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Matsuyama Chapter Events in 2006

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Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Cultivating the Ability for Students to Think Independently and to Function by Themselves Through English Lessons

Speaker: Kiwame Kono, Matsuyama Technical High School
Time: 2:15 PM - 3:20 PM (Sun., January 8th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Students are recently said to be losing the power of deciding things and putting them in practice. What can we do to solve this problem as a teacher of English? To have them learn from the CONTENTS of the English texbooks is more important and strategic than make them learn the words and phrases of the textbook.

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Using OUP teaching materials and current book display

Speaker: Eri Okuda and Tanja McCandie, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., February 12th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Eri Okuda talks about using the newly revised OUP textbook "PERSON to PERSON (3rd Edition)". Next, Tanja McCandie demonstrates methods for using a popular OUP text "IDENTITY". There will also be a book display featuring current OUP materials for teachers at all levels.

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

"Synergize your students'skills!" and "Read your way to better English!"

Speaker: Euan McKirdy, Macmillan LanguageHouse
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., March 12th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Euan McKirdy examines student skills and discusses ways to use input texts as �espringboards�f to promote and encourage student interaction in the classroom. He also looks at graded readers and discusses the merits of implementing an extensive reading program.

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Ways into Poems

Speaker: Linda K. Kadota, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., April 9th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F (Parking NOT available)
Description: Poetry can be a valuable source of motivation for language learners, offering an enriching and stimulating way to experience and enjoy the language of study. This activity-based workshop will inspire ideas and strategies for incorporating poetry into language classes.

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

Teaching Only Women: Are single-sex schools relevant?

Speaker: Brenda Hayashi, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., May 14th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Pierce Building 3F (Parking NOT available)
Description: At JALT2005 Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen and Brenda Hayashi led a discussion titled "Do women learn differently?--a conversation." The lively audience participation demonstrated that there are teachers interested in the following questions: 1) What exactly is a "women's university"? 2) Do women's schools offer any advantages for women? 3) Do women learn differently? Are there prevalent learning styles? and 4) Do gender-based pedagogies apply in co-ed schools? The presentation will recapitulate these points and introduce additional studies that indicate there are gender differences in learning.

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Why listening?

Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Publishing Director, Intercom Press
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., June 11th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Pierce Building 3F (Parking NOT available)
Description: Listening is an essential element of your English conversation classes. No input--No output. Students need more strategies for focused listening in order to be able to produce. One pattern listening can work but to be really effective students need to be given a variety in order to be challenged and motivated. Student can listen for general meaning, a specific word or a complete sentence, part of a sentence or indeed feeling. The presenter in this workshop will take the participants through a variety of listening activities. This will be followed by a discussion for participants to input their own ideas.

Paul Shimizu has been involved in teaching, curriculum development and materials production for more than 30 years. He currently teaches at a High School and two Universities.

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Developing a Peace Studies Course: From Theory to Practice

Speaker: Gregory D. Gray, Matsuyama University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., July 9th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F (Parking NOT available)
Description: This presentation consists of two parts. The first part presents an actual content-based peace studies course which has been developed and taught to Japanese university level EFL students. The discussion will then be followed by a workshop with the goal of aiding the participants in incorporating peace studies content materials into their respective classroom settings.

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

How can we help students become 'intercultural communicators'?

Speaker: Mimako Saeki, Professor, Department of Communication and Culture, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., September 10th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F (Parking NOT available)
Description: One objective of 'intercultural communication' is to increase the learner's awareness for 'diversity' in values, perspectives, and experiences that people have and to equip them with knowledge and skills, which help them communicate effectively, overcoming conflicting situations. In this presentation, participants will be invited to share some key ideas and activities that can help achieve the goal.

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Studies on communication strategies: From theories to practice

Speaker: Chiaki Iwai, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., October 8th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F (Parking NOT available)
Description: The notion of �ecommunication strategies (CSs)�f has been enriched through several interesting theoretical arguments. A brief research background on CS studies would be mentioned first. Then, the seminar will focus more on their practical aspect. Referring to recent studies on CSs, some feasible teaching ideas will be shared with the participants, including a controversial pedagogical issue of CSs.

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Understanding the 'New' TOEIC test

Speaker: Grant Trew, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., December 10th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Pierce Building 3F (Parking NOT available)
Description: The recent changes to the TOEIC have significant implications both for students, and educators running test preparation courses.

This workshop will walk participants through the new test format, clarifying the main changes and highlighting the implications for test takers and teachers. It will also present some approaches to overcoming the problems Japanese learners are likely to face.

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