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Ibaraki Chapter Events in 2002

Events archive by year:
2008 [4]; 2007 [6]; 2006 [7]; 2005 [7]; 2004 [6]; 2003 [6]; 2002; 2001 [8];

Sunday, February 17th, 2002

General Education English Reform at Ibaraki University

Speaker: Mary Lee Field and Nagai Noriko
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 17th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Mito (site to be announced)
Description: The presenters discuss their pilot program for proficiency based, sequenced and outcomes based General Education English.

Sunday, April 21st, 2002

New language textbooks demonstrated

Speaker: Tim Kiggell, Macmillan
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 21st, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (sponsored by Macmillian)
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Hitachi
Venue: Ibaraki Christian University, Oomika-cho, Hitachi City
Description: Tim Kiggell of Macmillan Language House, a consulting author on the Get Real! series, will introduce and demonstrate the very popular Nexus and the Cubic Listening series.

Sunday, May 26th, 2002

Which Kanji Dictionary Can Best Meet Your Kanji-Learning Needs?

Speaker: Mary Sisk Noguchi, Meijo University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., May 26th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Tokyo Kasei Gakuin--Tsukuba Women's University
Description: Mary Sisk Noguchi of Meijio University is a columnist for the Japan Times. She will discuss various aspects of kanji dictionaries and try to help you discover what to look for to best meet your learning needs

Sunday, September 15th, 2002

Two presentations: Reading and Sign Language

Speaker: Nakano Takeshige, Miyao Mariko, Cecilia Ikeguchi and Martin Pauly
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., September 15th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Tsuchiura Ulara Building: Kennan Shougai-Gakushuu Center (across from Tsuchiura Station)
Description: There are two presentations today:

  1. Grammar and Reading: Base for Improving Overall English Abilities
    Speaker: Nakano Takeshige.
  2. Using Sign Language in the Language Teaching Classroom
    Speakers: Miyao Mariko, Cecilia Ikeguchi and Martin Pauly.
Further details were unavailable; please contact Ibaraki JALT for more information.

Sunday, October 27th, 2002

Elaborating Dialogue Texts: Elaboration of Texts by Total Group-based Learning

Speaker: Hisashi Azuma
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 27th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Mito Shimin Kaikan next to Mito City Office
Description: The presentation will focus on activities in which students developed their own dialogues from reading and grammatical materials. The presenter will also propose his theory of why and how this learning style contributes to communicative English learning.

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