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Fukui Chapter Events in 2006

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

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Which should we focus on, form or meaning, in our language teaching? Insights from Second Language Acquisition research

Speaker: Dr. Shinichi Izumi, Sophia University
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sun., March 5th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: Whether and how to teach grammar has long been a contentious issue for foreign language educators. On the one hand, the traditional approach treats grammar as the main focus of teaching and spends a great deal of time explaining and/or drilling the "grammar points of the day." On the other hand, a more recent approach, born partly in reaction to the dissatisfaction with the former approach to help students to improve their communicative proficiency, emphasizes not the forms per se but the meaning that language forms convey. The communicative approach has produced far better results with respect to improving students' language ability, but it too failed to deliver the promised results, that is, to help students to become both fluent and accurate in the foreign language. It is in this historical context that a third approach has emerged which aims to strike a balance between emphasizing accurate language use and promoting meaningful communication. This talk summarizes the background and rationale of this third approach and points out some directions for EFL teaching in Japan.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Extensive Reading

Speaker: Prof. Kunihide Sakai
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Tue., August 8th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: TBA

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Education for Multicultural Society in the Global Age- Promoting Active communication with Different Communities in Japan

Speaker: Yuko Kato
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., October 1st, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui Campus, the University of the Air, Fukui Kenmin Kaikan, 6 Floor, Room 1
Description: We are now living in "the global age". The global age refers to the present time when there are many emerging events and situations which people have to face globally: people of different countries come into contact with each other much more than in the past; many issues such as the environment, human rights, conflicts between and within countries, are discussed at an international level; the Internet has speeded up access to information produced in other countries; the ethnic mix of people living in many countries has increased; more people than ever before travel, study and work abroad. The more human development grows, the wider its scale becomes. It is inevitable to develop education which well prepares the young people to live in the global age. Although various educational studies such as international understanding education and global education become quite popular, some research suggest there is a lack of understanding of different communities in our own country. Education which aims to prepare the young people to live in multicultural society is one of the significant issues for countries like Japan which has been mono-cultural society for a long time.

This study bases on the idea that promoting active communication and mutual understanding with different communities should meet the aims of education preparing the young people for multicultural society. In this presentation, I would like to show an experimental lesson arranged for students at the University of Fukui, implemented in the spring term of 2006. In this class Japanese students were encouraged to communicate with overseas students, and questionnaires were distributed to explore issues and effectiveness of this method. AFter showing some key findings and issues of this class, I would like to share our opinions about education for multicultural society in the global age.

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Round Table Discussion: Asian Fukui University Graduate Students talk about their home English Education

Speaker: Kaisheng Shi, Massrura Mostafa, Santy Bounchanpaseuth, Daw Khin Latt
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., December 10th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Watanabe English School
Description: We exchange imformation on what is practiced in English education in five different countries, including Japan. Then we talk about our problems and solutions.

The Year End Party

Speaker: TBA
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sun., December 10th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Watanabe English School
Description: We enjoy exchanging our friendship and information between members and non-members.

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