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February 2001

Sunday, February 4th, 2001

Mini Book Fair

Sponsor: Niigata Chapter
Speaker: Several presenters
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 04, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Niigata
City: Niigata
Venue: Niigata Terusa, Niigata City
Description: Presentations and displays by Oxford, Cambridge, and Longman.

Saturday, February 10th, 2001

Elementary School English Education in 2002

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida, Little America English Schools
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., February 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: Uchida is a believer in the natural ability of children to absorb English. Activities and games that initiate and motivate students to take the great leap and interact with their peers in English are the ... read more

Star Taxi

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: DramaWorks (Theo Steckler, Ian Franklyn, and Marc Sheffner)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., February 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, room 31 (a 5-minute walk from the Kokura train station for shinkansen, JR train)
Description: Star Taxi is a story told in twenty scenes of dialogue. Star Taxi is easy and fun to use, does not require any drama experience or props, and does not end in a full-blown dramatic ... read more

Sunday, February 11th, 2001

Memoirs of a Teacher

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Peter J. Collins
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., February 11, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on Denentoshi line)
Description: Teaching an entire novel seems like a daunting prospect. With enough structure however students can tackle the work in depth. The presenter has just finished teaching Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha to a class ... read more

Doing A Needs Analysis For Your Classrooms

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Charles Adamson, Miyagi University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 11, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): No fee information was provided. Contact Toyohashi
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: No description was provided for this event.

Star Taxi

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: DramaWorks (Theo Steckler, Ian Franklyn, and Marc Sheffner)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 11, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (2F of I'm Building)
Description: Star Taxi is a story told in twenty scenes of dialogue. Star Taxi is easy and fun to use, does not require any drama experience or props, and does not end in a full-blown dramatic ... read more

Braving Controversial Topics for Conversation Classes

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Joy Jarman-Walsh, Yasuda Women's University, Hiroshima
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., February 11, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; local members 4000 yen per year
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Teaching conversation classes means introducing topics for students to talk about. Whether these originate from the textbook or your own perception of what will generate a discussion and practice, the topics are often safe and ... read more

Extensive Reading Across the Ability Spectrum!

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Ronan Brown (Seinan Gakuin University), Stephen Donald (Nagasaki Junshin University)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sun., February 11, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Aso Foreign Language Travel College, Hakata-eki-minami
Description: Extensive Reading (ER) - requiring students to read in quantity, with enjoyment and interest the main motivators - is an effective means of developing reading ability and overall language competence. Ronan Brown will outline the ... read more

Wednesday, February 14th, 2001

Liverpool, England, in terms of English and Englishmen

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Anthony Cunningham, Yamagata Prefectual Board of Education
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Wed., February 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo-Kominkan Sogogakushu Center (t: 0236-45-6163)
Description: Cunningham speaks on this topic in terms of every possible aspect of Liverpool, England, ranging from its history, culture, music, education to English, hopefully focusing on the possibility of a Japanese of communicative English which ... read more

Classroom Rubrics: How to Increase Authentic Student-Student Communication in the Classroom

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Dave Hough
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Wed., February 14, 2001)
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 workshop looks at rubrics (also known as metalanguage or simply "classroom language") as a place where teachers can increase the amount of time spent on authentic communication in the classroom. They can do this ... read more

Friday, February 16th, 2001

Two presentations

Sponsor: Kyoto Chapter
Speaker: Tim Newfields, Nanzan University
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Fri., February 16, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Venue: Kyoto Kyoiku Bunka Center
Description: Two presentations:

Creative note-taking and study skills
Mind mapping techniques for students

Sunday, February 18th, 2001

Effective During-reading Strategies

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: Mary Lee Field, Ibaraki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Hitachi
Venue: Ibaraki Christian University, Oomika-cho, Hitachi City
Description: This presentation will illustrate, explain, and teach two effective "during-reading" strategies to help Japanese students monitor their comprehension of an English text. Using these can reduce readers' need for word by word translation and help ... read more

Graded Readers: Reading Extensively Beyond the Classroom

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Jeffrey Herman, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (Sponsored by Oxford University Press)
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: Nodai Niko High School (Takasaki)
Description: We cover the ins and outs of Extensive Reading using Graded Readers, from initial book selection through student evaluation. For the novice and experienced teacher alike, the presenter provides ideas for how to confidently and ... read more

Teaching Connected Speech

Sponsor: Kanazawa Chapter
Speaker: Maurice Jamall, Tokai University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Shakai Kyoiku Center (3-2-15 Honda-machi)
Description: An understanding and working knowledge of connected speech--elisions, liaisons, reductions and weak forms--is essential for understanding English as it is spoken naturally. Language chunks need to be presented in contexts that mirror the way language ... read more

Motivating Learners in the LL

Sponsor: Miyazaki Chapter
Speaker: Tsuchiya Maiko, Miyazaki Municipal University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 700 yen
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University
Description: Tsuchiya will report survey results on learner attitudes toward English study from a group of second-year university students, and discuss how learner feedback has influenced her thinking on course goal setting, lesson planning, and materials ... read more

Against All Odds: The Challenges of being a High School English Teacher in Japan

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Charles Browne, Aoyama Gakuin University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Omiya Jack 6F (near Omiya JR Station, west exit)
Description: Although there has been much debate about Japanese high school English education, most arguments have been based on anecdotal evidence. To begin developing baseline quantitative data about Japanese high school English teachers, a 26-question survey ... read more

Language and Cognitive Science

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Dean Williams
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Abeno YMCA (near Tennoji Station)
Description: Psychological, symbolic-mathermatical, or social theories of language are insufficient because they do not adequately address the indisputably biological nature of our species' linguistic ability. This presentation will attempt to draw together the strands of evolution, ... read more

Empowering Students via Ethnographic Study Abroad

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Linda Kadota
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park: International Conference Center 3F (seminar room 2)
Description: A discussion of an exchange program which was a success in providing non-academic students with some challenges. A Program encouraging Ethnographic study was developed in response to the decline in university enrollment and corresponding decline ... read more

Saturday, February 24th, 2001

Star Taxi

Sponsor: Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: DramaWorks (Theo Steckler, Ian Franklyn, and Marc Sheffner)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., February 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Sophia University (Yotsuya Stn) Building 9, room 252
Description: Star Taxi is a story told in twenty scenes of dialogue. Star Taxi is easy and fun to use, does not require any drama experience or props, and does not end in a full-blown dramatic ... read more

Sunday, February 25th, 2001

Language Strategies

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Anthony Rausch (Faculty of Education at Hirosaki University)
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., February 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Iwate International Plaza, Morioka
Description: Mr. Rausch will tell us his ideas about the strategies students use to learn English and present data from his research on Language Strategies with Japanese high school and university students and teachers. Then, we ... read more

English Education in the Japanese Elementary School

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Kobayashi Keiko
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Dream Theater, Gifu
Description: Many elementary schools in Japan have just started teaching English as of last April. Yet, many teachers are now concerned with how to go about implementing this. The speaker will talk about her own experience ... read more

Theories of Creative Writing

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Tim Blankly, Kokugakuin Junior College, Takikawa
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School (five minutes from Sumikawa Station; doors open at 13:00)
Description: By studying real texts such as fiction, poetry, philosophy, history, etc., students can begin to understand how to become creative writers in English as a Second Language. By identifying the relevant theoretical premises, students can ... read more

Conversation Strategies & Timed Conversation: Nice Talking With You!

Sponsor: Kobe Chapter
Speaker: Tom Kenny, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies.
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., February 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS
Description: Kenny will talk about how this practical speaking activity--timed conversation--motivates learners to practice real social conversation and keeps them speaking English only longer. He will show videos of students using timed conversation and the essential ... read more

Movies and NLP in the English Classroom

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Adachi Momoko, Nanzan University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., February 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd fl. Room I
Description: Movies can be used effectively for teaching English. Interesting examples will be demonstrated from Back to the Future, Anastasia, City of Angels, Matrix, etc. Also, useful Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques will be shared.

Using Poems As Tools To Improve English Pronunciation

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: TBA
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., February 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Nagano
Venue: TBA
Description: TBA

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