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Kanazawa Chapter Events in 2001

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Sunday, January 21st, 2001

Setting up an Extensive Reading Program

Speaker: Thomas Robb, Kyoto Sangyo University and Robert Habbick, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 21st, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Shakai Kyoiku Center, 3-2-15 Honda-machi, Kanazawa
Description: The presentation will introduce the Extensive Reading Approach and explain how such a program can be started. Practical advice on overcoming some initial hurdles and building enthusiasm for the graded reader approach will also be offered, and The Extensive Reading website will be introduced. Robert Habbick will introduce OUP's Campus Support Program and the OUP website, discuss the use of OUP graded readers, and offer participants a guide to extensive reading and free starter sets of 12 Oxford Graded Readers.

Sunday, February 18th, 2001

Teaching Connected Speech

Speaker: Maurice Jamall, Tokai University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 18th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Shakai Kyoiku Center (3-2-15 Honda-machi)
Description: An understanding and working knowledge of connected speech--elisions, liaisons, reductions and weak forms--is essential for understanding English as it is spoken naturally. Language chunks need to be presented in contexts that mirror the way language is used in the real world, and reinforced through language practice. The presenter will provide practical ideas for introducing students to connected speech using examples from a newly published text called Business Listening and Speaking.

Sunday, March 18th, 2001

Do It Yourself! Games From the 100 yen Shop

Speaker: Chris Hunt, JALT Teaching Children SIG
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., March 18th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Shakai Kyoiku Center, 3-2-15 Honda-machi
Description: Games are an essential element in the process of helping children acquire a second language. Yet commercially produced games are notoriously expensive and almost exclusively competitive. 100 yen shops, found throughout Japan, offer an exciting resource for the would be game designer. In this workshop the presenter will demonstrate how to design and evaluate co-operative games using materials which cost next to nothing. Participants will create their own games and learn the "language" of games.

Sunday, April 15th, 2001

My Share: Chapter members present their own lessons

Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 15th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Kanazawa Shakai Kyoiku Center, 3-2-15 Honda-machi
Description: Anyone interested in participating should bring 15 copies of a "sure-fire" lesson plan. Participants will divide into groups based on skill, interest or teaching situation for poster-session type presentations, followed by ohanamikai at Kenrokuen. Video, vocab & high school presentations so far!

Sunday, June 17th, 2001

Conversational Storytelling

Speaker: Robert Jones, REJ English House
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 17th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Kanazawa Shakai Kyoiku Center, 3-2-15 Honda-machi
Description: An awareness of the typical features of conversational story structure can provide a basis for students to develop and improve their own storytelling ability. This presentation will look at some of these features of conversational storytelling (personal experiences, friends' misfortunes, funny incidents, "scary" stories) and explain how written transcripts can be used to raise students' awareness of their features. The presenter will then show how this awareness can be used to help students develop and improve their own storytelling skills, with ideas on easy ways to help students start telling their own stories.

Sunday, July 15th, 2001

Annual JALT Kanazawa Summer Picnic

Speaker: none
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 15th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Jidoukaikan, on the Saigawa below Teramachi
Description: Potluck party. RSVP by July 8. Please inform Bill Holden of what you'll bring, and we can tell you how many people to prepare for.

Bring: A covered dish for everyone to share, things that can be bounced,batted, kicked or flown.
Don't bring: Paper goods, drinks, anything that needs to be cooked onsite.

Sunday, September 16th, 2001

Teaching Young Children

Speaker: Kobayashi Rumiko, Matsuka Phonics Institute
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., September 16th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA: contact Kanazawa to ask
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: TBA: contact Kanazawa to ask
Description: Kobayashi Rumiko of the Matsuka Phonics Institute leads this meeting about teaching young children. Materials for teaching children will be displayed, so come for ideas and to browse through these innovative materials.

Sunday, October 21st, 2001

Getting Students to Express Themselves

Speaker: Alistair Lamond, Thompson Education Japan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 21st, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (co-sponsored by Thompson Education Japan)
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Nagamachi Kenshukan (Nagamachi 1 chome, Kanazawa)
Description: Getting your students to express themselves can sometimes be challenging, but the tips you pick up from this presentation will help you in your classroom. There will also be an educational materials display for you to see the newest materials by Thompson Education (as well as their popular classics).

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