Okinawa Chapter

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Okinawa Chapter Events in 2003

Events archive by year:
2008 [11]; 2006 [5]; 2005 [7]; 2004 [8]; 2003; 2002 [12]; 2001 [3];

Sunday, March 16th, 2003

Putting Words in Their Mouths: Dictogloss, Shadowing and Summarizing

Speaker: John Small, Kumamoto Gakuen University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM (Sun., March 16th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Okinawa Christian Jr. College, Kiritan, Nishihara Town
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. The presenter will also explain some variations on the standard dictogloss method. Finally, the presenter will provide extension activities that involve a picture story that corresponds to the dictogloss narrative. This series of extension activities give students the chance to master the vocabulary, grammatical structures, and pronunciation/intonation of a given narrative. Dictogloss narratives can be easily prepared and tailor made for classes of any level or interest. Shadow talking and summarizing exercises, which are easy to prepare and paperless, will also be explained. Shadow talking, which simply involves the repetition of spoken input, can be done out loud or silently by students. After explaining and demonstrating the basic method, the presenter will provide shadow talking warm-ups that can serve as a supplement to any lesson. Students are provided relevant vocabulary, shadow talk a narrative, summarize for their partners, then may give a similar talk based on their own experiences. Summarizing an article with a mind map will also be covered. Presentation materials come from the presenters self-published, non-profit, global issues textbooks.

Sunday, April 20th, 2003

Student Responsibility for Learning: Increasing Student Participation

Speaker: Timothy Kelly
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 20th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Okinawa Christian Jr. College, Kiritan, Nishihara Town
Description: Many students learn to respond to questions but are either reluctant to or unable to ask questions or initiate interaction in English. This presentation will demonstrate easy classroom methods for getting students to generate English, not just for practice but also for genuine communication.

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

Using Music in the Classroom

Speaker: Andrew Meyerhoff, Okinawa Christian Jr. College
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 15th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Okinawa Christian Jr. College, Kiritan, Nishihara Town
Description: There are several key ingredients needed to turn a song into a goodclassroom chant. Meyerhoff will discuss these ingredients and demonstrate with participants doing chants during the session. His focus is on why Carolyn Graham's jazz chants work, and on how you can make your own chants from popular songs.

Sunday, July 13th, 2003

Annual Okinawa JALT Beach Party

Speaker: All current and potential members
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 13th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen for parking
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen for parking
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Naha
Venue: Manza Beach (map)
Description: Okinawa JALT members and their families as well as others interested in the support of quality language education in Okinawa are invited to attend our annual JALT beach party. We will have a cookout/potluck party on the beach. Bring something to share and enjoy a day at the beach with your language-teaching friends and colleagues.

Sunday, December 14th, 2003

JALT Okinawa Pot-Luck Bonenkai

Speaker: New officers
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., December 14th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free (bring some food for the pot-luck party)
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen (bring some food for the pot-luck party)
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Okinawa Christian Jr. College, Kiritan, Nishihara Town
Description: JALT Okinawa will have its boonenkai and annual meeting on Dec. 14. Please come with your family and friends and join your language-teaching colleagues to wrap up another year and meet our new officers. It's a pot-luck party, so bring some food to share with others. JALT will provide refreshments.

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