Yamagata Chapter

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Yamagata Chapter Events in 2002

Events archive by year:
2008 [10]; 2007 [12]; 2006 [9]; 2005 [11]; 2002; 2001 [10];

Sunday, February 3rd, 2002

Midland of England in Terms of History, Culture, Education, and Language

Speaker: Miranda Jackson, Geos English Conversation School Yamagata
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., February 3rd, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236 43 2687)
Description: Miranda Jackson speaks about midland England in light of a global issues aspect, hopefully expecting to find some key to do away with terrorism and war with the help of foreign language acquisition and instruction.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002

Cross-Cultural Misunderstanding Between Japanese and Americans

Speaker: Stephen Ryan, Yamagata University
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., March 3rd, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: This presentation will discuss ongoing research concerning cross-cultural misunderstandings between Japanese and Americans. The focus of this discussion is that Japanese and Americans often misunderstand each other due to the disparity of their own everyday unique cultural experiences that have become highly over learned and exist as unrecognized information or cultural scripts.

Saturday, April 6th, 2002

Cultural Appropriacy in Teacher Training and ELT Methodology for the Japanese Education System

Speaker: Anthony Crooks, Miyagi University of Education
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., April 6th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: The presenter wishes to examine the needs for those involved in the training of teachers and development of ELT programs within Japan to formulate approaches that are both practical and effective within the social and educational context in this country. While suggestions for how this may be achieved will be provided, feedback and suggestions from the audience are also welcome.

Sunday, May 26th, 2002

The Accelerated Learning Cycle

Speaker: Charles Adamson, Miyagi University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., May 26th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: The Accelerated Learning Cycle is the secret of making learning easier and more effective. It consists of introduction, active concert, passive concert session, reading elaboration activities, and writing. The presenter will explain the purpose and how to do each portion of the cycle, and then talk about ways to improve learning.

Saturday, July 6th, 2002

Salt Lake City

Speaker: Paul Rawlins, Brigham Young University
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sat., July 6th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: Rawlins will discuss Salt Lake City in terms of history, religion, culture, education, language, etc., tying in the concept of English as a means of global communication.

Sunday, September 1st, 2002

New Zealand in Terms of History, Culture, Education and Language

Speaker: Louise Bernett
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., September 1st, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: The presenter will talk about New Zealand in terms of history, culture, education and language, within a general theme of English as International Communcation.

Sunday, October 6th, 2002

Addressing Relevance and Motivation

Speaker: Jonah Glick (Pearson Education Japan)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 6th, 2002)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: Addressing Relevance and Motivation Motivation is crucial for successful learning. What techniques should we employ to encourage motivation and maximize learning? Two ways are: to ensure learners talk about what interests them; and to teach language for specific real-world functions. High-interest, relevant content, presented at an appropriate level, and clear, achievable task-based activities, will further enhance learning and involvement. This presentation will explore these and other issues. Activities will be drawn from appropriate new materials from Longman.

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