East Shikoku Chapter

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East Shikoku Chapter Events in 2008

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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Workshop on Web 2.0 technologies in education

Speaker: Dr. Michael Vallance (Hakodate Future University), Gordon Bateson (Kanazawa University), Takahiro Ioroi (Kochi Women�fs University), Mark Shrosbree (Tokai University)
Time: 10:20 AM - 4:30 PM (Sat., February 2nd, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: Kochi University of Technology, Science English Lab (Language Lab) and CALL Lab, K building 3F, Tosa Yamada (18 km NE of Kochi City)
Description: Today's global learning environments have benefited tremendously from the emergence of web 2.0, the revolutionary second generation of web-based platforms and services. Web 2.0 technologies such as podcasts, mobile blogs and video sharing have the potential to greatly enhance and promote interaction and the social construction of knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. In Japan, mobile technology is ubiquitous; as a result there are numerous possibilities for integrating the technology that students are already using in their personal lives into pedagogy and curriculum design. This colloquium, with its hands-on workshops, will allow participants to explore Web 2.0 technologies and their relationship with education and pedagogy, and to benefit from the practical experience of expert practitioners.

Schedule

10:20 - 10:25 Opening Speech

10:30 - 12:00

A. Takahiro Ioroi (Kochi Women�fs University)

Workshop on Course Management Systems �ibeginner�j

B. Gordon Bateson (Kanazawa University) Workshop on Course Management Systems (intermediate)

12:50 - 13:50 Web 2.0 Poster Session

14:00 - 15:30

A. Michael Vallance (Hakodate Future University) Workshop on iPods and podcasts

B. Mark Shrosbree (Tokai University) Workshop on video editing

15:40 - 16:30 Final Symposium

Venue and access details will be made available on the chapter website at http://eng.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/eastshikoku/

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Materials Creation for Professional Development

Speaker: Neil Heffernan, English Education Center, Ehime University
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., May 17th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: Kochi Women's University, Eikokuji Campus, Kochi City, 2nd floor, administration building (10 meters from main entrance). 5-15 Eikokuji-cho, Kochi City.
Description: Creating and writing textbooks can be a rewarding experience for professionals who wish to further their development as both EFL teachers and practitioners in Japan. Although writing a textbook can be a long and arduous task, it is a worthwhile experience for teachers who want to contribute to the field in a manner that will benefit other teachers and, of course, the learners in their classrooms. The presenter will show how �Ethrough his involvement in the creation of two recent textbooks for Japanese learners �Ethis can be achieved and exactly how the process works. The specifics of finding a suitable publisher to suit one's ideas and needs will be discussed, along with the best ways of integrating one's ideas into the work for final inclusion in the textbook. This will be followed by an outline of the results of a recent survey of teachers' attitudes and actions towards copyright laws when developing and using materials in the EFL classroom, which have direct implications for what materials developers should consider when formulating materials for classroom use.

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Sausage and Cheese: Games in the Elementary School English Classroom

Speaker: Stan Pederson, Kumamoto University
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Sat., July 5th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: Kochi University Asakura Campus, room 136
Description: Like sausage and cheese, language can be served up in chunks or slices. When our learners start with chunks, they face the problem of cutting them into slices later so they can use them to say exactly what they want. When they begin with slices they face the challenge of putting them together into larger chunks they can use at once. Games can act as a knife, cutting up chunks of language or, they can act as a skewer putting smaller bits together in a tasty combination. His workshop will explore the teaching choices available and display the full range of possibilities in demonstrations of teaching games.

Stan Pederson is a specialist in young learner FL education and assessment. Stan is currently teaching in the Faculty of Education at Kumamoto University after a long tenure with the Chiyoda-ku Board of Education where he taught English and developed curricula for Tokyo elementary schools. He also instructs courses for teachers of young learners at the graduate schools of Teachers College, Columbia University and at Kanda University of International Studies.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Storytelling and Language Teaching

Speaker: Kusumika Chatterjee
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., October 25th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: Kochi University Asakura Campus, room 136
Description: Telling a good story is an important part of what we do with language. Kusumika will suggest a variety of techniques for helping students of all ages to tell effective stories in their second language. In addition to support with writing, grammar and the structure of stories, Kusumika will also demonstrate how storytelling can be enriched through expressive nonverbal actions such as mime, movement, puppets and masks.

The powerful storytelling technique used by the speaker is based on 'Abhinaya', Sanskrit for "taking towards". Her workshop content and the stories she shares are based on principles of multiculturalism.

Speaker profile: Kusumika Chatterjee is a professional storyteller based in England. She began her career working with Mother Theresa in Calcutta and is currently working with migrant children in Coventry and Warwickshire schools. She has wide experience in the craft of storytelling and uses the medium to teach communication. Kusumika has given seminars and workshops on storytelling using mime, movement, puppets and masks to head teachers; teachers; nursery teachers; teachers of children with special needs; playgroup leaders; language assistants; bilingual support workers; school governors; parents; children; and children and adults with special needs throughout the Midlands, in Southampton, Basingstoke and London. She has extensive experience in multicultural education, and has a background in language education, drama and professional training in the arts. Kusumika's storytelling techniques have been been profiled in The Guardian.

Kusumika is being sponsored by East Shikoku JALT while in Japan. She will be presenting lessons at Kochi University and Hiroshima University, speaking for Okayama JALT and visiting local primary/high schools in the Kochi area.

Many of our members are currently using storytelling in their university language classes, and this might be a good chance to learn more about what the craft has to offer to EFL methodology. Kusumika is a very open and sharing presenter who brings a lifetime of international experience. Please come and enjoy her stories, and learn how storytelling can be applied to the language classroom in alternative ways.

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