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Below you see an overview of JALT's events for January 2001. (Also see next month.) For other views of event information, see the search menu.

January 2001

Sunday, January 14th, 2001

Baby Warrior and Issun Boshi

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Kim Eung-gyo, Waseda University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen, students 200 yen, new-comers free
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575)
Description: The presenter will introduce the differences between the archetypes of Korean culture and Japanese culture through the comparative study of two old folk tales. Details can be found at http://202.236.153.60/JALT/default.htm.

Two presentations: (1) Card Games to Get Students to Talk, and (2) Make Your Own Web-Based CALL Program

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: (1) Aleda Krause, author of SuperKids and SuperTots. (2) Larry Cisar and Dann Gossman, Kanto Gakuen.
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Omiya Jack (near Omiya JR Station, west exit)
Description: (1) Games are great language practice. Aleda will introduce two easy-to-learn card games that encourage maximum use of English and are adaptable for many different levels and content areas.(2) Integrating Web-based CALL into your program ... read more

Intgegrating the Four Skills Through Debate

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Charles LeBeau, co-author of Discover Debate and Getting Ready for Speech
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: In many 4 skills courses, the skills of reading and writing become a gratuitous afterthought tagged onto the edges of listening and speaking activities. Debate links listening comprehension to oral production, and moreover, the skills ... read more

Sunday, January 21st, 2001

Hiroshima JALT Bookfair 2001

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Several presenters
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima YMCA in 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.

K to 12: Exploring New Ideas

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: Michelle Nagashima
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): Contact to ask
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Kyoiku Kaikan (next to Mr. Donuts across from Shin Shizuoka station).
Description: Children are active and enthusiastic in the classroom and are receptive to almost all activities introduced by the teacher. It is always important that the same material be reviewed and reinforced in an EFL classroom. ... read more

Setting up an Extensive Reading Program

Sponsor: Kanazawa Chapter
Speaker: Thomas Robb, Kyoto Sangyo University and Robert Habbick, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Shakai Kyoiku Center, 3-2-15 Honda-machi, Kanazawa
Description: The presentation will introduce the Extensive Reading Approach and explain how such a program can be started. Practical advice on overcoming some initial hurdles and building enthusiasm for the graded reader approach will also be ... read more

Virginia Wolfe

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Francoise Carter
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen ("local members" 4000 yen per y
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Francoise Carter discusses Virginia Wolfe, author of novels including

Mrs. Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
The Hours
A Room of One's Own

A Semantic Analysis of English Verbs and its Application

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: TBA
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Nagano
Venue: TBA
Description: TBA

2001 Shinnenkai Party

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: none
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sun., January 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 2,000 yen (including a meal and drinks)
Fee (One-Day members): 2,000 yen (including a meal and drinks)
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Chikyukan International Centre (next to Dutch Slope)
Description: Nagasaki kicks off the year with a Getting-To-Know You Shinnenkai party.

Saturday, January 27th, 2001

Suggestopedia

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Charles Adamson, Miyagi University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., January 27, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: Minnesota State University-Akita (MSU-A)
Description: Suggestopedia accelerates language learning by employing suggestion to freethe students' functional reserves. Joy, mental relaxation, and concentrationwithout tension allow both the conscious and the unconscious to becomeinvolved in learning. Art, psychology, and pedagogy are combined ... read more

Roundtable about the past conference in Shizuoka

Sponsor: Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., January 27, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Sophia University (Yotsuya Stn) Building 9, room 252
Description: There is no main speaker for this event. You are invited to share your experiences from last November's annual conference, and it is an opportunity to hear about some presentations that you might have missed. ... read more

Sunday, January 28th, 2001

Fukuoka JALT's Annual Book Fair

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: 21 presentations and workshops
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Kyushu Building, 8F and 9F, Hakataeki-minami 1-8-31, Hakata, Fukuoka
Description: The largest annual event in Kyushu is coming again! FREE ADVICE Get top-quality advice about the texts that are best for your classes. WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS Presentations all day, in English and in Japanese, starting ... read more

How Language Teachers Can Benefit From Second Language Acquisition Research

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Keiko Okada, Hokkaido Tokai University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School (5 minutes from Sumikawa Station)
Description: Okada's research bridges the gap between research and classroom curriculum.

Interactive Dictation: Integrating the Four Macro Skills

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: P. Charles Brown, Ibaraki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Mito Shimin Kaikan
Description: Using the principles of communicative language teaching/learning and of collaborative learning, the presenter will lead a workshop-style session in which the participants will be involved in exploiting the 4 macro-skills as well as integrating grammar ... read more

Course Development

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Michael Hunter, Elin Melchior, and Gillian Sano-Giles, Komaki English Teaching Center/Ohio University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd fl. Room I
Description: In order to teach a course well, the concerns facing both student and teacher need to be brought into perspective. This workshop presents and gives participants the chance to use a course development outline which ... read more

The Pleasures of Poetry - New Australian Voices

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: David Gilbey, visiting professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's College
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free (also free for TALE members)
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for non-JALT and non-TALE members)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: 2nd floor, Seinen Bunka Center (across from Asahigaoka subway station)
Description: How long since you treated yourself to an afternoon of poetry? David Gilbey, whose collection of poems Under the Rainbow was published in 1996 while he was here in Sendai for a year, and who ... read more

Enhancing Perceived Value in the Language Classroom. From Apathy to Autonomy in Language Learning

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Paul Raymond Doyon (Asahi University) and Brad Deacon (Nanzan University)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): No fee information was provided. Contact Toyohashi
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5 Room 53A, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: The speakers using anecdotes from their own lives and classrooms will introduce the concept of "Perceived Value" and demonstrate techniques on how a teacher can shift students' perceptions, and in turn, create autonomy out of ... read more

Religious Philosophy and the English Language

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Paula Stapley, GEOS Language System
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: The presenter will give a presentation on the above mentioned topic, focusing on Kirkegore, Nietzsche, Sartre, etc. in terms of English language instruction and acquisition.

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