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Nagoya Chapter Events in 2002

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Sunday, January 20th, 2002

Developing English Skills in Young Learners

Speaker: Michelle Nagashima
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (Sun., January 20th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free admission this month
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Sakae Gas Bldg Conference Rooms A and B on the 4th Floor
Description: (This is the first of two workshops this afternoon.)
This workshop is about increasing opportunities for speaking, reading, writing and developing learner independence at the elementary school level.
(See the second presentation details.)

Innervoice, Time Planning and Practice

Speaker: Marc Helgesen
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 20th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free admission this month
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Sakae Gas Bldg Conference Rooms A and B on the 4th Floor
Description: (This is the second of two workshops this afternoon. The first workshop begins at 1:00 p.m.)
Marc will conduct an activity-based workshop exploring techniques for using the inner voice in the classroom, encouraging sensory awareness and mental rehearsal.

Sunday, February 17th, 2002

Songs in the EFL Classroom - Beyond Cloze

Speaker: Robert Gee and Michael Furmanovsky
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 17th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room #3, 4th floor
Description: The presenters will offer ideas on how to exploit songs in an EFL context. Both presenters have had extensive experience with using songs which go well beyond the typical listening cloze exercises found in textbooks. You're welcome to share your ideas as well.
Michael Furmanovsky teaches at Ryukoku University and Robert Gee teaches at Sugiyama Jogakuen University.

Sunday, April 21st, 2002

Teaching Reading Skills. What, and How?

Speaker: Rob Waring
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 21st, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room # 3, 3rd Fl.
Description: The first part of this presentation will introduce the skills that the learners need in order to read in a foreign language. It will then introduce the differences between several different approaches to reading and will compare the benefits and limitations of each. A guideline summary will be constructed to act as a framework for building a reading syllabus. The second part of the session will deal with how to put this into practice. It will look at ways to teach reading skills and ways monitor the students improvement.

Sunday, May 26th, 2002

Tunes and Tales in the Classroom (Using stories and songs in language lessons)

Speaker: Brad Deacon and Brian Cullen
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., May 26th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room # 2, 3rd Fl.
Description: Two presenters share activities that will add interest to your language lessons:

Brad Deacon will introduce split story telling in which a story is begun and then stopped at a highly interesting transition point, creating a state of suspense. Examples, rationale, and a variety of activities will be demonstrated and experienced.
Brian Cullen will share different ways in which motivation can be most effectively directed into language learning activities with songs. A range of song types will be demonstrated. Participants are encouraged to share opinions, sing, and possibly dance!

Sounds like fun!

Sunday, June 23rd, 2002

Language Classroom Testing Basics: the A, B, Cs

Speaker: Elizabeth Hiser
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 23rd, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for both or only one of today's two presentations)
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room # 2, 3rd Fl.
Description:

(This is the first of two presentations this afternoon. The second starts at apx. 3:00.)

This presentation focuses on basic classroom assessment and testing procedures. It explains basic testing procedures and how to do simple statistics. Principles of communicative assessment and various assessment types will be explained. Also, the role of item facility and item discrimination in classroom tests, exams, and quizzes will be clarified.

How to Help Weaker Students Improve

Speaker: Parrill Stribling
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 23rd, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for both or only one of today's two presentations)
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room # 2, 3rd Fl.
Description:

(This is the second of two presentations this afternoon. The first starts at 1:30.)

This presentation focuses on course goals, accountability and grading standards. After introducing an overall educational theory, the practical aspect of implementing curricula goals will be discussed. The relation of course goals to evaluation standards will be underscored, and ways of fostering motivation and learning discussed. The presentation concludes by offering practical experience in setting and reaching agreement on writing, speaking, listening and reading course goals.

Sunday, July 14th, 2002

How to Teach English to Children More Actively

Speaker: Nagano Yoshimi and Nakatsuka Junko
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 14th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for both or only one of today's two presentations)
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room # 2, 3rd Fl.
Description: First Nagano will demonstrate fun activities and songs with a lot of additions for children, based on Book 1 of the Sunshine Kids text series used in public elementary schools in Nagoya. Then Nakatsuka will demonstrate Jazz Chants by Carolyn Graham, which is an effective and fun method of teaching English, especially for children. Nakatsuka will introduce how she teaches jazz chants through dance. Be ready to be active!

Sunday, September 22nd, 2002

Re-igniting the Motivational Fire: Tapping Hidden Potential via the Enhancement of Value Perception in ELT

Speaker: Paul Doyon
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., September 22nd, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for both or only one of today's two presentations)
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, lecture room # 2, 3rd Fl.
Description: Do you have difficult, unmotivated students? Are you at a loss as to what to do with them? If so, then this presentation/workshop is for you. Ways that students form self-defeating beliefs will be discussed, along with ways to enhance the perceived value in the course or activity. We will consider what is needed in order to re-ignite the motivational fire and shift student beliefs and perceptions. Anecdotes will be framed using the Kolb/Lewinian Experiential Learning Cycle, thus providing teachers with a means to investigate their own classrooms.

Sunday, October 20th, 2002

Word by Word Primary Series

Speaker: Ali Taylor, Longman ELT
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 20th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Sakae Gas Building, 3-15-33, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi
Description: Focusing on activities for teaching sound/letter association, decoding and word recognition, this presentation looks at the theory and practical implications of teaching a systematic, phonics based curriculum, and how this method of teaching can help young children to develop reading and language skills.

Sunday, November 17th, 2002

Vocabulary and Grammar as Foundations for Reading Instruction

Speaker: Dr. William Grabe, Northern Arizona University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., November 17th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd Floor (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description: In discussions of reading research and its implications for instruction, the roles of vocabulary and grammar are often minimized. William Grabe leads a workshop that highlights the importance of these two neglected areas, and explores ways that they can be taught usefully in support of reading skills development. Example texts will then be examined to give practical consideration to various options and opportunities.
About the speaker:William Grabe is Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Northern Arizona University. He is also the author of The Theory and Practice of Writing (with R.B. Kaplan, 1996) and the soon-to-be-published volume in the Longman series of Applied Linguistics in Action entitled Reading (with Fredricka Stoller), and a leading researcher in issues of L2 reading, writing, and literacy. He is currently the president of the American Association of Applied Linguistics and was, until recently, the chief editor of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics.

Sunday, December 8th, 2002

Annual My Share / Year End Party

Speaker: All participants are welcome to share classroom ideas
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Sun., December 8th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description: Come and enjoy Nagoya JALT's annual "my share" event in whichmembers share teaching ideas with each other. A bonnenkai party (year-end party) will be held afterwords.

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