Gifu Chapter

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Gifu Chapter Events in 2007

Events archive by year:
2008 [9]; 2007; 2006 [8]; 2005 [6]; 2003 [6]; 2002 [6]; 2001 [9];

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Tools of the Trade: Utilizing the Video-iPod to Deliver Engaging EFL Content

Speaker: Bill Pellowe
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., February 17th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken
Description: Using only a video iPod, the presenter will

demonstrate numerous ways that this new tool can be

utilized to deliver both authentic and teacher-created

material to the EFL classroom. The video iPod can be

used either as a basic stimulus/schema activator,

supplemental support, or as the main content of a

language lesson. Learn how to use video, slides (which

are more commonly associated with laptops and

PowerPoint), photos and audio, including podcasts, the

latest online trend, to better engage students.

Technological tips, along with a detailed handout that

includes web-based supplementary materials, will be

provided. Come and experience why the iPod is actually

an affordable alternative to other technologies such

as laptop computers.

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Exploring Multi-Sensory Learning

Speaker: Kim Horne
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., March 31st, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken
Description: Awaken your students' senses by learning and practicing English with engaging multi-sensory (listening, moving, touching, seeing, smelling, and speaking) activities!

By incorporating sight, sound, and touch, the multi-sensory approach is great for all learning styles. Multi-sensory techniques are useful for active students who enjoy learning by doing and children with attention and memory problems. Older students and adults can get in on the action too by accessing sensory laden memories.

Kim is from the USA and has been teaching English to children in the Gifu area since 2000.

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Meaning-Focused Learning Through Drama

Speaker: Kathi Emori, Nagoya Women's University
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., April 21st, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken
Description: Students often are building on their explicit knowledge base, however, moving that into the implicit area can be tougher when faced with the same dialogues and classroom work they are usually exposed to. Through drama, meaning-focused learning draws on their explicit knowledge and helps transfer the usage into a more implicit arena for practical usage.

In this workshop, drama related activities will be presented for this purpose of meaning-focused learning. The participants will even try their hand at a few of the activities and produce their own skits as a student would in this kind of class.

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

The Ins and Outs of Getting Published

Speaker: Steve Cornwell, Ed.D., Osaka Jogakuin College
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., May 19th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken
Description: Whether studying for a masters or a doctorate; conducting quantitative or qualitative research, or working as a teacher or administrator, one thing that almost all of us working in education have in common is the need to publish. Many of us live in a publish-or-perish world, and even if we do not feel the pressure to publish, publishing offers a chance to engage with our colleagues about our work.

This presentation will help writers understand the publishing process from selecting a journal and submitting an article to receiving reviewer's feedback and handling revisions. It will discuss what reviewers look for, show samples of feedback authors receive, and provide advice on what to do if you don't agree with the editor. It will describe specific publishing opportunities available through the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). The format will allow for lots of questions. It might help to look over the submission guidelines at jalt.org/main/publications before the presentation though it is not mandatory.

Steve Cornwell is a graduate of the Ed.D. program at TUJ and is Editor of the Jalt Journal. In addition to his editing work, he has been an Editorial Advisory Board member for JALT publications, has served on the Publications Committee for TESOL, Inc. and has reviewed manuscripts for various publishers including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and MacMillian Education.

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

CUE Conference 2007 - Promoting Lifelong Learning

Speaker: Featured Workshops and
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 23rd, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): to be announced
Fee (One-Day members): to be announced
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
Description: JALT Gifu is co-sponsoring this dynamic 2-day event.

Please go to http://jaltcue-sig.org/node/6 for full details.

Themes include:

Student & teacher motivation

Curricula that promote lifelong learning

Student self-assessment

Critical thinking in the university classroom

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Exploring ways to use communicative language tasks with grammar-based (exam-oriented) high school English lessons

Speaker: Masaomi Kitamura, Uguisudani high school
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM (Sat., September 29th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken
Description: In this hands-on workshop, participants will experience the textbook and testing requirements faced by Japanese teachers of English (JTE's) as they try to fulfill Monkasho suggestions to introduce more communicative English into their classes. The reality is that teachers have very little time to deviate from the text and test preparation remains the most crucial element of their job.

This workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for native speakers to experience how JTE's view communicative English within the broader context of English education. For JTE's, this workshop will provide a venue to compare teaching ideas and collaborate with native speakers to develop task-based EFL lesson plans and bridge the gap between testing and communicative English.

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

TPR-S Storybook Fun

Speaker: Melinda Kawahara
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM (Sat., October 20th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Gifu Bunka Center
Description: Even the best teachers sometimes run out of ideas for their next class. Especially when teaching young learners, lessons must be well prepared and full of fun. In this workshop the presenter will demonstrate how to use TPR-S storybooks for children through games and activities. In this hands-on session a detailed lesson plan will be outlined and everyone will be given the opportunity to write their own personalized story.

Melinda Kawahara has been teaching English as a foreign language for the last 19 years to students of all ages. For the past five years she has been promoting using storybooks in the EFL/ESL classroom using the TPR-S method. She has successfully passed two extensive TPR-S training courses in the United States and is currently the director of Lindy Lizard��s English House where all classes are based on this method.

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Christmas & Bonen-kai Party

Speaker: Turkey Dinner
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., December 15th, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): 2,000
Fee (One-Day members): 2,500
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Aoi's Kissaten-Kasamatsu City
Description: Join us for our annual turkey dinner with all the fixings. If you would like a map or train info, please contact Steve Quasha at:

quasha@yahoo.com

Happy Holidays.

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