Hokkaido Chapter

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Hokkaido Chapter Events in 2006

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2008 [10]; 2007 [12]; 2006; 2005 [11]; 2004 [11]; 2003 [9]; 2002 [8]; 2001 [8];

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

The Three Stages of Vocabulary Learning

Speaker: David Barker
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Sun., January 29th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Description: The speaker will look at some vocabulary learning issues that are often missing from language programmes, with a particular focus on teaching students how to make choices about which words they learn and looking at the problems associated with trying to learn a new word for active use.

Experienced Teachers and Forgotten Techniques

Speaker: David Barker
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 29th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Description: The aim of this workshop is to remind people of some basic classroom dos and don'ts that often get forgotten when teachers work for long periods without being observed. The data for the presentation was gathered from a series of observations of English teachers with a wide range of experience at a Japanese university, but the points themselves are general enough to be relevant to most language teaching situations. The aim of this workshop is to remind people of some basic classroom dos and don'ts that often get forgotten when teachers work for long periods without being observed. The data for the presentation was gathered from a series of observations of English teachers with a wide range of experience at a Japanese university, but the points themselves are general enough to be relevant to most language teaching situations.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Teaching Global Issues and Language

Speaker: Greg Goodmacher
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 26th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Description: Combining the teaching of language skills with the teaching of global issues presents challenging problems that teachers do not usually encounter in general English classes. In many cases, students do not have sufficient background knowledge required for understanding global issues, or they may not care at all about them. We must stimulate students to feel connected to this topic. Teachers must decide what content and what language aspects to teach, and that in turn leads to the quandry of what we should later test. The presenter plans to have attendees actively explore materials and techniques that have proven useful for language and global issues education. Teachers will leave with ideas and activities for their own classes.

Culture Content-based English Materials and the Necessity of an Integrated English Curriculum among Junior and Senior High Schools and Universities.

Speaker: Asako Kajiura of Asia Pacific University, Beppu
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 26th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Description: This presentation will be in Japanese. The education ministry estimates that all university applicants will be accepted by universities throughout the country in 2009, and educators are concerned about the decline of university education. The presenter, a university lecturer, sees the necessity of an integrated English curriculum among junior high schools, high schools and universities. During the workshop, the presenter will introduce some content-based activities which could be used in junior high schools, high schools, and colleges, and also lead discussions about an integrated content-based English curriculum.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Moodle Training Workshop

Speaker: Peter Ruthven-Stuart, Bob Gettings et al
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Wed., March 22nd, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free (you are encouraged to join JALT)
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Sapporo Gakuin University in Ebetsu
Description: Interested to build an interactive website with forums, chat rooms and more for your English class? Or as a way to give extra homework and handle grading? Try "Moodle", a free, open source learning management system. It can provide a one-stop site for quizzes, discussions, chats, blogs, surveys, notes, slideshows and other language learning activities. Beginning to advanced workshops will be offered.

Co-sponsored by JALTCALL and SGU English Education Study Group. Detailed schedule available at:

http://www.jalthokkaido.net/html/events/calendar/Calendar2006/March2006b.htm

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Adapting the "Han" Group Organization for Use in College English Classes

Speaker: Cindy Edwards, Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., March 26th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Description: This presentation explores the group-based class management style of Japanese pre-school and elementary school teachers (Anderson 1988, Lewis 1985) and applies the concepts of peer-management, peer-cooperation, and shared responsibility to a first-year college upper-intermediate level discussion class taught by a non-Japanese English teacher. To facilitate discussion tasks, students work in a 6-member "han" led by a group leader, who summarizes the results to the whole class of 36 students, and submits a one-page report to the foreign instructor's class.

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Elementary English for Elementary School

Speaker: Greer Pedoe and Nicholas DiNunzio
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 25th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School; 1-55, 5-jo, 19-chome, Hiragishi (5 minute walk from Sumikawa Station)
Description: Elementary schools will soon be teaching English. What abilities would best prepare students for junior high school and how can we help teachers cope with the new demands?

Pedoe (Shimokawa-cho) and DiNunzio (Hamamasu-mura), both experienced Assistant Language Teachers in the JET program will be sharing their ideas and some of the activties which are suitable for elementary school-age kids.

Their workshop will be looking at pronunciation, language building context, teaching letters and simple grammar and age-appropriacy in targets and activities.

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

2006 JALT Hokkaido Language Conference

Speaker: Featuring: Naoko McLellan and Dr. Peter Longcope
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Sat., September 23rd, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 2,000 yen at the door

1,000 yen if pre-registered and paid by Sept. 20th
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira (2 minutes from Gakuen Mae subway station, Toho Line)
Description: - Conference Theme -

"Enrich Your Teaching, Enrich Your Students!"

McLellan, the new coordinator of the Teaching Children SIG, speaks on "The Learning Process of Young EFL Learners".

How child development issues should be considered in the EFL classroom and in particularly the role of learning through experience.

Dr. Peter Longcope a visiting instructor at Kyoto University will present on "The Second Language Classroom and Conditions that Facilitate Second Language Acquisition".

These two featured speakers head an exciting line-up of presenters at the annual conference which brings together over 100 educators and material producers for presentations, workshops and networking.

This year the event is on the Saturday of a 3-day weekend - so come into Sapporo and find out how YOU can enrich your teaching.

Check out JALT Hokkaido chapter website for the latest conference news and presentation schedule: http://jalthokkaido.net/ and pre-registration details.

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Everyday Teaching With CALL

Speaker: Bill Pellowe
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sat., October 21st, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Sapporo Gakuin University in Ebetsu
Description: Setting up a website can be a daunting task for tech-innocent teachers - but the educational opportunities it opens up for learners are too broad to be ignored.

Bill Pellowe of Kinki University will be leading a very fingers-on-keyboards workshop, going through the whole process of website creation, domain name selection and registration and of course beyond into the classroom application of CALL.

"We'll start with some of the issues and options when choosing your own domain name. The second step is to get some space on a web server. Third, I�fll show how to �econnect�f the domain name with your web server space. Fourth, you will receive an overview of how to actually set up your website with the least amount of technical know-how by installing free options such as Moodle (a popular way to create online courses for your students), etc" said Pellowe.

The workshop will take place in the CALL laboratories of Sapporo Gakuin University and is supported by the JALT CALL SIG and JACET Hokkaido Chapter CALL Study Group.

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Teaching English in Thailand: Stories from Chiang Mai

Speaker: Wichian Sunitham
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 26th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira (2 minutes from Gakuen Mae subway station, Toho Line)
Description: English is the number one foreign language taught all over Asia. But is it taught the same way in each country? This presentation will illustrate how English-as-a-foreign-language is taught in Thailand, and particularly in Chiang Mai University and surrounding secondary schools in Northern Thailand. The presenter will show examples of teaching materials, teaching styles, classroom formats, testing and policy issues concerning English teaching in Thailand. He is planning to demonstrate with textbooks and video clips of typical classrooms.

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

End-of-year Party

Speaker: None
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., December 17th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): 2,000 adults, 1,000 kids (under 6 free)
Fee (One-Day members): add 1,000 yen to the member fee
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: TK6 Minami 2 Nishi 6, inside Tanukikoji
Description: The members of the chapter and their families are invited to a social event at TK6 S2 W6 inside Tanukikoji. JALT will provide the turkeys and some other food and soft drinks. Fees will be charged to cover the space and service being provided by the restaurant (see below). Reservations are required because there is limited seating available. Visit the JALT Hokkaido website for the online registration form.

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