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Nara Chapter Events in 2008

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2008; 2007 [5]; 2006 [7]; 2005 [6]; 2004 [5]; 2003 [2]; 2002 [4]; 2001 [5];

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

JOINT SEMINAR, Tenri University, Nara JALT, KELES Nara chapter,NET Forum

Speaker: Various Speakers
Time: 12:45 PM - 5:40 PM (Sun., February 3rd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tenri University
Description: Joint Seminar:

Tenri University, Nara JALT,KELES (Kansai English Language Education Society) Nara Chapter NET Forum

"Speaking Smoothly: the making of smooth talkers"

Speaker: Various Speakers

Time: 12:45 PM - 5:40 PM (12:45 - 17:40)

Opening Addresses 12:45 - 1:15pm

Presentation 1) 1:15 - 1:55pm

"The Activities to Make the Students Enjoy Reading Aloud"

by Toyohiko Kamiyama (Gojyo Nishi Junior High School)

Presentation 2) 2:00 - 2:50pm

"Digital Storytelling at Tomigaoka High School"

by Rex Tanimoto (Osaka Gakuin University) Hiroshi Izumi (Tomigaoka High School)

Presentation 3) 3:00 - 3:50pm

"Pronunciation matters !?"

by Andrew Sowter�iSeishou High School�jHidetami Nakai�iTenri University�j

Presentation 4) 3:50 - 4:30pm

"Neuroscientific Evidence for SLA"

by Toshihiro Yosikawa (Tenri University)

Lecture 4:40 - 5:50pm

"How Shadowing Facilitates Second Language Acquisition"

by Ken Tamai (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)

Snack Party 6:00 - 7:00pm

For further details or to register, please contact Hidetami Nakai of Tenri University at: h-nakai@sta.tenri-u.ac.jp (Just write your name and "I will attend.")

DIRECTIONS:

For directions to the event, please refer to the Tenri Univ's official homepage.

If you drive, first go to the Tenri City Hall which is on the route 169 (Nara to Tenri to Sakurai). Turn left (if you are from Nara) and go along the gingo avenue for about a kilo, then you'll get to the Tenrikyo Headquater. Tenri Univ is across the street.

Or if you get off at Tenri Higashi Intersection of Meihan highway, and drive along for about 2miles, then you'll hit Isonokami Shrine.

You can see Tenri univ from there. (You'll see the two tall chimneys.)

Just turn right at the first traffic signal in front of the Shrine.

From there you'll find the event posters.

NOTE:

Tenri Univ has two campuses, the PE Department right behind Tenri station and Somanouchi campus in front of the Tenrikyo Headquarters (kyokai-honbu).

The venue is Somanouchi campus, which is near Isonokami Shrine.

If you come by train, please walk up the main arcade up to the Headquaters. It takes about 25 minutes. 5-10 minutes by taxi.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

"Considering Themes in Advanced Extensive Reading: The Imperial Sun Never Sets: Young Adult Literature Set in Japan"

Speaker: Jesse Crisler
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 27th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tezukayama University Gakuenmae Campus (JALT2004 Conference Site) Facing South Exit of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line
Description: Jesse Crisler specializes in American Realism, focusing his research and publications on empirical, bibliographical, biographical, and textual criticism of the authors and texts of this period, with particular interest in literary naturalism. Now in his fourteenth year at BYU, Professor Crisler teaches courses in American literature, adolescent literature, and literary criticism; he also taught composition and British literature at BYU-Hawaii for eleven years, including five as chair.

Due to the wide acceptance of Extensive Reading as an invaluable approach to foreign language education, English teachers in a variety of contexts are being called upon to provide guidance on literary themes and genres appropriate for students. Graded readers are an obvious choice for students with Beginner to Intermediate level reading comprehension, but students with Advanced reading levels require a more sophisticated understanding of literary classification systems. This presentation will provide a rare and provocative look at literary categories, old and new.

Eighteenth-century literati in Europe delighted in systematizing anything and everything, including literary genres, developing a system for the latter that seemed to work fairly well, with minor adjustments. In time, however, new forms of writing began to appear, and classifying them into established genres grew increasingly difficult. A case in point is Young Adult literature, the very name of which is problematic: is it literature by young adults or for them? Since its beginnings, YA literature generally has posed difficulties in classifying it, whether in terms of form, audience, content, etc., and the situation for the specific YA works written by Westerners but set in Japan is the same. A survey of several such books, beginning in the mid-nineteenth-century, reveals the complexity of the classification dilemma: if books feature teenage protagonists, are they, then, YA books; must writers have been to Japan to write books set there; what of books never intended for a teenage audience but are now read only by that audience; what should be done with books of "mixed genre"; how about books in which the protagonists are only temporarily in Japan; are novels marked by elements of "magical realism," fantasy, folk tale, superstition, or science fiction really YA books; finally, how should novels that are clearly postmodern be handled? As a locale still exotic to Western writers and readers, Japan continues to attract both, though not in huge numbers; changes in what literature is or should be will also continue to mark the kind of fare these writers produce and these readers consume.

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Teaching English Through Drama

Speaker: Kathy Emori
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., May 17th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tezukayama University Gakuenmae Campus (JALT2004 Conference Site) Facing South Exit of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line
Description: Teaching English through drama is gaining momentum in the EFL community, and with good reason. With the right approach, drama techniques can be an effective way to help students loosen up, think outside the box, have fun whle being creative, and explore new expressive possibilities--all in English! In this workshop, a variety of EFL-appropriate drama activities will be introduced and participants will take part as actors and educators. Discussions on how to incorporate these into any type or level classroom will allow participants to take ideas and make them accessible to their situations.

Kathi Emori has been teaching English in Japan for over 10 years. Having served as an ALT on the JET Program , Independent Learning Director at Nagoya Women's University and as a Coordinator of Creative Expression Curriculum, Kathi has used drama in the classroom at all ages and levels. Currently, she is working on writing scripts and exploring further drama related research in second language acquisition.

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Critical Approaches to Teaching Writing: Mindfulness and the power of 'no'

Speaker: Marlen Harrison
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 21st, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tezukayama University Gakuenmae Campus (JALT2004 Conference Site) Facing South Exit of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line
Description: As "World Englishes" continue to dominate discussions of writing pedagogy, instructors ponder acceptable uses/performances of written language. In this lively discussion, we'll use Thich Nhat Han's Mindfulness Trainings as inspiration to consider L2 writing instruction and assessment, correcting student writing, and our identities as instructors.

Marlen Elliot Harrison is temporary faculty in the English Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) where he is also completing his doctoral studies in Composition and TESOL. Prior to IUP, Marlen spent 4 years teaching at Doshisha and St Andrews Universities in Western Japan and served as co-coordinator for the JALT Learner Development SIG.

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Osaka JALT Fourth Annual Tech Day 2008 (in collaboration with Nara JALT)

Speaker: various speakers
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Sun., June 22nd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): TBA
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Hannan University, Tennoji, Osaka
Description: Keeping Computing Simple: Tech day is about how you use computers to help you in the classroom. That might be as simple as making a gradesheet or a simple quiz, up to making podcasts and beyond. The themes of tech day are simplicity and practicality - ideas that teachers can walk into a new classroom and use with a minimum of preparation or tech knowledge.

Doors open 12.30 pm.

Dinner afterwards at Naomi Amore map

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