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Nagoya Chapter Events in 2001

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2008 [2]; 2007 [11]; 2006 [1]; 2005 [3]; 2004 [7]; 2003 [13]; 2002 [12]; 2001;

Sunday, January 28th, 2001

Course Development

Speaker: Michael Hunter, Elin Melchior, and Gillian Sano-Giles, Komaki English Teaching Center/Ohio University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 28th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd fl. Room I
Description: In order to teach a course well, the concerns facing both student and teacher need to be brought into perspective. This workshop presents and gives participants the chance to use a course development outline which provides a simple template for recording and organizing level, focus, goals and activities.

Sunday, February 25th, 2001

Movies and NLP in the English Classroom

Speaker: Adachi Momoko, Nanzan University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 25th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd fl. Room I
Description: Movies can be used effectively for teaching English. Interesting examples will be demonstrated from Back to the Future, Anastasia, City of Angels, Matrix, etc. Also, useful Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques will be shared.

Sunday, April 22nd, 2001

Kids / Dictionaries

Speaker: Takeuchi Eiko and Brendan Delahunty
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 22nd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center
Description: Taguchi will introduce children's teachers to various activities that cater to short attention spans and the learning styles of children while encouraging teachers to avoid overuse of their own personal favorites. Delahunty will explore the advantages of monolingual dictionaries and methods for building students' confidence in their use.

Sunday, May 27th, 2001

The Three Keys to Unlocking Culture: Perception, Perception, Perception!

Speaker: Ray Donahue, Nagoya Gakuin University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., May 27th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3F, Rm 2
Description: Increasingly, second language educators must unlock the mysteries of culture for their charges. Cultures differ according to their preferred styles or strategies of communication. As focus on communicative competence and study abroad rise, we are increasingly placed in the role of an interpreter of culture--how successfully depends largely on our own perception. This workshop aims to sharpen perception by exploring various perceptual puzzles about Japan and critically analyzing the contrastive rhetoric between Japanese and English.

Sunday, June 24th, 2001

Star Taxi

Speaker: Marc Sheffner and Theo Steckler, DramaWorks
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 24th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3rd Floor Room 2
Description: Star Taxi is a fun new method and material for teaching English communication. It has an appealing quality that provides learners with practice in both linguistic and paralinguistic elements of communication and an enjoyable experience of learning. Star Taxi is a modern drama told in twenty scenes of dialogue with supporting language activities and role-plays.

Sunday, July 8th, 2001

Mini-conference on Lifelong Learning: From K3 and Beyond

Speaker: Yamaoka Tamiko, Yuri Kuno, Tom Merner, Michelle Nagashima, Elin Melchior and others
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Sun., July 8th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3F, Rm 2 (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description:

  • Part 1: Creative Curriculum for Children in Public Schools by Yamaoka Tamiko. The presenter will discuss curriculum development and related English activities applicable to public elementary instruction. It will be based on creative actions now underway in the Nagoya public schools for grades 3 through 6 using the NHK Eigorian method.
  • Part 2: A panel will discuss ways to kick-start learning and interest in English from grades 3 through 6. Discussion will also address ways to continue the gains and interest for a lifetime. Members will include Yuri Kuno (NHK), Tom Merner, Teaching Children (TC) SIG, Michelle Nagashima (TC SIG), and others, with Elin Melchior (multiple SIGs) as moderator.
Sponsorship of this event includes the Nagoya Chapter, TC SIG and others.

Sunday, September 23rd, 2001

Materials and Activities for Elementary, Junior High and High School Classrooms

Speaker: Robert Habbick, Oxford University Press Nagoya
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., September 23rd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3F Rm 1
Description: Habbick will give a workshop which presents materials and activities for elementary to high school aged students. There will be a materials display and prizes.

Sunday, October 21st, 2001

A Closer Look at Folktales

Speaker: Robert Croker (Nanzan University) and Bev Curran (Shukutoku University)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 21st, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3F Rm 1
Description: This workshop provides activities employing folktales to develop language skills and raise a more critical awareness of some of the cultural assumptions embedded in these narratives. CHAPTER ELECTIONS WILL FOLLOW!

Monday, November 19th, 2001

Teaching Speaking: renewing our perspectives through discourse

Speaker: Anne Burns, Macquarie University in Australia
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Mon., November 19th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Aichi Prefecture Chusho Kigyo Center; Rm. 1
Description: Anne Burns, Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University in Australia and one of the Four Corners' Speakers for JALT 2001, will conduct a workshop which considers some of the implications of a discourse perspective for teaching. Discussions will include tools of discourse analysis that can be used by teachers samples of natural data for anlaysis and suggested tasks that can be adapted for language teaching..
This event is part of the Four Corners Tours 2001, which are opportunities for JALT National Conference speakers to visit local JALT chapters throughout the country.

Sunday, December 9th, 2001

My Share

Speaker: Anyone who has something they'd like to share!
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., December 9th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, Fl 3, Rm2
Description: December is a great time for sharing favorite activities or lesson plans. In particular, members who attended the JALT 2001/PAC 3 Conference in Kitakyushu will share the activities and ideas they got out of the event.

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