Hiroshima Chapter

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Hiroshima Chapter Events in 2005

Events archive by year:
2008 [10]; 2007 [9]; 2006 [9]; 2005; 2004 [13]; 2003 [11]; 2002 [10]; 2001 [11];

Friday, January 28th, 2005

New Year Get Together

Speaker: -
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Fri., January 28th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): 2,800 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2,800 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: New York New York
Description: We would like all Hiroshima JALT members or anyone interested JALT to spend an evening together. Friends and family welcome.

Sunday, February 20th, 2005

Online Group Discussions

Speaker: Wesley Dennis (Hiroshima Shudo University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 20th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Shudo University, Bld. #2, Room 2302 (3rd Fl.)
Description: In this workshop, Wesley Dennis will focus on the idea of enhancing EFL classroom discussions by utilizing online asynchronous group discussions. Participants will learn how to set up and manage their own online discussion groups. The presenter has a background in multimedia and technology education.

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

Three Interesting Approaches for Improving the Quality of Your English Lessons

Speaker: Robin Manning, Tim Buthod, and Eleanor Kane (all from Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 24th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center, Peace Park (3rd Floor, Seminar Room)
Description: Three speakers will give mini-presentations, each exploring a successful curriculum that has been tested in his or her class. Robin Manning will present successful task-based reviews and assessment utilizing BINGO, movies, and other enjoyable themes in English Communication classes. Tim Buthod will discuss the results of an audio journal curriculum used with first-year language-majors. Eleanor Kane will talk about classroom management of Extensive Reading, drawing on her experience of having used graded readers successfully in various courses.

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

Teaching English to Junior High School Students

Speaker: Goro Tajiri (Higashi Izumo Junior High School)
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., May 29th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima City Plaza (located one minute north of Chrystal Plaza on foot)
Description: Goro Tajiri, an English teacher at Higashi Izumo Junior High School in Shimane Prefecture, recently starred in an NHK program and has been singled out by the Ministry of Education as being an excellent teacher. He will speak about teaching the 4 skills.

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

Teaching English to Elementary School Children: The Steiner Way

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Jaffke (Visiting Scholar: Hiroshima University)
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Sun., June 12th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima City Plaza (One block north of Crystal Plaza), Phone: 082-545-3911
Description: This workshop will introduce some ideas from Steiner Education which can be applied to teaching English to children. Several theoretical aspects will be dealt with. But the main part of the workshop will be devoted to "Learning by Doing."

Prof. Jaffke attended a Steiner School as a child, and has taught English at one of the Stuttgart Steiner Schools for 33 years. He has a PhD from Augsburg University. He is editor-in-chief of the series Materials for Language Teaching at Steiner Schools, which he started in 1975.

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Engaging Learners in Their Own Learning with a Drama Approach

Speaker: Steve Brown, National President of JALT
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 26th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima YMCA Building #3
Description: Drama is a classroom activity which encourages students to work together as a group, sharing the responsibility for their own learning. In this presentation, Steve Brown, the National President of JALT, will give a practical demonstration of how drama can work in the classroom as part of a more cohesive approach. Participants should expect to be actively engaged and have fun!

The presentation will be followed by a JALT Open Mike Session, when everyone can ask questions, suggest ideas, and share their concerns, complaints, and opinions about JALT.

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

A New Approach to Teaching Children for Skilled Teachers

Speaker: Naoko Ogikubo
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 24th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima City Plaza (One block north of Crystal Plaza), Phone: 082-545-3911
Description: In this presentation, the way to utilize materials such as �gFinding Out �gas wrap up material for your classes will be introduced. Finding Out covers not only phonics but sentence structures from an early stage. Using the satisfying set of flash cards and other materials, various activities will be presented to guide you to making better use of this type of material. Want to know more? Come and Find Out!

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

My Share and National Conference Sneak Preview

Speaker: James Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University) and anyone else who wants to present
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., September 25th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F, Seminar Room 2
Description: During the first hour there will be a My Share in which everyone present can speak for 5 to 15 minutes about any teaching idea or research topic in the field of language education.Then, James Ronald will lead a workshop concerning "Games in the Classroom." Professor Ronald's workshop has been accepted for presentation at the National JALT Conference in Shizuoka in October.

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

Strategic and Spiral Ways of Developing Students' Speaking Abilities

Speaker: Goro Tajiri (NHK's Wakuwaku Jugyo and Higashi Izumo Junior High School)
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., November 13th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Yamaguchi
City: Yamaguchi
Venue: Room 5201, Building #5, Yamaguchi-Tokyo Rika Daigaku (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Description: Goro Tajiri, who recently starred in NHK TV's program entitled "Wakuwaku Jugyo," will explain about game-like activities which promote English conversation skills in junior high school classes. Mr. Tajiri is a funny and popular Ministry of Education trainer, so the meeting promises to be exciting!

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Creative Activities for Teachers: Finding Your Bounce, Fizz, and Zoom Again

Speaker: Richard Gabbrielli (Yasuda Women's University) and Ron Klein (Hiroshima Jogakuin University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., November 20th, 2005)
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: Lacking energy? Stressed out? This demonstration will show you how to tune into your innate creative flow, relax, have fun, laugh and be silly. The power of multi-sensory activities will be explained. You will have chances to share your ideas. Professor Gabbrielli has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. Professor Klein has an Ed.D. in Education/Creativity.

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

JALT Bonenkai

Speaker: TBA
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., December 17th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): a dish, a bottle, party piece?
Fee (One-Day members): a dish, a bottle, party piece?
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima YMCA Language School, Room 304
Description: JALT will provide the turkey, so bring a dish to share and your own drink (we welcome alcohol, too!)

Bring the family and join the fun! Everyone is welcome!!

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