Practical ideas for including an extensive reading approach will be introduced.
Teaching Business Topics to Lower-level University Students by Anthony C. Torbert.
There are many ambitious course titles such as "Pharmacy English","Business English", and "English for Nurses", thought up by curriculum designers and university bureaucrats to give non-English majors a boost and appeal to the idea of internationalization. While the motive behind them may be honorable, in practice they are often the products designed with marketing in mind, rather than an essential element in a full-on course of language study. It usually is up to the individual instructor to compile course of study that both satisfies the course title, while at the same time contains comprehensive language that may be of benefit to the students in the future. This can be especially challenging when the overall level of the student may be quite low (TOEIC 250-350). This presentation will take on a specific topic related to the field of business (Merit Pay), and offer ways it can be taught to lower level students. Suggestions are welcome on how to improve the lesson plan.

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