Toyohashi Chapter

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Toyohashi Chapter Events in 2003

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2008 [10]; 2007 [12]; 2006 [10]; 2005 [10]; 2004 [10]; 2003; 2002 [8]; 2001 [6];

Sunday, January 26th, 2003

The Cultural and Institutional Context of JTE - AET Team-Teaching

Speaker: William Matheny, AET
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 26th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: Since William Mathen began working as an Assistant English Teacher (AET) in 1997, he has often pondered what he perceives as the limitations of AETs as an EFL curriculum innovation. Some of the limitations are obvious, but when the AET position is examined in relation to cross-cultural phenomena and theory related to innovation, a number of additional potential weaknesses appear. Matheny will describe how team teaching appears to be flourishing in the face of a formidable array of obstacles.

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

Making Homepages Worthwhile

Speaker: Anthony Robins
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 16th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: Using my experience of 2nd-year university classes based onproducing homepages, I will discuss issues which have been explored such astypes of content, efficient use of time and the balance between buildinglanguage and computing skills. Participants will have the opportunity to look at the homepages which have been produced, discuss their ownexperiences, and offer ideas for the future.

Sunday, March 9th, 2003

The Magic of MAT: Put Speed and Rhythm into your Lessons

Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., March 9th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: Are you running out of ideas for your children's classes? Do your students forget their lessons easily? Practicing with speed and rhythm helps your students learn faster. Add movement to stimulate the right side of the brain and you will see your students' performance improve greatly. Phonics, vocabulary-building and systematic pattern practice are fundamental to the successful second language development of children. This lively workshop will demonstrate fun and interesting ways to incorporate these elements into lessons for elementary students.

Sunday, April 13th, 2003

DramaWorks Workshop

Speaker: Marc Sheffner
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 13th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: DramaWorks' two textbooks, Star Taxi (2000) and PopStars (2002), both use drama techniques to provide intensive speaking and listening practice for teenagers and young adults. They function as complete courses, and include warm-ups, language activities and teacher's notes. They may also be used as supplements. This will be a workshop-style, participatory presentation introducing the books and how they can best be used.

Sunday, May 18th, 2003

Annual Potluck Picnic

Speaker: none; bring something!
Time: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (Sun., May 18th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Ryokuchi Koen, Toyohashi (nearest station is Takashi)
Description: All are welcome to attend and to invite guests. Please bring something to eat and drink. There are convenience stores near the picnic site, and we plan to have a barbecue (BBQ). See you there!

Sunday, June 22nd, 2003

The Impact of Performance Tests on Teacher and Student Learning

Speaker: Kazuyoshi Sato and Keiko Takahashi
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 22nd, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: The speakers will present data about how teachers and students learn to use performance tests in a Japanese public high school. The study delineates how students have made progress in their performance tests as teachers have collaborated toward more coherent assessment criteria. They will show a video of students' presentations and demonstrate some of the activities.

Sunday, July 6th, 2003

Teach the Brain, Not the Intellect

Speaker: Marshall R. Childs
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 6th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: To be successful at language teaching, teachers must understand what happens in students' minds. Learning through the intellect is a small part of language learning. The larger part takes place subconsciously, in the part of the mind that is full of passions, sounds, rhythms, and dreams. The teacher, as coach rather than lecturer, can improve his or her success by understanding what goes on in students' brains and by encouraging effective learning activities.

Sunday, October 19th, 2003

Language Learning and Teaching Histories

Speaker: Brad Deacon
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 19th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 53
Description: In this two-part presentation Brad will start by sharing exciting examples from his student's Language Learning Histories, or LLHs. Then participants will experience the process of LLHs themselves including various ways to use the process in their own classrooms. In the second half of this presentation, participants will follow a similar procedure to LLHs but this time will go deeper into their own teaching by reflecting and sharing their LTHs. The afternoon promises to be a highly interactive and experiential adventure.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2003

JALT National Convention Reports, followed by Bonenkai

Speaker: James Matchett, Angus MacIndoe, Laura Kusaka
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Wed., December 3rd, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 53
Description: Local members will report about the JALT National Convention held November 22-24 in Shizuoka. Bonenkai at Karuta in Toyohashi will follow the meeting.

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