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Kumamoto Chapter Events in 2002

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Sunday, March 10th, 2002

English in Elementary Schools: What Will It Mean for Secondary School Teachers?

Speaker: Kensaku Yoshida, Sophia University and Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., March 10th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Miike Fukushi senta, 836-0054 Omuta-shi, Tenryo machi, 1-100-5. Location tel: 0944-57-3107
Description:

Note: This presentation will be given in Japanese.

Please join us in Omuta for an 'on the road' Kumamoto JALT chapter event in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, for a discussion on how changes to the elementary curriculum may affect English education in secondary school. The speakers will share their knowledge and experience from working on Monbukagakusho committees to revise English education. Topics covered will include the current state of English education and teacher training in elementary schools, proposed options for elementary English education and how these changes may affect secondary English education. This presentation will be sponsored in part by STEP and should be of interest to teachers at the elementary and tertiary levels as well. The talk will be in Japanese and will be the same as the one given in Kitakyushu the previous night, but the speakers will have 90 minutes each to discuss. Everyone is welcome!

Saturday, April 27th, 2002

The Blue Marble: Learning insights about culture through non-verbal communication

Speaker: Tim Gutierrez, Kure City Board of Education
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., April 27th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto-shi Shimin-kaikan (2F, Conference room 9)
Description: This presentation is best described by two quotes from the instructions:
"During this exercise, you will participate in a safe and fun simulation. Then we will, as a group, have an opportunity to describe what happened, analyze what happened, and then apply what we learned to our tasks of teaching or learning English as a foreign language."
"Your objective is to get the Blue Marble. There are a limited number of them, so not everyone will get one. You will have to be clever to accomplish the task and only those who communicate successfully will access the Blue Marble. This is not a teamwork exercise, but the clever ones will find ways to involve others."
Please come and discover what "The Blue Marble" can teach you about learning the differences between cultures.

Monday, May 20th, 2002

Current research in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in Australia (session 1 of 2)

Speaker: Mike Levy
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (Mon., May 20th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto Gakuen University, Building 7, room 721
Description: Together with Kumamoto Gakuen University, JALT Kumamoto is co-sponsoring this presentation by Dr. Michael Levy, Associate Professor, Griffith University (Australia), author of the book Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Context and Conceptualization (Oxford University Press). Dr Levy will be presenting two sessions at Kumamoto Gakuen University.
Directions If you are planning to drive to either of the sessions on May 20, 2002, please note that there will be no parking available on site. You may wish to park in one of the pay parking lots either across the street from Kumamoto Gakuen University or 'next door' at the Kenritsu Gekijo (prefectural theater), or consider other means of transportation.

Current research in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in Australia (session 2 of 2)

Speaker: Mike Levy
Time: 4:15 PM - 5:50 PM (Mon., May 20th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto Gakuen University, Building 12, rm 1243
Description: Together with Kumamoto Gakuen University, JALT Kumamoto is co-sponsoring this presentation by Dr. Michael Levy, Associate Professor, Griffith University (Australia), author of the book Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Context and Conceptualization (Oxford University Press). Dr Levy will be presenting two sessions at Kumamoto Gakuen University.
Directions If you are planning to drive to either of the sessions on May 20, 2002, please note that there will be no parking available on site. You may wish to park in one of the pay parking lots either across the street from Kumamoto Gakuen University or 'next door' at the Kenritsu Gekijo (prefectural theater), or consider other means of transportation.

Monday, November 11th, 2002

Little Wizards of English!

Speaker: Katherine MacKay, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Mon., November 11th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Sangyou Bunka kaikan, 7-10 Hanabata cho, ph: 096-325-2311
Description: As English teachers of children we all experience the fun of teaching young and very young learners but we also know the challenges of creating and keeping motivation and interest. In this workshop we will explore the current teaching approaches of teaching children through discovery of language, multi-sensory involvement and multi-learning styles. We will uncover how we can inspire and transport our children into a magical realm of storybooks and games, transforming words and dialogues into songs, rhymes, chants, helping our young learners master the art of speaking and remembering English. Add some more ideas and activities to your Bag of Tricks with new and popular children's materials from Longman. About the speaker: Katherine MacKay is Executive Consultant for children�s materials, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan.

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