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January 2003

Sunday, January 12th, 2003

New Year Party

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: All welcome
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., January 12, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): 3,000 yen per person (tentative price, includes food, drink, and admission to the pools)
Fee (One-Day members): 3,000 yen per person (tentative price, includes food, drink, and admission to the pools)
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kawachi Hot Spring (Ajisai no Yuu), Yahata
Description: Join us for the Kitakyushu JALT New Year party, for a meal and a soak at Kawachi Hot Spring on Sunday January 12th, starting at 1:00 pm. This event is for the whole family. A ... read more

ELT Materials Use & Design: Problems & Resolutions

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Kenneth Biegel
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 12, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Yokohama
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Description: This presentation will address some difficulties teachers often face in course design, while trying to find appropriate materials to use in the EFL classroom. Several suggestions will be offered as ways to solve these problems ... read more

Saturday, January 18th, 2003

Two Presentations:
1. English Teaching in Japanese Elementary Schools;
2. The Test of English Conversation

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: 1. Christopher Creighton; 2. Paul Moritoshi
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., January 18, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 500 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F
Description: There are two presentations tonight. The first is entitled "English teaching in Japanese Elementary Schools: How to Move Beyond Shaking Hands, Signing Autographs, and 'Simon Says'" Since April 2002 Japanese elementary schools have adopted a ... read more

New Year's Party

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: All welcome
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., January 18, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): Food: 1500 for six kinds of dishes. Drink: per-drink or opt for 1500 yen all-you-can-drink
Fee (One-Day members): Food: 1500 for six kinds of dishes. Drink: per-drink or opt for 1500 yen all-you-can-drink
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Moon Soon Cafe, 6F, CT33 Building, Oodori, Morioka
Description: This party welcomes in the new year for Iwate JALT and friends. Come to make new contacts or catch up with old friends. All are welcome to attend.

Sunday, January 19th, 2003

Hiroshima JALT Bookfair 2003

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Several presenters
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 19, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima YMCA, 7-11 Hatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Description: The largest language-teaching book fair in the Chugoku region, with publishers' displays, presentations, distributors' sales, audio, video and computer software, JALT Special Interest Group (SIG) tables, and drawings for prizes. Everyone is welcome.

International Communication and Sensory Awareness Workshop

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: Ken Groger and Michelle Marquette
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 19, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Shizuoka Kyoiku Kaikan (next to Mr. Donuts, across from Shin-Shizuoka station)
Description: The workshop covers various themes relevant to language communication, sensory and handicap awareness, cultural sharing, building trust and letting go of the need for physical appearance cues when making new friends. Afterwards, a Macmillan representative ... read more

Saturday, January 25th, 2003

Book Fair

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: several; TBA
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (Sat., January 25, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jellybeans Kousha Building 1-4F, near Shinysahiki Tram Stop
Description: Kagoshima JALT is co-sponsoring this book fair with Jelly Beans Educational.

Sunday, January 26th, 2003

Surviving in the Mixed Level Classroom

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Mark Hamilton and Alan M. Cogen
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 26, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: HIS (Hokkaido International School) 1-55 5-jo 19-chome, Hiragishi Toyohira-ku, Sapporo (near Sumikawa Subway Station)
Description: Due to a declining pool of college-aged students, more universities have had to accept lower level students. For teachers this has resulted in more lower-level learners and a wider range of abilities. Gardner's theory of ... read more

Going Live! - Tried and Tested!

Sponsor: Kumamoto Chapter
Speaker: Katherine McKay, Longman ELT, Pearson Education Japan
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 26, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto YMCA, Chuo Center
Description: Come and join this hands-on workshop - a real lesson, followed by group work-stations and a circle time. Explore current teaching approaches, share practical tips and activity ideas, and make teaching English to children empowering, ... read more

Maps for Transformation

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: David Pomatti
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 26, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd Floor (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description: We know Bloom's taxonomy of thinking skills, Gardner's multiple intelligences, and Hofstede's dimensions of cultural variability as ways of focusing our teaching for Japanese students. Drawing on educational and transpersonal psychology, this talk will present ... read more

The Cultural and Institutional Context of JTE - AET Team-Teaching

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: William Matheny, AET
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., January 26, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: Since William Mathen began working as an Assistant English Teacher (AET) in 1997, he has often pondered what he perceives as the limitations of AETs as an EFL curriculum innovation. Some of the limitations are ... read more

Listening Strategy Techniques: Does It Help To Teach Them?

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Hiroko Tsujioka
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., January 26, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 200 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Maebashi
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575)
Description: Dr. Tsujioka will present an analysis of a study on listening strategy introduction in a university EFL context. The results give insights into practical ways to teach listening strategies for Japanese students. Participants will actively ... read more

Literacy in Language Education: What, Why and How

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: open roundtable discussion
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., January 26, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free (also free for TALE members; TALE is Tohoku Association of Language Educators)
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for non-JALT and non-TALE members)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Aibaku Chuo Shimin Center (formerly the Ichibancho Shimin Center) behind Maruzen
Description: In this discussion about literacy and its role in L-2 education, participants are invited to bring their knowledge, experiences, arguments and questions to the discussion. We begin by focusing on what literacy means in terms ... read more

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