Osaka Chapter

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Osaka Chapter Events in 2008

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2008; 2007 [6]; 2006 [9]; 2005 [10]; 2004 [8]; 2003 [7]; 2002 [6]; 2001 [6];

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Job Hunting for Teachers

Speaker: Cameron Romney and Kent Hill
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., January 26th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Namba Shimin Gakushu Center (Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center - Namba branch), (O-CAT 4F, 06 6643-7010) http://www.osakademanabu.com/namba/
Description: Recent instability in the Japanese job market for English teachers has many teachers looking for work or considering changing positions. While there is no one surefire technique for getting a job, there are many things job seekers can do to increase the likelihood of being hired. This workshop will be divided into two sections: first, general job hunting suggestions for teachers at any level; and second, an overview of Japanese university employment options including the types of jobs available, the qualifications needed for these positions, and when and where to find openings.

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Getting Published

Speaker: Steve Cornwell and Deryn Verity
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., February 23rd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Namba Shimin Gakushu Center (Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center - Namba branch), (O-CAT 4F, 06 6643-7010) http://www.osakademanabu.com/namba/
Description: Whether studying for a masters or a doctorate; conducting quantitative or qualitative research, working as a teacher or administrator, or looking for a new job, one thing that almost all of us working in education have in common is the need to publish. Many of us live in a publish-or-perish world, and even if we do not feel the pressure to publish, publishing offers a chance to engage with our colleagues about our work. This presentation will help writers understand the publishing process from selecting a journal and submitting an article to receiving reviewer's feedback, and handling revisions (and even how to disagree with a review).

Steve Cornwell is a graduate of the Ed.D. program at Temple University Japan and the MAT program at the School for International Training. He is editor of the Jalt Journal. In addition to his editing work, he has been an Editorial Advisory Board member for JALT publications, has served on the Publications Committee for TESOL, Inc. and has reviewed manuscripts for various publishers including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, McGraw Hill, and MacMillian Education.

Deryn Verity currently teaches at Osaka Jogakuin College. She has taught English, applied linguistics, and graduate courses in teacher education at St Michael's College, William Paterson University (USA), Osaka University, and other institutions in the United States, Thailand, Poland and Japan. She is currently teaching for the MATESOL program at Teachers College Tokyo, and writing and teaching courses for the new online MATESOL course being offered by the New School University. An active member of local and national JALT meetings, she served as Associate Editor of the JALT Journal for three years. Her primary interests in the field of teacher education include language awareness for teachers, sociocultural theory, and second language pedagogy.

This event is supported in part by JALT's CUE SIG.

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

From Visitor to Resident - How you can set down roots in Japan

Speaker: Arudou Debito
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., March 29th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: The sixth floor meeting room of the Osaka Ekimae Dai-2 Building's Lifelong Learning Center, Tel:06-6345-5000. www.manabi.city.osaka.jp
Description: Been in Japan for awhile? Planning to stay longer, even indefinitely? You owe it to yourself to know a few things about how to make your life easier over here--from getting the right visa to getting a better job, from dealing with family issues to dealing with employment issues, from living a quiet life to being an agent for social change. Arudou Debito, activist and author of the book JAPANESE ONLY (Akashi Shoten 2004, 2006), will be presenting from his new co-authored book, HANDBOOK FOR IMMIGRANTS TO JAPAN (Akashi Shoten Inc. 2008). Learn how to make the best of life over here, from port of entry all the way through funereal arrangements. See table of contents and synopsis of the book at http://www.debito.org/index.php/?page_id=582

The presentation will be followed by a lengthy Q&A session so you can raise other issues of your choice as well. Much more about Arudou and his extensive work can be found at his website: www.debito.org .

This event is co-sponsored by Osaka ETJ with support from JALT's CUE SIG.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Ethnic Disunity and Conflict in Burma

Speaker: Richard Humphries
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 27th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Takatsuki
Venue: 1 minute from JR Takatsuki Station, at the Sogo Shimin Koryu Center http://www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp/db/kurasu/db4-koryu.html
Description: The world generally focuses on the political struggles in Myanmar, especially with the 2007 crackdown upon the monk-led demonstrations. However, the flip side of the same coin is Burma�fs ethnic issue, an immense source of suffering in that tragic land. Ethnicity impacts directly upon profound disagreements over the very nature of the State.

Richard Humphries is employed as an Associate Professor teaching ESL at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata. He has been interested in Burma issues since 1992 and for four months (from October 1993) taught English for communication and medical purposes to refugee medics at Mae Tao Clinic, in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The clinic founded by the well-known humanitarian Dr Cynthia Maung. Richard has visited the region frequently since, and has, for example, given seminars on skills such as writing, on communication, and on conflict resolution, and has written numerous pieces about Burma for the Japanese English-language press. His first book, "Frontier Mosaic: Voices of Burma from the Lands in Between" was recently published and all author royalties are being donated to that same clinic where he taught English fifteen years before

This event is co-sponsored by SIETAR Kansai. The meeting will be on the fifth floor of the Sogo Shimin Koryu Center very near JR Takatsuki station.

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Tech Day 2008

Speaker: Mari Yamauchi, Marlen Harrison, Shawn White, Bill White, Craig Gamble, Troy Guze, Kevin Lucas, Sally Thelen, Trent Spriggs, and Matthew Rooks
Time: 12:30 PM - 5:45 PM (Sun., June 22nd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Higashi-Osaka
Venue: Hannan University main campus, a 5-minute walk north of Kintetsu Kawachi-Amami station (15 minutes south of Tennoji/Abeno station) http://www.hannan-u.ac.jp/english/other/map.html
Description: This will be our fourth annual Tech Day event to share technologically-oriented ideas helpful to language teachers and learners. This year's Tech Day is our biggest yet, and is co-sponsored by Nara JALT.

There will be nine 25-minute presentations on a wide range of topics. Dinner party afterwards at the superb Naomi Amore Italian restaurant in Hirano.

Mari Yamauchi, Kobe Kaisei College - Using Moodle to Enhance Learning and Foster Autonomy

Kevin Lucas, Kwansei Gakuin University - Using Free Online Forum Software to Encourage Asynchronous and Collaborative Discussion

Troy Guze, Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School - Using Mnemosyne to Facilitate Language Learning

Shawn R. White, Mukogawa Women's University and Kansai University, and William R. White, Himeji Dokkyo University and Mukogawa Women's University - CALL on a Stick

Marlen E. Harrison, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Fostering Community through Technology: Using Joomla to Create a Class Website

Sally Thelen, Konan University - Podcasts for Outside Listening Practice

Trent Spriggs, Kinki University - Using Cell Phones and ICT in the Classroom

Matthew Rooks, Kwansei Gakuin University - Effective Use of Online Surveys

Craig Gamble, Kansai Gaidai University - Using Multimedia Tools in the Classroom: Introducing Weblogs as the First Step

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

CUE 2008 Conference: Language Education in Transition

Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Sat., July 5th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 4000 yen (3500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Fee (One-Day members): 6000 yen (5500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, ph 81 (6) 6721-2332
Description: For complete details see http://jaltcue-sig.org/

Party afterwards 6-8 pm: 3000 yen (CUE members 2500).

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

CUE 2008 Conference: Language Education in Transition

Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others
Time: 9:20 AM - 12:20 PM (Sun., July 6th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen (1500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Fee (One-Day members): 3000 yen (2500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, ph 81 (6) 6721-2332
Description: For complete details see http://jaltcue-sig.org/

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Presentation Zen

Speaker: Garr Reynolds
Time: 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., October 11th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center, on the fifth floor of Umeda's Dai-2 Building, just southeast and across the street from the Hilton Hotel. Tel: 06-6345-5000
Description: As a serious language educator, the need for strong presentation skills is inescapable. Join us for an evening with one of the world's most respected design and presentation authorities, Garr Reynolds.

Using the tenets of Zen aesthetics and the science of multimedia research, Garr explains how a good understanding of content structure, visual communication and the power of basic graphic design can help you create the kind of presentations that will set you or your organization apart from the crowd.

Garr will explore current popular presentation approaches; highlight techniques from some of the world's top business leaders, including Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, and turn conventional wisdom concerning PowerPoint and presentations on its ear. For example, Garr will show how to achieve maximum effect with minimum means, and how and why to design effective, engaging presentations without using a single bullet point. This presentation is not about decoration, but about the real application of design principles, improving communication, and increasing effectiveness.

About the Speaker: The former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Computer, Inc., Garr currently teaches marketing and multimedia presentation design as an Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University. Before joining Apple in the US, Garr worked for seven years in the head office at Sumitomo Electric Industries in Osaka. He is a popular speaker in the business community in Japan and abroad and is Director of Design Matters, an Apple Pro creative group based in Osaka. Garr is author of the popular website, Presentation Zen, and is author of the book also called Presentation Zen to be published in November by New Riders/Peachpit Press.

Visit Presentation Zen at: http://www.presentationzen.com/

For more information about Garr Reynolds visit his website at:

http://www.garrreynolds.com

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Osaka/Kansai JALT organizational meeting at Kansai ETJ Expo

Speaker: All are welcome
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM (Sun., November 16th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Seifu Gakuen High School, 12-16 Ishigatsuji-cho, Tennoji-ku, Tel. (06) 6771-5757 http://www.seifu.ac.jp
Description: This year's Kansai ETJ Expo will again be held at Seifu High School, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. From 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Osaka JALT and other Kansai area JALT chapters will meet to discuss various issues related to organizing various upcoming events.

Presentation schedule: http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/expos.shtml

Map: http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/exposched/2008expo/2008_osaka_venue.pdf

General information: http://www.etjkansai.com/expo/expo.html

Detailed directions: http://www.etjkansai.com/expo/map/map.html

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