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Himeji Chapter Events in 2001

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Sunday, June 3rd, 2001

Getting Students to Express Themselves

Speaker: Derek Mackrell, Thomson Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 3rd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; Students: 300 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (located directly across from Nozato Station, Bantan Line; plenty of free parking; from Himeji Station, train leaves at 13:50)
Description: Learning a language provides special challenges for all students. Thispresentation shows how to use a learner- centered, task- based approach toencourage active communication, getting students to learn by doing. Thepresenter will use examples from Expressions, a new 3-level, 4-skillseries by David Nunan, to demonstrate the step-by-step language-buildingtasks that help provide students with the skills, confidence, andmotivation to become more fluent English speakers.

Sunday, July 8th, 2001

Vocabulary Building

Speaker: Sonia Yoshitake-Strain
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 8th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; Students: 300 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (located directly across from Nozato Station, Bantan Line; plenty of free parking; from Himeji Station, train leaves at 13:50)
Description: Though teachers and students are different levels, we both struggle toexpand our vocabulary. Would you like to join me in a workshop designed todiscuss techniques/approaches in teaching and learning of vocabulary? Thefirst half of the workshop will be hands-on presentation of a way to expandone's vocabulary through the knowledge of word formation. Severalcopy-and-use handouts will be available. The second half of the workshop isfor participants to share the ways they succeed in teaching and learning newvocabulary. What strategies do you use? What is your most effective strategy?

Sunday, October 14th, 2001

Teaching Japanese Through Observation, Listening, and Discovering

Speaker: Cheena Fujioka
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 14th, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; Students: 300 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Nozato Kominkan (across from Nozato Station on the Bantan Line) Parking available.
Description: This presentation will be on teaching Japanese as a foreign language at secondary schools in the U. S. Based on the concept of Child Language Acquisition, the presenter demonstrates and describes her teaching techniques and approaches to teach 4 skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, and the culture. Seeing is believing, so several videos of actual teaching, students' skits, speeches as well as students' projects and tests will be shown to illustrate the above. You won't believe how much Japanese they can learn in a few years without any exposure to the language outside of the class!

Sunday, December 2nd, 2001

Longman ELT publisher workshop

Speaker: Paul Rosengrave, Longman ELT
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., December 2nd, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; Students: 300 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (located directly across from Nozato Station, Bantan Line; plenty of free parking; from Himeji Station, train leaves at 13:50)
Description: Paul Rosengrave, Longman ELT, highlights the features of Longman's newest ELT materials.

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