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Shizuoka Chapter Events in 2006

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Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Shizuoka JALT: January meeting

Speaker: Masahiko Goshi
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 15th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: the Associa Hotel coffeeshop on the first floor (1F)
Description: Regular Officers' meeting. Officers and other members will discuss the schedule and content of upcoming Shizuoka chapter meetings.

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

The Fifth Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference (2006)

Speaker: Dr. John C. Maher and others
Time: To Be Announced - (Sat., May 13th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): Please contact jalt.org/pansig/2006
Fee (One-Day members): Please contact jalt.org/pansig/2006
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Tokai University, Shimizu Campus. Room 8436 (Bldg. 8)
Description: Invitation to the Fifth Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference (2006)

Authentic Communication: Process and Purpose

Tokai University, Shimizu Campus; Shizuoka, Japan

May 13-14, 2006

jalt.org/pansig/2006

The Fifth Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 'Authentic Communication: Process and Purpose' will have three plenary speakers sponsored by the Bilingual (Dr. John Maher), Pragmatics (Dr. Donna Tatsuki), and Testing and Evaluation (Dr. James Dean Brown) SIGs. The Teacher Education SIG is also participating in this conference. The conference will be at Tokai University, Shimizu Campus in Miho-Shimizu, Shizuoka City on May 13-14.

The past ten years have been full of discussion about active communication. This conference wishes to build on ideas regarding what makes real communication effective and how can we teach this to our students. This conference aims to address issues of teaching educators, testing, second language acquisition, and practical issues as well as pragmatics. This conference has a second call for presentation proposals in the form of formal lectures, and poster sessions. Please refer to the home page at jalt.org/pansig/2006 for details. There are limited presentation slots left, so you are strongly urged to submit your proposal well before the February 10, 2006 deadline. Presenters will be notified by February 24, 2006 if their paper is accepted.

There will be up to 70 presentations and over 15 publishers displays. Likewise, take a look at the special social events on the home page. This year's banquet will be held inside the Marine Science Museum of Tokai University so that people can view various marine life while eating and talking with colleagues. There will also be a free tour to view Mt Fuji and Shizuoka City from a mountain scenic lookout, Nippon Daira, available to the first 50 people who register and sign up for this option. Please access the home page to get inside previews and more information. Lodging options are also listed. Please feel free to contact pansig2006@yahoo.co.jp if you have further questions.

Respectfully yours,

Peter John Wanner, Ph.D.

The Fifth Annual JALT Pan SIG (2006) Chair

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

My Share and Officers Election

Speaker: Masahiko Goshi
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 22nd, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Kyouiku Kaikan (across from Shin-Shizuoka) in the basement (5-minute walk north from JR station)
Description: A great chance to brainstorm with other teachers and exchange pearls that really spice up a lesson in "My Share"

Officer elections will follow at the end of the meeting.

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

The New TOEIC (r): Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges

Speaker: Grant True
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., December 17th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Rousei Kaikan; Conference Room 4 (near JR Shizuoka Station)
Description: The TOEIC (r) is the primary tool for assessing English proficiency in Japan and a good score as become a common prerequisite for job and cademic placement and advancement. Because of its importance, TOEIC (r) test preparation courses have become a standard part of both college/University and private language teaching curriculums.

This workshop aims to clarify the changes to the test, highlight the impact and implications and for both test takers and teachers and present some approaches to overcoming the problems Japanese learners are likely to face.

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