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Nagasaki Chapter Events in 2001

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2008 [9]; 2007 [8]; 2006 [9]; 2005 [8]; 2004 [7]; 2003 [9]; 2002 [10]; 2001;

Sunday, January 21st, 2001

2001 Shinnenkai Party

Speaker: none
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sun., January 21st, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 2,000 yen (including a meal and drinks)
Fee (One-Day members): 2,000 yen (including a meal and drinks)
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Chikyukan International Centre (next to Dutch Slope)
Description: Nagasaki kicks off the year with a Getting-To-Know You Shinnenkai party.

Saturday, February 10th, 2001

Elementary School English Education in 2002

Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida, Little America English Schools
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., February 10th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: Uchida is a believer in the natural ability of children to absorb English. Activities and games that initiate and motivate students to take the great leap and interact with their peers in English are the theme of her presentation. She will share methods, activities, and games which plant the seeds of confidence in young learners, enabling and empowering them to have control over their own English. (Related web site: http://www.littleamerica.co.jp

Sunday, March 25th, 2001

Day One: Strategies for Successful First-Day Classes

Speaker: Malcolm Swanson, TLT Editor and Kinki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., March 25th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: The first day with any class is arguably the most important, for it is here that both learners and teachers make most of their decisions about how much they will involve themselves in that course. This workshop will examine strategies for making Day One classes more successful. Attendees will define what they consider to be a successful first class, and discuss what they do in their classes. Strategies that the presenter has used that assist learners to accept responsibility right from the start will also be presented. These include goal setting, defining responsibilities and routines, and cooperative syllabus design.

Sunday, April 29th, 2001

A Holistic Approach to English Conversation

Speaker: Paul Shimizu, co-author of Marathon Mouth and Marathon Mouth Plus (Intercom Press)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 29th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: Most students of English are exposed to it in a variety of ways. Quite often their second/foreign language aquisition splits the English language into a variety of disciplines, e.g. writing, grammar, translation, reading, listening, and speaking.
This workshop introduces a more holistic approach to foreign language acquisition with the emphasis on conversational. The methodologies in the workshop are aimed at students in large class setting, although students generally will spend their time in small groups, teacher centred activities, and whole class activities. There is also a great emphasis on cooperative learning.
The presenter will use a variety of activities to illustrate the methodology and usage of information gaps, listening with peer review, surveys and "Find someone who" types of activities. He will also show how to challenge students by not spoon-feeding them the language they will use.

Saturday, May 12th, 2001

Essential Internet Activities for the Language Classroom: Four Lessons Learned from Experience

Speaker: Nathan Edwards, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., May 12th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: This presentation is based in part on articles lesson plans which appeared in Recipes for Wired Teachers: Practical Ideas by Teachers for Teachers, published by the CALL SIG. The four areas explored are (a) utilizing global "live" webcams in the language classroom, (b) using Panoramic 3D Images: free, easy to use "Livepicture" software, (c) discovering Internet Relay Chat: analyzing authentic texts, and (d) easy to use, free video conferencing: "Microsoft Netmeeting" used by an EFL learner.Please note that even teachers who do not currently have or use a computer will benefit from the discussion of teaching methodology and exchange of ideas.

Sunday, June 10th, 2001

Understanding Context and Language: a Workshop

Speaker: John McAndrew and Paula McAndrew, Siebold University of Nagasaki
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 10th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Siebold University of Nagasaki, Nagayo
Description: How important is context in understanding what language means and how can it be adequately described so as to make it relevant to student needs? This workshop investigates these questions and presents a framework for understanding the language-context relationship. Its aims are to assist the teacher in enabling students to see something of the bigger picture of how language works. Participants will work through material that can also be used in the classroom. Note that the venue this month is different; more information and directions will be available prior to the meeting date in Nagasaki's free email newsletter. Contact Nagasaki JALT to subscribe.Our July 7th meeting will begin at 2 PM at Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan, and willbe a discussion on Team Teaching and ALTs led by Karen Masatsugu of KwassuiWomen's College. Following the meeting, we will have a small party at DejimaWharf boardwalk. If you would like to join, please contact Chris Clancy byJune 23rd: (t/f) (home) : 0959-42-3803; (t) (work): 0959-54-1155and e-mail:oidontno@dream.com

Saturday, July 7th, 2001

Team Teaching or Mission Impossible?

Speaker: Karen Masatsugu, Kwassui Women's College
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 7th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan (#3 or #5 streetcars to Kokaidomae stop)
Description: What is the day-to-day reality of team teaching for the Japanese teacher and for the native speaker assistant? How does it affect the students? What cross-cultural issues need to be addressed? These are some of the areas we hope to cover in a roundtable discussion of team teaching, led by our presenter. Please come along to share your experience and insights. Following the meeting, we will have a small party at Dejima Wharf boardwalk from 5:00 to 7:00.

Sunday, October 14th, 2001

Video and Movies in the Classroom

Speaker: Vernon Chun, Nagasaki University.
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 14th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: The presenter has been using movie videos for the past 10 years in Japanese university classes with as few as 10 students and as many as 350 students. In his presentation, he will demonstrate procedures for creating vocabulary, listening, and comprehension exercises as well as puzzles for teaching with movie videos. The procedures demonstrated should be simpleenough for language teachers of all grade levels to utilize.

Also: special guest Paul Rosengrave, a representative of Pearson Education, will be distributing and explaining catalogues and free sample inspection copies of materials related to film and video. These come from Pearson's publishing lines, including Longman and Penguin.

Friday, November 16th, 2001

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Fri., November 16th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve one's chances of gaining employment. Raul C. Laborte is the Asian Scholar for the Four Corners Tour 2001. The Four Corners Tours are opportunities for JALT National Conference speakers to visit local JALT chapters throughout the country. Sponsorship assistance for the Asian Scholar Tour is provided by Tuttle Publishing, LIOJ and the Foreign Buyers' Club .

Saturday, December 8th, 2001

Global Issues "My Share" Meeting

Speaker: Bring your own ideas to show others -- all are welcome!
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., December 8th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Kotsu Centre, Nagasaki Bus Terminal Building, 4F (#1, #3 or #4 streetcars to Nagasaki ekimae stop, across from Amu PLaza
Description: Note the new venue this month.
For Nagasaki JALT's ninth and final meeting of the year, we would like to invite everyone to bring any ideas or plans on how to deal with content-based classes centered on the theme of Global Issues - for example, human rights, peace education and social problems. These could be for elementary, junior and senior high schools, college and universities, language schools, or for private lessons. Handouts would be most welcome.
Nagasaki JALT will also be discussing our plans and ideas for next year, so please attend if you'd like to give some input.

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