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Kagoshima Chapter

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Kagoshima Chapter Events in 2004

Events archive by year:
2008 [28]; 2007 [21]; 2006 [9]; 2005 [13]; 2004; 2003 [9]; 2002 [9]; 2001 [9];

Sunday, February 22nd, 2004

Stick People 101: Drawing for Teachers

Speaker: Bo Causer
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sun., February 22nd, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jellybeans Kousha Building 1F, near Shinysahiki Tram Stop
Description: Participants will learn how to make lines look like something recognizable. No talent or experience is necessary. Focus will be on getting comfortable with a maker.

Sunday, March 28th, 2004

First Class Activities

Speaker: Thomas Heffernan, Melinda Kawahara, Bo Causer, Damian Hill
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., March 28th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jellybeans Kousha Building 1F, near Shinysahiki Tram Stop
Description: In this workshop, several teachers will discuss ideas for the first classes of the year. This is followed by "meet the presenter" with tea, coffee and light refreshments

Sunday, April 18th, 2004

How to Adapt Games for Teaching

Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 18th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jellybeans Kousha Building 1F, near Shinysahiki Tram Stop
Description: (Note that the date and topic have changed.) Ideas to use games as effective teaching tools in the classroom - followed by "meet the presenter" with tea, coffee and light refreshments.

Sunday, May 23rd, 2004

Raising Bilingual Children

Speaker: Roundtable - Q & A
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., May 23rd, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jelly Beans Kousha Building 1F Meeting, near Shinyashiki Tram Stop
Description: Disussion on raising children in a bilingual environment - followed by "meet the presenter" with tea, coffee and light refreshments.

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

Teaching Phonics in a Large Class

Speaker: Kyoko Sonomoto
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 27th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jellybeans Kousha Building 1F, near Shinysahiki Tram Stop
Description: This phonics workshop is followed by "meet the presenter" with tea, coffee and light refreshments

Sunday, July 25th, 2004

Computers for Teaching

Speaker: Ryuya Kawahara
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 25th, 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.

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

Halloween Party Ideas

Speaker: Hitomi Iguma (Stellar Education) and Makoto Sakamoto (IIEEC)
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., August 22nd, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: osha Biru Meeting Room 117 (diagonally across from Shiritsu Hospital - same building as Jelly Beans)
Description: Exciting Halloween activities and storytelling with flash cards, kamishibai story boards, and many other fun games and activities to try in your lesson.

Sunday, September 19th, 2004

Elementary School English

Speaker: Tom Merner
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., September 19th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kosha Biru Meeting (same building as Jelly Beans)
Description: Elementary School English

  • What has happened since the implementation of English in Japanese elementary schools?
  • Merner introduces a new textbook series being developed for elementary school English classes in Japan.

Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Bringing Storybooks to Life

Speaker: Melinda Kawahara, Lizzy Lizard's English House
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 24th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kosha Biru Conference Room
Description: Melinda will provide ideas for using storybooks for teaching English vocabulary and sentence patterns, both in the classroom and at home.

Saturday, November 13th, 2004

Peter Viney Presentation

Speaker: Peter Viney, Oxford University Press
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., November 13th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kosha Biru Meeting (same building as Jelly Beans)
Description: For details, contact Kagoshima JALT.

Saturday, November 27th, 2004

Catch them While They're Young!

Speaker: Katherine MacKay (Longman/Pearson)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., November 27th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kosha Biru Meeting (same building as Jelly Beans)
Description: Top picks with the kids; super songs, kung-fu phonics and talking books! Young learners love to learn. Covering all 4 skills, this workshop will blend the best in easy-to teach and easy-to learn techniques and activities to use with young learners. Materials will cover all the latest materials for kids from Longman 2005.

The M.A.P. Method

Speaker: Steve King (Longman/Pearson)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., November 27th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kosha Biru Meeting (same building as Jelly Beans)
Description: Learn how the M.A.P. (Motivate, Anchor, Personalize) method can improve the reading, writing, speaking and listening abilities of your students.
This workshop will demonstrate how this comprehensive approach to teaching college students works.

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

Christmas Activities

Speaker: Damian Hill, Kooka Kids English House
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., December 5th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kosha Biru (same bldg as Jelly Beans)
Description: Damian will introduce some Christmas activities for kids, to be used either at your Christmas party or within the classroom.
For bookings or more info: Tel 099-216-8800

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