Yokohama Chapter

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Yokohama Chapter Events in 2004

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2007 [7]; 2006 [11]; 2005 [10]; 2004; 2003 [9]; 2002 [10]; 2001 [8];

Sunday, January 11th, 2004

Pronunciation Clinic for Non-native Teachers of English

Speaker: Ron Thornton
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 11th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: This informal pronunication clinic is especially for non-native English teachers. Bring your pronunciation questions and problems for Ron, and he'll to offer useful advice and practice. (Note: please check the room number in Gino Bunka Kaikan's ground floor directory board in case there is a room change.)

Sunday, January 18th, 2004

Effective Groupwork Guidelines

Speaker: Christopher Jon Poel & Robert M. Homan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 18th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Yokohama Women's Forum in Totsuka accessible by JR Tokaido Line or Yokosuka Line or Yokohama Subway (map)
Description: Many of today's textbooks include directions telling students to "work in groups." But students are more often than not ill-prepared for doing any kind of meaningful groupwork. In this presentation, we will describe a set of cooperative-learning materials that have been used to train university students of various levels to work effectively in groups.

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

Cooperative Development as a Medium for Teacher Development

Speaker: Andrew Boon
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., February 8th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: The presentation will describe a teacher development program in which two teachers adopted the supportive and non-judgmental interactional environment framework of Julian Edge's Cooperative Development and worked together in order to raise awareness of and find new perspectives about their teaching.

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

Wrestling with Writing

Speaker: Tom Anderson
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., March 14th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: Of the 4 skills, writing is perhaps the most time-consuming and least enjoyable for both teachers and students. Is it possible to engage our students in tasks that will change their negative perceptions and ability to communicate in written English? The presenter believes that the answer to this question is YES! Participants in this workshop will look at and engage in writing activities which are interesting and fun, and which build confidence.

Sunday, April 11th, 2004

Using Video & Internet for Intercultural Education

Speaker: Scott Bronner, Sophia University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 11th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: In teaching intercultural topics, videos and the Internet have a wealth of exploitable information. After delineating examples of preparatory materials for thinking about culture, the presenter will show clips from a few videos particularly suited to showing cultural concepts and give a handout including other videos suggested by other teachers of Intercultural Studies. Then he will show a variety of ideas how the Internet can be utilized either directly, interactively or indirectly to obtain intercultural information and develop cross-cultural understanding.

Sunday, May 9th, 2004

Applying Cross-Cultural Simulations in Japanese Contexts

Speaker: Tim Newfields
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., May 9th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: What are the challenges in using cross-cultural simulations such as Ecotonos in Japanese contexts? Which simulations are well-suited for language classrooms? How can Ecotonos and other experiential role plays be used as tools for problem-solving, cross-cultural awareness, or communication skills? This combined presentation and workshop explores these questions.

Sunday, June 13th, 2004

Lifelong Language Learning Conference

Speaker: LIOJ, JALT and ETJ members
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 13th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free (minimal donation for refreshments)
Fee (One-Day members): free (minimal donation for refreshments)
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Odawara
Venue: LIOJ (Language Institute of Japan), 4-14-1 Shiroyama, Odawara, Kanagawa (0465-23-1677)
Description: In this "Lifelong Language Learning" joint conference, speakers from the Kanagawa, Kanto and Shizuoka areas will give a sneak preview of presentations that may be seen at the National JALT conference (in the fall of 2004). This is sponsored by Yokohama JALT (Japan Association of Language Teaching, a non-profit organization), LIOJ (The Language Institute of Japan, located in the "Asia Center"), ETJ (English Teachers Japan), MacMillan LanguageHouse, Atom and Abax (publishers of ELT materials).
This conference will have 11 presenters leading workshops and talks full of practical language education ideas for teaching a range of students, from children to adult. There will be four presentations running concurrently in three, 45-minute presentation slots, as well as a coffee break for informal discussion and viewing publisher displays.
Getting there: If you would like to travel together from Yokohama Station, please take the 9:58 train (Tokaido Line) to Atami. This train leaves Totsuka at 10:07, Ofuna at 10:14, arrives at Odawara at 11:06.

Sunday, July 11th, 2004

Local Innovations in Public School English Language Teaching

Speaker: Elizabeth Knight, Yokohama Board of Education
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 11th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: Knight has in-depth experience working for the Yokohama Board of Education and supervising the JET program in this area. She will discuss some of the innovations that she has seen in language teaching and give insights into some of the recent changes that are occurring in the teaching of English in public schools.

Sunday, October 17th, 2004

Energetic Ecosongs for Kids & Helping High Schoolers' Fluency

Speaker: Renata Suzuki, Eigo de Asobo
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 17th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Yokohama Forum: Landmark Tower 13th Floor. Nearest Station: Sakuragi-cho
Description: Join us for this two-part workshop with a talented songwriter and kids-to-adult teacher. Our presenter will share some of her Ecosong creations. We'll be learning actions, games, and projects to go with the songs in order to stimulate children's natural fascination with the environment. The second part of the workshop will focus on a senior high-school Oral Communication project involving DVD and process writing to develop student fluency in talking about movies.
[Note: October's meeting is the 3rd Sunday, not the 2nd, due to the holiday.]
Renata Suzuki is a multi-level English teacher and a songwriter for the television show Eigo-de Asobo.

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

Off their log and into English: Getting Learners to Effectively Interact

Speaker: Nick Lyne, part of Interacting
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Tue., November 16th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: This short workshop will provide some fun, quick and effective language learning techniques to all teachers based on successful strategies of INTERACTING. In taking part in this fun and highly interactive course, teachers will learn how to build confidence in a group, learn control techniques and class management, build creativity, and increase speed and fluency. (Comfortable clothing recommended.)
About the speaker: Nick Lyne is part of INTERACTING, a dynamic language training services and products.

Sunday, December 12th, 2004

Top Up Communication

Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr, ABAX Ltd.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., December 12th, 2004)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: Alastair Graham-Marr highlights the importance of developing both top-down and bottom-up processing skills to help students develop their communicative abilities. He shows how to break up the skills of speaking and listening into sets of sub-skills, which can then be a focus of classroom activities for monitoring achievement. Graham-Marr teaches at Tokai University, and edits for an independent ELT press, ABAX Ltd.

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