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West Tokyo Chapter Events in 2006

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2008 [3]; 2007 [5]; 2006; 2005 [6]; 2004 [5]; 2003 [7]; 2002 [6]; 2001 [5];

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

The Kanto Junior/Senior High School English Teachers Seminars

Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Martin Nuttall, Chuck Sandy, plus six others
Time: 9:45 AM - 5:30 PM (Sun., January 29th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: British Council, Tokyo. Map: http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-map-tokyo.htm
Description: West Tokyo JALT and Cambridge University Press welcome you to the British Council for a full day of presentations on themes relevant to all involved in teaching at the high school level. This is a great opportunity to see prominent authors, find out about global exams, contact teacher organizations, and network with other professionals in the same line of work.

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

Teaching Test-Taking Strategies

Speaker: Karl O'Callaghan (from Oxford University Press)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., May 28th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University, Daiichi Kenkyuu Center, Room TBA
Description: Free Pizza courtesy of OUP. Event details TBA

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Micro-Conference #3: Reading Inside and Outside the Classroom

Speaker: Richard Barber, Andy Boon, Daniel Stewart, & Roberta Welch
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 10th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University, Daiichi Kenkyuu Center, Room 1310
Description: The West Tokyo Chapter of JALT (Japan Association of Language Teaching) announces the third in a new series of micro-conferences, each featuring several presenters exploring a particular topic for a whole day. June's theme is teaching reading.

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

How to Apply for a JSPS Grant in Aid of Scientific Research

Speaker: Sayoko Yamashita and Donna Tatsuki
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., September 16th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Ochanomizu. Lecture Hall
Description: The JALT Executive Board, West Tokyo Chapter and Tokyo Chapter are pleased to announce a half day workshop for those who plan to apply for JSPS* Grants in Aid of Scientific Research (KAKENHI) in both Tokyo and Kansai during September, 2006.

Would you like to apply for a research grant?

Come to this workshop to learn basic step by step strategies for improving your chances. Grants-in-Aid are awarded to promote creative and pioneering research across a wide spectrum of scientific fields, ranging from the humanities and social sciences to the natural sciences. Grants are awarded to projects organized by individual researchers (including part-time teachers) and research groups at Japanese universities or research institutes engaged in basic research, particularly research in critical fields related to advanced research trends. A total of 188 billion yen was awarded in 2005. (Ref. JSPS* Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Homepage)

Map: http://www.tmd.ac.jp/TMDU-e/isc/english/map.html

Directions: Enter from the ER Entrance of the Medical Hospital using the Ochanomizu gate [Notice the Big PARKING sign]. Follow the directions posted at the guard station at the ER Entrance. Do not go to the ISC, marked in red.

Pre-Registration: To book a seat, please send an email message to seminar2006jaltokyo@gmail.com

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

The 1st JALT Joint Tokyo Conference: Action Research - Influencing Classroom Practice

Speaker: David Nunan, Curtis Kelly, Don Maybin, Stan Pederson and Andy Boon
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (Sun., October 22nd, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): 1,500 yen (JALT Members)
Fee (One-Day members): 3,000 yen (Non-Members)
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Temple University Japan Rooms 206/207
Description: West Tokyo and Tokyo JALT chapters are proud to host the first of a new annual conference in the Tokyo area.

Presentations include:

1] David Nunan:

Action Research and Professional Growth

In this presentation, I will examine action research as a professional development tool. The presentation will address the following questions: What is action research? What effect can AR have on teachers' practices? What are the steps in doing AR? What are some of the problems and solutions in doing AR?

2] Curtis Kelly:

Unconventional Ways to Research your Teaching

Let us consider three new methodologies for doing research in our work: 1) Action research, "the process of identifying a puzzle in the classroom, collecting data, and interpreting that data" (Finch, eslteachers board.com), 2) Development research for making something new, and 3) Evaluation research for checking products or programs.

3] Don Maybin: Changing behavior: Communication strategies training research

This presentation will describe the evolution of a specific communication strategies training model, including its origin, classroom introduction, and testing approaches. Discussion will center on research carried out with Japanese university students in the UK, as well as data based on the training of business professionals in Japan.

4] Stan Pederson:

Assessing an extensive reading program

This presentation describes a system for assessing an extensive reading program using a simple cloze test combined with easily applied yet sophisticated statistical analysis. The instrument revealed dramatic improvement in student ability, results which were confirmed on two other measures associated with reading proficiency.

5] Andy Boon:

Bringing down the wall: The IMCD experience

This presentation will outline current procedures utilized by teachers to work on their professional development. It will also describe a teacher development program in which isolated teachers use Instant Messenger Cooperative Development (IMCD) (Boon, 2005), to facilitate and support reflections and investigations of teaching.

Pre-registration is now available - http://tjalt-conf06.iplusone.org/

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