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Himeji Chapter Events in 2007

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2008 [4]; 2007; 2006 [5]; 2005 [4]; 2004 [7]; 2003 [3]; 2002 [7]; 2001 [4];

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

EAP Colloqium

Speaker: Sonia Strain and company
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 14th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: EAP Colloquium

This colloquium will introduce Himeji Dokkyo University's EAP program designed for intermediate (and lower) level students by means of a step-by-step, student-friendly approach. This presentation will begin with a summary of the Core Seminar followed by a presentation of activities used for teaching EAP grammar, EAP speaking, EAP listening and EAP writing.

Presenters: Sonia Strain, Susan Jackson, Greg Sholdt, Maggie Lieb and John Cambell-Larsen

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Research and Methodology: Communicate Now!

Speaker: Roger Palmer
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 8th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: This is a presentation and workshop of the presenters new textbook, Communicate Now! Participants will be given an overview of the research that went into the textbook as well as a step to step guide on how best to utilize the textbook. Each participant will receive a copy of the textbook.

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Mission Impossible? Teaching Debate to Large, Multi-level Japanese EFL Classes

Speaker: Maggie Lieb
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., May 13th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: Teaching debate skills to Japanese EFL students presents a unique set of challenges. Aside from the fact that debate is a sophisticated form of interactive discourse, often posing challenges even for native English speakers, teaching debate in Japan could be construed as "mission impossible" from a cultural perspective. Built upon disagreement, teaching debate could be perceived as imposing an adversarial, individualistic communication style on learners who value more harmonious, non-adversarial types of interaction. Yet, if presented carefully and systematically, debate skills can be effectively taught, leading to an enlightening and enriching learning experience.

In this presentation, the speaker will share her experiences of teaching debate skills to a large, multi-level university EFL class. Activities will be described that encourage students to discover, support, and organize their own opinions, as well as refuting and challenging the opinions of others. Suggestions will also be offered for providing linguistic and conceptual support.

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Getting Published

Speaker: Dr. Steve Cornwell
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 10th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: This workshop will take participants through the process of getting published in the area of EFL/ESL. The processes of researching, writing, editing, and submission will be explained and examples will be given. Information on publishing resources will also be offered.

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Teachers Helping Teachers Forum

Speaker: Dr. Patrick Dougherty, Professor William Balsamo, and other THT members
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., September 9th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) has received considerable help from the local Himeji JALT chapter, and this will be a chance for those who have participated in THT events over this past year in Laos, Vietnam, and Bangladesh to inform chapter members about their experiences. We will also be detailing plans for future THT conferences and events.

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Movies in the Making: Making DVD student presentations

Speaker: William Balsamo and George Mano
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 14th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: The presenters will be explaining how to produce and utilize videos and DVDs in the context of the language classroom.

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Language Learning Styles & Strategies

Speaker: Louis Butto
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 11th, 2007)
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 on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: In the classroom, sometimes we find some of our students highly motivated and some of them not. Of course, there might be various reasons for this, but one may be attributed to different individual learning styles. In the first part of the presentation, there will be discussion of diverse learning styles that exist, and a range of instruments used to garner information about them from the students. Then, we will consider how to adjust our classes to reach as many students as possible. This focuses on what the teacher can do. In the second half of the presentation, we will look at what the student can do. That is, we will explore the different language learning strategies that exist to help students improve their potential for success in learning.

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