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Kumamoto Chapter

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Kumamoto Chapter Events in 2003

Events archive by year:
2004 [1]; 2003; 2002 [5]; 2001 [7];

Sunday, January 26th, 2003

Going Live! - Tried and Tested!

Speaker: Katherine McKay, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 26th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto YMCA, Chuo Center
Description: Come and join this hands-on workshop - a real lesson, followed by group work-stations and a circle time. Explore current teaching approaches, share practical tips and activity ideas, and make teaching English to children empowering, energized and easy! About the speaker: Katherine MacKay is Executive Consultant for children’s materials, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan.

Sunday, February 23rd, 2003

Putting Words in their Mouths: Dictogloss, Shadowing, and Summarizing

Speaker: John Small, Kumamoto Gakuen
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Sun., February 23rd, 2003)
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: This presentation will cover three activities that give students structured language practice: dictogloss (grammar dictation), shadow talking, and summarizing. With dictogloss, students actively recreate the spoken text, discuss differences and missing information with partners, and participate in a review of the grammar of individual sentences. Shadow talking and summarizing exercises, which are easy to prepare and paperless, will also be explained. Presentation materials come from the presenter's self-published, non-profit, global issues textbooks.

Saturday, September 6th, 2003

Back to School with the Young Learners

Speaker: Katherine MacKay, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., September 6th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Yatsushiro
Venue: Naomi English School, 1-9-19 Sendan-machi Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto-ken ph/fax 0965-43-7373
Description: (Note: this is the first day of three in a row of the same presentation in Kumamoto Prefecture.) Young Learners need to discover English. Join in with activities and ideas to motivate and explore the latest exciting materials for 2-18 year olds from Pearson Longman.About the speaker: Katherine MacKay is Executive Consultant for children’s materials, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan.

Sunday, September 7th, 2003

Back to School with the Young Learners

Speaker: Katherine McKay
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sun., September 7th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto Shimin Kaikan, Room #7, 1-3, Sakuramachi, Kumamoto-shi ph: 096-355-5235
Description: (Note: this is the second day of three in a row of the same presentation in Kumamoto Prefecture.) Young Learners need to discover English. Join in with activities and ideas to motivate and explore the latest exciting materials for 2-18 year olds from Pearson Longman.

Monday, September 8th, 2003

Back to School with the Young Learners

Speaker: Katherine McKay
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Mon., September 8th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto YMCA, Shinmachi 1-8, Kumamoto-shi ph: 096-353-6391
Description: (Note: this is the third and final day of three in a row of the same presentation in Kumamoto Prefecture.) Young Learners need to discover English. Join in with activities and ideas to motivate and explore the latest exciting materials for 2-18 year olds from Pearson Longman.

Saturday, October 25th, 2003

From Phonetics to Phonics and Back Again

Speaker: Joseph Tomei, Kumamoto Gakuen
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., October 25th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto Shimin Kaikan, 1-3, Sakuramachi, Kumamoto-shi ph: 096-355-5235
Description: In this presentation, Joe Tomei will try to present the basic principles of phonetics and show how they relate to the teaching of phonics. While Tomei says he is not advocating teaching students about phonetics, he does think that the phonics-teaching teacher needs to have a basic grasp of phonetic concepts. He will try and show how these phonetic concepts can help you understand the reason behind phonic teaching and allow you to take charge of phonics in your class. Joseph Tomei is an associate professor at Kumamoto Gakuen and has been teaching English phonetics for 6 years.

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