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Ibaraki Chapter Events in 2001

Events archive by year:
2008 [4]; 2007 [6]; 2006 [7]; 2005 [7]; 2004 [6]; 2003 [6]; 2002 [5]; 2001;

Sunday, January 28th, 2001

Interactive Dictation: Integrating the Four Macro Skills

Speaker: P. Charles Brown, Ibaraki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 28th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Mito Shimin Kaikan
Description: Using the principles of communicative language teaching/learning and of collaborative learning, the presenter will lead a workshop-style session in which the participants will be involved in exploiting the 4 macro-skills as well as integrating grammar through various activities culminating with the much maligned dictation.

Sunday, February 18th, 2001

Effective During-reading Strategies

Speaker: Mary Lee Field, Ibaraki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 18th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Hitachi
Venue: Ibaraki Christian University, Oomika-cho, Hitachi City
Description: This presentation will illustrate, explain, and teach two effective "during-reading" strategies to help Japanese students monitor their comprehension of an English text. Using these can reduce readers' need for word by word translation and help them become more autonomous.

Sunday, April 15th, 2001

Use of Visual Aids for Tactile Learners

Speaker: Duane Isham, Ibaraki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 15th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Tsuchiura Ulara Building -- Kennan Shougai-Gakushuu Center (across from Tsuchiura Station)
Description: The presenter will explain his methods of using artwork and teaching/learning through experience.

Sunday, May 20th, 2001

Language Teaching Options and Ideas

Speaker: Mark Rossiter, Thomson Learning
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., May 20th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Tsukuba
Venue: Tokyo Kasei Gakuin (Tsukuba Women's University)
Description: None available at publication -- contact Ibaraki JALT for details

Saturday, June 9th, 2001

Weekend Chapter Retreat with presentations (Day 1 of 2)

Speaker: Brendan Lyons and other chapter members
Time: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Sat., June 9th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo
Description: This is a weekend chapter retreat with lodging provided at the Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo. There will be three prenentations during the weekend:

  1. The Celts & The Origins of Western Languages.
    Speaker: Brenday Lyons.
  2. Group Reading Exercises.
    Speaker: Brendan Lyons.
  3. Favorite/Effective Teaching Methods & Activities, with contributions by several chapter members.
The price of 2000 yen includes lodging, meals, and snacks. Please contact Ibaraki to verify the time.

Sunday, June 10th, 2001

Weekend Chapter Retreat with presentations (Day 2 of 2)

Speaker: Brendan Lyons and other chapter members
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 10th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo
Description: This is a weekend chapter retreat with lodging provided at the Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo. There will be three prenentations during the weekend:

  1. The Celts & The Origins of Western Languages.
    Speaker: Brendan Lyons.
  2. Group Reading Exercises.
    Speaker: Brenday Lyons.
  3. Favorite/Effective Teaching Methods & Activities, with contributions by several chapter members.
The price of 2000 yen includes lodging, meals, and snacks. Please contact Ibaraki to verify the time.

Sunday, September 16th, 2001

Paraphrasing: What's New? What's Old? What Works?

Speaker: William Teweles, Kwansei Gakuin University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., September 16th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Hitachi
Venue: Ibaraki Christian University, Oomika-cho, Hitachi City
Description: This talk will focus on ways to incorporate paraphrasing into a composition class. Paraphrasing is a well-structured way to help students with vocabulary development, sentence structure, and summary writing in general. Using practice activities from standard textbooks and human interest-type articles from newspapers, the speaker will feature a few preferred intermediate-level paraphrasing activities.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2001

Gender and Language Teaching

Speaker: Marie Nelson
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM (Tue., October 2nd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Tsukuba
Venue: Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University
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!

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