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Nara Chapter Events in 2004

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Sunday, February 1st, 2004

DramaWorks for Kids!!

Speaker: Theo Steckler
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 1st, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: English Masters (language school), 2-12 Higashimachi Tsurumai, Nara-shi (at Kintetsu Gakuenmae Station)
Description: Theo Steckler, co-author of Wonder Kids, will present a workshop to introduce DramaWorks' innovative new kid`s program that makes both learning and teaching, easy and fun. Wonder Kids is designed for use in grades four through six, and it introduces authentic language and characters in a fun-filled story told in twenty scenes.

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

Activities That Go Beyond Linguistics

Speaker: Rodney Dunham, Tezukayama University
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sat., June 19th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tezukayama University, Gakuenmae Campus (At Kintetsu Gakuenmae Station, on the Nara Kintetsu Line)
Description: The presenter will share various activities that engage students in ways beyond the ordinary linguistic/word approach to teaching. These activities are geared for junior high school and up, but can easily be adapted for younger students.
Reasons behind the use of such activities and why they work will be dealt with briefly. Then the session will turn to thinking of ways to turn the 'ordinary lesson' into something more exciting and engaging for students. A "My Share" exchange of lesson ideas will follow the presentation.

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

TAPL: Learning Italian, Hours 1 and 2

Speaker: Tom Pendergast, International Buddhist University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., August 22nd, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free this month
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: English Masters - Communication Center (KM Building 2F, North of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line)
Description: A good way to find out about a language-learning method is to do it in a new language. That's what we'll do at the Nara JALT meeting in August. "TAPL" stands for teacher-assisted pair learning. It is a variation of SAPL (self-access pair learning). TAPL/SAPL can be used for learning English, French, Italian, German, and/or Spanish ... and more easily with each new language.
Light meal/drinks after the workshop.
About the speaker: Tom Pendergast is a well-known and respected figure in ELT. He also happens to be one of the original founders of KALT, which later became JALT, and was the association's first president.

Sunday, October 17th, 2004

Training Students to Use Basic Learning Srategies

Speaker: Clive Lovelock, Tezukayama Gakuin University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 17th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free this month
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: English Masters - Communication Center (KM Building 2F, North of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line)
Description: The Japanese high school Juken Eigo exam-oriented study system, based on grammar-translation and memorization, trains high school students in classroom behaviour which is antithetical to language learning, according to presenter Clive Lovelock, whose workshop demonstrates a system of using individual student assessment cards to make students aware of things they need to do to learn English. This system provides students with constant reminders to use them. Clive Lovelock is Professor of ELT at Tezukayama Gakuin University's Osaka Sayama Campus. He has a Post-graduate Diploma in TEFL from London University, and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Essex University (both UK). He has taught EFL and ESL in various countries and in Japan for nearly 30 years.

Sunday, December 12th, 2004

Nara JALT Year-end Meeting and Christmas Party

Speaker: It's a Party!
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sun., December 12th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: English Masters - Communication Center (KM Building 2F, North of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line)
Description: Nara Chapter will be holding its final chapter meeting for 2004 in conjunction with its annual Christmas Party. 2005 chapter officer elections will be held before moving on to the festivities. Hope to see you there!

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