Toyohashi Chapter

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Toyohashi Chapter Events in 2005

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2008 [10]; 2007 [12]; 2006 [10]; 2005; 2004 [10]; 2003 [9]; 2002 [8]; 2001 [6];

Sunday, February 13th, 2005

Loanwords: Lexical Hindrance or Latent Storehouse?

Speaker: Kate O' Callaghan and Robert McLaughlin: Lecturers, Tokoha Gakuen University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 13th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 53A
Description: With the apparent rise in usage of English loanwords in speech among Japanese young people, it may be said that there is a lessening of the linguistic distance between the two languages. However, there has been some debate regarding the degree to which loanwords may be purposefully employed in lesson design as well as the overall role of loanwords in EFL instruction. The presenters will outline the debate on the topic through a review of the literature, and will summarize the results of their recent research. Lastly, the presenters will outline specific learning tasks that utilize loan words and English cognates effectively.

Sunday, March 6th, 2005

Make Reading Easy and Fun! - with the Potato Pals

Speaker: Oliver Bayley Oxford University Press
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., March 6th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (sponsored by OUP)
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University Bldg 5 - room 53A
Description: Oliver will guide participants through practical and enjoyable group-work activities and classroom ideas that will benefit all teachers of very young learners. Oliver will also introduce the Potato Pals, Oxford�s newest course for pre-school/kindergarten-aged children. All participants will receive a free Potato Pals reader. In the second half of the presentation, the speaker will look at the topic of reading - how to turn students of any age and interest into "Bookworms". Participants will look at how teachers are currently using graded readers in various schools, as well as some of the latest graded readers from Oxford University Press (including OUP's new series - Dolphins) and a variety of fun and effective activity types for students of all ages.

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Using short stories and poems in Japanese University English classes

Speaker: Hillel Wright
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 17th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University Bldg 5 - room 53A
Description: Using selections from the 2002 anthology "Faces in the Crowds; a Tokyo international anthology," we will explore the ways university English teachers can employ literature, in short forms, to inspire class discussion, provide topics for speech or presentation and present examples for writing assignments - either critical essays or creative works. The text chosen is recently published (2002) and includes much material about current Japan and/or written by current residents of Japan.

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

Toyohashi JALT Annual Picnic

Speaker: It's a picnic!
Time: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (Sun., May 22nd, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free (please bring something to eat, drink or barbeque)
Fee (One-Day members): free (please bring something to eat, drink or barbeque)
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Toyohashi Ryokuchi Koen (Takashi station, Atsumi Line)
Description: All members, family and friends are very welcome to attend the Toyohashi JALT Annual Picnic, which will be held at Toyohashi Ryokuchi Park, just to the south of Aichi University. In the event of rain, it will be postponed to the following Sunday. Please call 0532-46-4337 or 0532-46-6299 for further details. Please bring something to eat, drink or barbeque.

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

An Overview of Japanese English education from the Meiji period to the present

Speaker: Gregg McNabb
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 12th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University Bldg 5 - room 521
Description: English education in Japan is sometimes incorrectly stereotyped as a static state of grammar-translation, coupled with the memorization of grammatical minutiae in order to pass The Entrance Exam. However, from the Meiji Era, to Harold Palmer, to the JET Program, to the ministry's recent plan to cultivate "Japanese With English Abilities," Japan's English education has been "dynamic." This presentation seeks to provide an overview of important developments in Japanese English education and may be controversial with respect to future prospects.

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

Teaching Young Learners, and Teaching Phonics

Speaker: Peter Warner
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 3rd, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 53A
Description: In the first half of this presentation, principles of successful EFL lessons will be explained and demonstrated. Although the context is young learners, these principles apply to adults as well. The second half will explain the importance of phonics, and demonstrate methods of teaching it. There will be time for questions.

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

What About You?

Speaker: Kenneth Biegel (Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education.)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., September 25th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University Bldg 5 - room 521
Description: This presentation will address some difficulties teachers often face while trying to find appropriate materials to use in the EFL classroom. A large segment of the presentation will focus on how to utilize published materials, or design appropriate materials for specific situations. Finally, the presenter will introduce his attempt to design appropriate materials for the non-intensive nature of most Japanese university classes, and how this resulted in his writing the McGraw-Hill series, What About You?

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Theatre in the English Language Classroom: Learning Through Play

Speaker: Emily Roehl and the Nagoya Players
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 16th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: This is a presentation on how to utilize a number of theatre games as icebreakers and language building tools in the English classroom. In particular, the presentation will focus on role-playing and mimicry as integral parts of the language learning process. Excerpts from the Nagoya Players' upcoming production of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" will be presented as a means of highlighting the power of word play both in drama and in the language learning experience.

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

National Conference Reports

Speaker: Christopher Mefford and Toyohashi JALT members
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 20th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: Toyohashi JALT members who attended the National JALT conference in Shizuoka will report about what they saw and experienced there. We will have a chance to hear the latest from the world of ESL as presented at the conference.

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Orientation for College Studies outside the Classroom

Speaker: Steve Brown
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., December 18th, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 542
Description: In this presentation, Steve Brown describes and evaluates an orientation program for incoming students in the English Department of a women's junior college. The program was aimed at fostering students' awareness of their own learning styles, and also at alerting them to alternative approaches to learning English.

This won't be a one-way presentation. Steve will show some of the approaches used in the program - active participation is encouraged! He also hopes to share ideas for ways in which this kind of program might work in other contexts and institutions.

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