Himeji Chapter

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Himeji Chapter Events in 2008

Events archive by year:
2008; 2007 [7]; 2006 [5]; 2005 [4]; 2004 [7]; 2003 [3]; 2002 [7]; 2001 [4];

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Prepare Your Students for Academic Studies (Publisher Presentation)

Speaker: Ms. Eri Okuda (Oxford University Press)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 13th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
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: Students need preparation to enable them to enter a college or university armed with the strategies they need to listen, take notes and discuss ideas independently and confidently. 'Lecture Ready' is the only video-based series that trains students in the listening and language skills they need to understand and excel during lectures in their future studies. The presenter will talk about the problems/issues that students would face and skills that they need in order to survive academic study in overseas.

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

A Memorial for Bill Balsamo

Speaker: Dr. Patrick Dougherty
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 8th, 2008)
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 special meeting where the HImeji JALT membership and friends will have an opportunity to celebrate the life of Bill Balsamo, past president of Himeji JALT, long-time community member, teacher, and philanthropist.

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Making Your Teaching More Effective

Speaker: Shirley Leane
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., August 10th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Egret Himeji (the international center facing Himeji Castle -- a five minute walk from Himeji Train Station)
Description: In this workshop we will discuss ways to make our teaching more effective, and how to better support language learners in our classrooms. Topics to be covered include: Communicating effectively with low level students without resorting to L1Classroom managementSleeping students. Are they actually being polite to the teacher? Note: Please bring a pen, shar pencil and a notebook so you can join handwriting "experiments."

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Exploring Reading and Writing Connections

Speaker: Mark Taylor
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 12th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Egret Himeji (the international center facing Himeji Castle -- a five minute walk from Himeji Train Station)
Description: Framing each of the two skills of reading and writing as an interactive process allows for an interesting set of engagements with the target language. We'll share ideas and explore possibilities for integrating L2 reeading and writing in the EFL classroom. Note: If you'll be workng with a particularly troubling text later in the school year, bring it along. Maybe we can put our heads together and gnerate some new lesson ideas!

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