West Tokyo Chapter

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West Tokyo Chapter Events in 2001

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Sunday, February 11th, 2001

Memoirs of a Teacher

Speaker: Peter J. Collins
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., February 11th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on Denentoshi line)
Description: Teaching an entire novel seems like a daunting prospect. With enough structure however students can tackle the work in depth. The presenter has just finished teaching Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha to a class of 14 Japanese women. Participants will receive handouts for a sample lesson and will discuss ways to apply the activities to shorter readings. The presentation will be followed by an Officer/Planning meeting which is open to all West Tokyo JALT members.

Sunday, May 20th, 2001

The Silent Way

Speaker: Noriko Ross
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., May 20th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on the Denentoshi line)
Description: This meeting will be longer than usual since it's going to be a "hands on" experiential workshop. Noriko Ross teaches English part-time at Hosei University and at Kunitachi Music College. Ross is a trustee of the Gattegno Foundation and a founding member of the Association of Science of Education.

Sunday, June 17th, 2001

Task-based Learning

Speaker: Johan Glick, Longman Publishing; Don Ogawa, Longman Publishing
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 17th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on the Denentoshi line)
Description: Task-based Learning

Sunday, July 8th, 2001

Options and Frameworks in Lesson Planning

Speaker: Josh Kurzweil, Kansai University and Brian Long, Kyoto Gaidai
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., July 8th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on the Denentoshi line)
Description: Options and Frameworks in Lesson Planning

Saturday, November 17th, 2001

Lesson Planning By Threads

Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sat., November 17th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Jogakkan Junior College (near Minami-Machida station)
Description: In this workshop Tessa Woodward shows you a way of saving time when planning lessons. "Threads" are activities set up by you and your students which, once introduced, can be picked up again in later lessons with a minimum of explanation to run and rerun, reviewing and consolidating work on vocabulary, the four skills, social skills and/or language items. You'll have a chance to experience example activities and to comment on them.
This event is part of the Four Corners Tours 2001, which are opportunities for JALT National Conference speakers to visit local JALT chapters throughout the country.

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