Fukui Chapter

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Fukui Chapter Events in 2007

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2008 [4]; 2007; 2006 [5]; 2005 [5]; 2004 [2]; 2002 [5]; 2001 [4];

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Answering children's educational needs:story-based curriculum

Speaker: Nena Nikolic
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., January 28th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: Story-based teaching is considered the most natural with young learners in particular. In this workshop we shall look at the importance of stories in a child's overall development, and their approriateness in foreign language education. A sample lesson plan will be presented that will make both children and teachers confident and motivated.

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

The New TOEIC test

Speaker: Grant Trew of Oxford University Press
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., March 11th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: The presenter will first walk participants through the recent changes to the TOEIC Listening and Reading test, allowing them to experience some of the challenges learners will face, and then try some activities that can be used to develop student ability both in the long and short term. This will be followed by overview of the format and implications of the soon to be introduced Speaking and Writing tests, including a hands-on look at the task types found on the test.

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Differences Between Public Schools in Japan and the United States

Speaker: Amiena Mahsoob
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., May 20th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: Many teachers in Japan instinctively know that teaching techniques in the United States and Japan are different, but how and why are they different? This seminar will provide context for some of the key differences between public schools in Japan and the United States. It will then examine teaching techniques commonly used in American schools, some differences between teaching students of varying abilities, and highlight some of the current issues in education in the United States.

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

International English as a Performance Phenomenon

Speaker: Prof. Kensaku Yoshida, Sophia University, Tokyo
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 24th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 2.000yen (preregistration 1.500yen)
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: For the majority of people in Asia, English is an "International" language, which is not necessarily related directly to any of the so-called mother-tongue Englishes. Although it is true that there are people who need to learn the native varieties of Englishes because they are studying English/American literature, British/American studies,etc., the great majority of the people are studying English in order to communicate with people from around the world. In this presentation I will argue for a performance-based definition of "international Englisn"-similar to that of bilingualism. International English should be considered in the context of "real" communication between people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Another way to put this is to say that international English is "created" in the process of communication. Finally, I will argue, therefore, that international English can only be acquired through communicative language learning/teaching.

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

ECLNC Education: Redefining the English Education "Box"

Speaker: Edmont C Katz, the University of Fukui
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., October 21st, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Watanabe English School
Description: In the spring of 2005, the University of Fukui won a central government MEXT grant for Medical and Nursing education. The grant committee of his university granted Mr. Katz funds to develop a simulated health care environment classroom. This provided Mr. Katz with a unique opportunity to bring together over forty years of teaching, educational space design, cross-cultural, linguistics, health care experience into a single, unified project which came to be called EXLNC.

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Lessons We Have Learned From Immersion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Speaker: Dr. Mike Bostwick
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sun., December 2nd, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000 yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui Campus, the Open University of Japan, AOSSA 7th Floor, Lecture Room 1
Description: The popular media continues to perpetuate misconceptions about the introduction of English education for children before junior high school. In this presentation I hope to directly address several of the most prevalent misconceptions and in so doing, also provide an overview of our English immersion program at Katoh Gakuen. The presenter will then offer a new model or "vision" of English language education in Japan for the future.

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