Wakayama Chapter

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Wakayama Chapter Events in 2008

Events archive by year:
2008; 2007 [6]; 2006 [2];

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Website Launch and National EBM report/General Meet

Speaker:
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sat., February 23rd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Wakayama
City: Wakayama
Venue: the Collins' house, downtown Wakayama City
Description: We will be celebrating the launch of our chapter's new web site with an intro and explanation of features by our webmaster, Kevin Collins. Then, a February JALT National EBM (Executive Board Meeting) report by president Kent Hill. Finally, open discussion and sharing.

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

From Visitor to Resident - Making your way in Japan

Speaker: Arudou Debito
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sat., March 29th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Wakayama
City: Wakayama
Venue: Wakayama International Exchange Association: Big Ai Building, 8F - Circle Room
Description: Debito, a naturalized Japanese citizen who has lived in Japan for more than 20 years, will share advice for foreigners on ways to improve the quality of their life and work in this country. According to Debito, non-Japanese who plan to stay in Japan for any length of time owe it to themsleves to learn how to make the most of their experiences here. His presentation will cover a wide range of topics related to legal, social, personal, and professional issues--from getting the right visa to making funeral arrangements.

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

An introduction to Spaced-repetition Systems (SRS). What’s the fuss?

Speaker: Kent Hill
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., May 25th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Wakayama
City: Wakayama
Venue: Kaichi High School : Multi-media room
Description: If you haven’t yet heard about SRS and language learning, you surely will soon. It’s time to get up to speed! Spaced-repetition (SR), or “graduated interval” recall research started back in the 1930s and was first put into practice by Pimsleur in the 60s, but is only now coming to fruition as computer technologies make SR manageable for both teachers and students. In any subject, a part of learning consists in retaining items and concepts, for most of which drilling and repetition can be one of the most efficient means to internalize them, when done right. This is where an SRS can help.

Kent Arthur Hill is a lecturer at both Wakayama and Wakayama Medical Universities. He has spent the last 11 years serving the local Wakayama community teaching Communicative English to all levels of language learner. He is the founding president of JALT Wakayama and also serves nationally as the JALT Job Information Center (JIC) Coordinator.

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Web-logs (Blogs) for the language classroom: a Workshop

Speaker: Marlen Harrison
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Fri., June 20th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Wakayama
City: Wakayama
Venue: Kaichi High School : Multi-media room
Description: This highly interactive, hands-on workshop will introduce the "blog" and examine how it may be used in the language classroom as a transformative writing genre that aids community development and student expression. Participants will create their own blogs and critically examine technology use in education.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

My Share: Managing Groups

Speaker: Everyone gets a moment!
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Fri., October 3rd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Wakayama
City: Wakayama
Venue: the Rankin house, Musota
Description: The topic will be in-class small group management. Each participant will present a brief explanation of his or her approach to using small groups in the EFL classroom. This will be followed by a chapter meet to discuss issues/progress and to preview goals for 2009.

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) in ELT in Vietnamese Schools � Reality and Solutions

Speaker: Tran Van Phuoc
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., November 8th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Wakayama
City: Wakayama
Venue: Kaichi High School, Multi-media room
Description: Dr. Tran Van Phuoc of Hue University's College of Foreign Languages is JALT's Balsamo Asian Scholar for 2008. As part of the annual "Four Corners Tour," Dr. Phuoc will be visiting Wakayama JALT to speak on the topic of Communicative Language Teaching in ELT in Vietnamese Schools.

While providing a pragmatic understanding of CLT principles, Dr. Phuoc's presentation is also sure to offer language teachers in Japan a rare and informative insight into problems and solutions in the ELT classroom from a Vietnamese perspective.

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