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Below you see an overview of JALT's events for August 2005. (Also see next month.) For other views of event information, see the search menu.

August 2005


Saturday, August 6th, 2005

Getting Students to Speak Outside the Class

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Ken Hartmann
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., August 06, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan Sogo Gakushu Center, Shironishi-machi 2-chome, 2-15, Tel. 0236-45-6163
Description: The speaker is an English teacher with his own school who also has taught for 20 years in Sapporo colleges and high schools. He will bring with him from Hokkaido some techniques he uses to ... read more

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Topics in EFL - a discussion

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Various Sendai JALT members
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., August 28, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; students free the first time, 500 yen thereafter
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Sendai Mediatheque
Description: Communicative Teaching : what does it mean to you? The "communicative" approach informs most, if not all, of our classroom actions. Yet, a precise and consistent application of the meaning of this term remains elusive. ... read more

Innovative Teaching Methodologies for Colleges and Universities: 3 workshops

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Takako Seito, Mark Brierley, and Theron Muller
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., August 28, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Matsumoto-shi
Venue: Matsumoto M-Wing, Room 4-2, across from PARCO
Description: In this afternoon meeting, three presenters will give short, practical workshops focusing on: the use of movies, the teaching of presentation skills, and the integratation of skills-based teaching into large classes. Takako Seito, from Tokyo ... read more

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