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Himeji Chapter Events in 2003

Events archive by year:
2008 [4]; 2007 [7]; 2006 [5]; 2005 [4]; 2004 [7]; 2003; 2002 [7]; 2001 [4];

Sunday, April 20th, 2003

Foreign Children in Japanese Schools

Speaker: Panel Discussion
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 20th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (students free)
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: Himeji JALT is happy to welcome five members of the Himeji community who will discuss the experiences of their children in Japanese schools. The panel chairwoman will be Masae Matsumoto. The panel members will be Mrinalini Mazumber from Bangladesh, Pornpana Yano from Thailand, Keiko Ohta from Laos, Pham Thi Bich Le Watanabe from Vietnam, and Olinda Keiko Shoshima from Brazil.

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

Adapting American Headways For All Classrooms

Speaker: Julian Warden, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 15th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free this month (sponsored by Oxford University Press)
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: The focus of Julian Warden's presentation will be on the adapatability of the textbook American Headways (OUP) into junior high school, high school, and university classrooms. Warden will give helpful hints to teachers on how to adapt individual exercises and activities to meet the needs of students of all levels in EFL classrooms.

Sunday, September 7th, 2003

An Inside View of the JET Program

Speaker: Matt Apple
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., September 7th, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 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: Matt Apple will describe his experiences while he was working at a high school in the country. There will be an interesting view of the changes to the 5-day schoolweek as well as other topics including cultural events and social situations.

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