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Hiroshima Chapter Events in 2003

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Sunday, January 19th, 2003

Hiroshima JALT Bookfair 2003

Speaker: Several presenters
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 19th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima YMCA, 7-11 Hatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Description: The largest language-teaching book fair in the Chugoku region, with publishers' displays, presentations, distributors' sales, audio, video and computer software, JALT Special Interest Group (SIG) tables, and drawings for prizes. Everyone is welcome.

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

Language Awareness and International Understanding through English

Speaker: Kip Cates
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 16th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center 3F, Seminar Room 3, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Description: This presentation introduces ideas for designing a content-based thematic unit on "world languages and writing systems". It argues that teaching about world languages can stimulate student interest in language, improve language learning motivation and promote international awareness while practicing English language skills. The presenter will demonstrate task-based EFL activities through which students explore language families, learn about world languages, recognize major writing systems, identify foreign languages when spoken and master basic conversational expressions in several world languages.
About the presenter: Kip Cates is an esteemed global education instructor for the MA TESOL program of Teachers College, Columbia University, Tokyo, aswell as founder and coordinator of JALT's Global Issues SIG.

Sunday, March 9th, 2003

Two Presentations: 1) Teacher Development, 2) Vocabulary Acquisition

Speaker: 1) Stuart Ruttan, and 2) Tomoko Nakamura
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., March 9th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center 3F, Seminar Room 3, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Description: First, Stuart Ruttan of Hiroshima Jogakuin University will speak on "Reflectivity and Reflexivity in Developing Teacher's Practices." Principally, he will answer the question: What does teacher development mean to me in my workplace? Next, Tomoko Nakamura of Hiroshima International University will speak on "L2 Lexical Processing: A Prerequisite for Language Learner's development." She will report the results of a cognitive processing experiment done on both ninth graders and adults.

Putting Words in Their Mouths: Dictogloss, Shadowing and Summarizing

Speaker: John Small, Kumamoto Gakuen University
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., March 9th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima City Plaza(about a 2 minute walk from Crystal Plaza towards Hondori) Seminar Room #C 6-36 Fukuromachi Nakaku Hiroshima Venue Tel: 082-545-3911
Description: This presentation will cover three activities that give students structured language practice: dictogloss (grammar dictation), shadow talking, and summarizing. With dictogloss, students actively recreate the spoken text, discuss differences and missing information with partners, and participate in a review of the grammar of individual sentences. Shadow talking, which simply involves the repetition of spoken input, can be done out loud or silently by students. Summarizing an article with a mind map will also be covered. Presentation materials come from the presenter's self-published, non-profit, global issues textbooks.

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

Quality of Life in the Language Classroom: Why it matters and what we can do about it

Speaker: Dick Allwright, Lancaster University, England
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., May 11th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center 3F, Seminar Room 3, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Description: In the first part of the workshop participants will learn how the quality of life in the language classroom is threatened in a number of ways, and consider how important it may be to try to do something about it. In the second part of the workshop participants will explore what they can in fact do about the quality of life in the language classroom. Allwright will present for discussion the major principles of Exploratory Practice.

Sunday, June 22nd, 2003

Teaching English to Children

Speaker: Genki English
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., June 22nd, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): 1,500 yen per child (second child under 3 years old in same family free)
Fee (One-Day members): 1,500 yen per child (second child under 3 years old in same family free)
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Aster Plaza, 4-17 Kakomachi, Naka-ku
Description: From 10:30 to 11:30 there will be activities for children. Two native English-speaking teachers will perform a one-hour show full of fast action, fun-packed songs, dance and lots of English for elementary school kids of any level (even completebeginners). After the children's event, there will be a workshop for teachers.

Sunday, July 6th, 2003

Writing Effective Language Tests for Both Accuracy and Fluency

Speaker: James Dean Brown, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 6th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima City Plaza (about a 2 minute walk from Crystal Plaza towards Hondori) Seminar Room #C 6-36 Fukuromachi Nakaku Hiroshima Venue Tel: 082-545-3911
Description: This talk will center on ways to test for both fluency and accuracy. James Dean Brown will begin with discussion of the crucial differences between classroom tests and standardized tests in terms of purposes, types of decisions, levels of generality, students' expectations, score interpretations, and score report strategies. Specific guidelines will be provided for writing different types of items that promote both accuracy and fluency. First, a general set of guidelines will be presented and explained. Second, guidelines for the different types of receptive item formats (true-false, multiple-choice, and matching) will be provided. Third, guidelines for various sorts of productive item formats (fill-in, short-answer, and task-based) will also be given. And finally, a set of guidelines for personal response item formats (conferences, self-assessments, and portfolios) will be discussed.

Thursday, July 24th, 2003

Going Beyond Memorization

Speaker: John Fanselow, Former TESOL President
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Thu., July 24th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F.
Description: While most would agree that memorizing words and patterns is necessary for language learning, other mental activities are necessary as well. Most of the tasks in textbooks, however, tend to emphasize activities or tasks that require memory alone. The purpose of this workshop is to experience ways to decrease the number of times students say "Sorry, I can't remember" and increase the frequency of students making statements such as "I think that..." or "I am not sure but I would guess that..." Said another way, participants in this workshop will learn ways to alter activities in textbooks that require only memorization so learners have opportunities to process language and use problem-solving skills as well.

Sunday, September 21st, 2003

Teaching Children How to Read English

Speaker: Joe Lauer (Hiroshima University), Adam Beck (Hiroshima Starship), Mari Tsuruda (Hiroshima YMCA), and Junko Noborizato (Noborizato's Juku)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., September 21st, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F.
Description: Teaching children how to read English is a great challenge, indeed. This special meeting will feature four speakers:

Joe Lauer will summarize bilingualism research findings with respect to teaching native English speaking children how to read English while they attend Japanese schools.
Adam Beck will explain his experiences teaching English to children at Hiroshima International School, as well as the publication he recently edited, called "The ABCs of Bilingualism."
Marie Tsuruda will talk about the benefits of story telling and how to teach reading to non-native speakers.
Junko Noborizato will explain how she teaches English reading to Japanese junior and senior high school students.

Each person will speak for 20 minutes. The first three presentations will be given in English, and the last one will be given in Japanese. Importantly, there will be a 20-minute open discussion at the end.

Related:

more on teaching reading
more on bilingualism

Sunday, October 19th, 2003

Sneak Preview of the National JALT Conference

Speaker: Linda Kadota and Ian Nakamura
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 19th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F.
Description: To whet your appetite for the National JALT Conference in Shizuoka, Nov. 21-24, Linda Kadota and Ian Nakamura will give special previews of their national presentations.

Professor Kadota of Matsuyama Shinonome College will lead a talk entitled quot;Intercultural Video Conference Exchange: Pros/Cons." Various kinds of videoconferencing hardware and software will be introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of virtual intercultural interaction will be delineated.
Professor Nakamura of Okayama University will lead a presentation entitled "Understanding a Learner's Interview Responses." He will show how teacher-student interviews can offer fresh insight into students' attempts to communicate. Excerpts from transcripts will be examined.

Sunday, December 21st, 2003

Bonenkai and Thank You Party

Speaker: Naomi Fujishima, Tim Gutierrez, Roidina Salisbury, Chiaki Iwai, and Masamichi Miaoku
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sun., December 21st, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): Dinner charge only
Fee (One-Day members): Dinner charge only
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Kirin Beer Park
Description: It's Time To Party! In sincere thanks to outgoing Hiroshima JALT officers Naomi Fujishima, Tim Gutierrez, Roidina Salisbury, Chiaki Iwai, and Masamichi Miaoku, Hiroshima JALT will have a party!

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