Miyazaki Chapter

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Miyazaki Chapter Events in 2005

Events archive by year:
2008 [2]; 2007 [4]; 2006 [3]; 2005; 2004 [8]; 2003 [2]; 2002 [4]; 2001 [6];

Saturday, February 5th, 2005

My Share

Speaker: Hiromi Maruyama, Michael Narron, and Garth Irons
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Sat., February 5th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University, Kenkyu Kogi Toh 3F, Room 310, Funatsuka 1-1-2, Miyazaki-shi (Tel: 0985-20-2000)
Description: Ms. Maruyama will be speaking on the relationship between motivation and the passion to learn English. Mr. Narron will be presenting with an elementary school teacher. He and his co-presenter will discuss English language learning in the elementary school classroom. And, finally, Garth Irons will share his experiences with a process writing approach to his university writing classes.

Saturday, April 23rd, 2005

My Share: Teaching Young Children

Speaker: Michael Narron and Sachiko Ikemizu, Elizabeth Lokon, and Amy Szarkowski
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., April 23rd, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University, Room 310 (3F)
Description: Three presentations on EFL teaching ideas for younger learners. Michael Narron and Sachiko Ikemizu will discuss the use of short English activity blocks in children's classes. Elizabeth Lokon will discuss John Dewey's ideas on children's innate interest in discovery learning, communication, making things, and expressing themselves. Amy Szarkowski (MIC) will present on using Sign Language to enhance EFL learning for elementary school children.

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

Movement & Irregular Verb Conjugations: It's Child's Play

Speaker: Naoko Ogikubo and Mayuka Habbick
Time: 12:45 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., May 21st, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University Rm. #310
Description: This presentation features two experienced teachers and teacher trainers in a two part demonstration of movement and games, focusing on teaching English for children of all ages.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

"Controversial Content in EFL: What is Justifiable and What is Not?"

Speaker: Trevor Sargent (EdD)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Thu., June 23rd, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University Rm. #310
Description: The presenter will explore some practical ways of ensuring that when controversial issues are raised in the classroom, they are dealt with in a way that respects student autonomy, avoids student abuse and models an approach to inquiry that has academic integrity.

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Learning to Read the Easy Way

Speaker: David Lisgo
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., October 1st, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University Rm. #310
Description: David Lisgo, teacher, school owner, and materials writer, will give an overview of the different methods used to teach reading and show some basic steps in phonics, enabling students to begin reading almost immediately.

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Making a Difference in Language Education

Speaker: Tim Murphey, Chitose Asaoka, Mike Guest, Shingo Morito, Marlen Harrison, et al
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (Sat., November 19th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): 1000 yen (suggested donation)
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (suggested donation)
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University, Kouryu Center
Description: This is a one-day mini-conference co-sponsored by Miyazaki JALT, the Learner Development SIG and Miyazaki Municipal University addressing �collaboration,� �understanding of self and others,� and �international and intercultural awareness� in language education. It will open with a morning session, �Creating Classroom Cultures of Intensive Collaboration� with Tim Murphey and Chitose Asaoka, with afternoon sessions from 13:30 pm.

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