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July 2004

Saturday, July 3rd, 2004

Using Nisei (second generation Japanese-American) Literature as an EFL Reading Material

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Charlie Canning
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., July 03, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; students 500 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Okayama Sankaku building near Omotecho in Okayama city
Description: In the presentation, Charlie Canning discusses the benefits of using Nisei literature as an EFL reading material to bridge the gap between authentic materials written in English and material related to Japan. Canning begins the ... read more

Sunday, July 4th, 2004

Using the Internet in Classes Without Computers

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Thomas Robb, Ph.D., Professor at Kyoto Sangyo University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 04, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 520
Description: This presentation will introduce a number of ways that instructors can reap the benefits of the Internet without having a computer physically present in the classroom. First, we will discuss techniques for taking content material ... read more

Learning to Read; Reading to Learn (Hijime)

Sponsor: Himeji Chapter
Speaker: Steven King, Longman Publishing
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 04, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (sponsored by Longman)
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (Located directly across from Nozato Station on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: Graded Readers are a great tool for motivating language learning, and this lively presentation by Steven King from Longman Publishing looks at a range of techniques for exploiting their potential in the classroom. Get your ... read more

TPR ? It isn't that simple. English only? Is it that simple?

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Chris Cuadra (Shokei University) & John Wiltshier (Sendai University)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 04, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students, but free their first time)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Sendai AER Building (just north of Sendai Station) 28F, Dai 2 kensyuusitu
Description: We are probably all familiar with Total Physical Response activities but perhaps we are not so familiar with Asher's original theory and work on TPR as a methodology. And we are almost certainly even less ... read more

Saturday, July 10th, 2004

Language Awareness

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Deryn P. Verity, Ph.D., Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., July 10, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center, on the fifth floor of Umeda's Dai-2 Building. Tel: 06-6345-5000. www.manabi.city.osaka.jp
Description: Students carry dictionaries with them all the time now, but teachers need more resources for giving students a handle on vocabulary study. Using an etymological perspective, the presenter will offer some techniques for using metaphor, ... read more

Polishing Your Presentation (Redux)

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Nigel Stott, Malcolm Swanson, Dennis Woolbright, and Paul Collett
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., July 10, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, room 31 (a 5-minute walk from the Kokura train station for shinkansen, JR train)
Description: Back by popular demand, the meeting will be a two-parter, with whoever is interested in polishing presentation skills meeting from 1:00 to 5:00 at Seinan Jo Gakuin (access: http://www.seinan-jo.ac.jp/univers/access.html) for individual help in Powerpoint visual ... read more

Two Presentations on Placement Tests and Skills Grouping

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Rory Britto, MAESL UH, Instructor, Kurume University & J. Lake, M.Ed. in TESOL, Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Junior College
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., July 10, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Tenjin Satellite Campus (9F), Tenjin 2-8-38, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map
Description: Rory Britto: Placement Tests and Skills Grouping: Their purpose, design, and application. J. Lake: Placement Tests and Skills Grouping: Looking at their purpose, design, and application through three perspectives.These two separate presentations will look at ... read more

Sunday, July 11th, 2004

Redefining Classroom Assessment Alternatives to Testing

Sponsor: Hamamatsu Chapter
Speaker: Gregory O'Dowd, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sun., July 11, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (1st visit is free)
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Hamamatsu
Venue: ZAZA City Palette, 5th floor
Description: The presenter will lead a hands-on workshop on alternatives to traditional testing practices. He will give an overview of traditional assessment methods and question whether these actually measure student learning and achievement. A variety of ... read more

Teaching to the Extremes: Senior Citizens and Babies

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Linda Donan
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 11, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd Floor (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description: Do you have really "senior" senior citizen English classes or really young baby classes that you just don't know what to do with? Come watch this experienced teacher and school owner demonstrate her techniques for ... read more

Self-Evaluation as a Tool for Learner Development

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Mary Christianson and Heidi Evans Nachi
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 11, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Shogai Gakushu Sogo Center (near Omiya Station, west exit, see map).
Description: Whether your classroom style is more teacher-fronted or more learner-centered, you can easily make room in your lessons for students to engage in critical self-reflection. Whether your students are highly motivated or less invested in ... read more

Local Innovations in Public School English Language Teaching

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Elizabeth Knight, Yokohama Board of Education
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 11, 2004)
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: Knight has in-depth experience working for the Yokohama Board of Education and supervising the JET program in this area. She will discuss some of the innovations that she has seen in language teaching and give ... read more

My Share: activities that work

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: K. Tanaka, G. Gray, T. Friedrich, & K. Shioiri
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM (Sun., July 11, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Four teachers share lessons that they found success in their teaching situations. 2:15-2:40 Teaching Japanese using artwork to advanced learners, by Kimiyo Tanaka. 2:40-3:05 Teaching critical thinking to EFL students, by Gregory Gray3:25-3:50 Classroom warm-up ... read more

Tokushima JALT July Meeting

Sponsor: East Shikoku Chapter
Speaker: Kevin Watson
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Sun., July 11, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokushima
City: Tokushima
Venue: Tokushima Catholic Church (in front of Jyoto High School)
Description: Details are unavailable, but may be available here at a later date. Tokushima JALT asks that you contact Noriko Tojo for further details.

Sunday, July 18th, 2004

Good Teaching Practices that help Students Learn

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Wilma Luth
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 18, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School near Sumikawa Subway Station
Description: Teachers make decisions about what and how to teach in every lesson they plan. The ultimate question is this: how can we organize our classes in the best possible way so that student learning is ... read more

Materials Development: Custom-Made Videos for Your Classes

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Scott Berlin
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 18, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences (323-1Kamioki-machi, Maebashi)
Description: In Japan, the economy and competition for new students is prompting universities to make big changes. Frequently these changes result in new curriculums being designed. Using the latest multimedia tools, university departments are creating content-based ... read more

English Language Education in Elementary Schools

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Paul Hackshaw (Ryukoku University, Kyoto)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 18, 2004)
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: Paul Hackshaw outlines the current state of English education in elementary schools in Japan.

Saturday, July 24th, 2004

Viva! Japanese Teachers of English!

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Michiko Sugita
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 24, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: Akita International University library
Description: Michiko Sugita's talk today has two themes: Monolingual classes vs Multilingual classes, and Native speaker teachers vs Non-native speaker teachers. As a Japanese teacher of English for a high school, Sugita has come to ... read more

Sunday, July 25th, 2004

The 'Let Me Try' Kids

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Takao Ogawa
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., July 25, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free (text extra)
Fee (One-Day members): 1500 yen (includes text)
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Iwate International Plaza, Morioka; limited to 50 attendees
Description: Takao Ogawa, an elementary school teacher in Saitama-ken, will discuss his success in teaching English to elementary school students.
Today's event is supported in part by the Morioka City Municipal Board of Education

Computers for Teaching

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Ryuya Kawahara
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 25, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: TBA
Description: Ryuya Kawahara's seminar helps teachers make maximum use of Microsoft applications when creating classroom materials. The seminar is followed by "meet the presenter" with tea, coffee and light refreshments.

Friday, July 30th, 2004

Teaching with Microsoft Power Point

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: Peter Wanner & Jessie Kawahara Wanner
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Fri., July 30, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Tokai University, Shimizu Campus. Room 8436 (Bldg. 8)
Description: (This is a Bilingual Presentation) The Microsoft Power Point presentation format can be a strong tool for enhancing a lesson. This workshop will provide attendees with hands on experience using Power Point applications. These applications ... read more

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