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April 2001

Sunday, April 8th, 2001

Creating Collaborative Learning Communities

Sponsor: Niigata Chapter
Speaker: Tim Murphey, Nanzan University
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., April 08, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 500 yen
Prefecture: Niigata
City: Niigata
Venue: Niigata International Friendship Center
Description: Teachers can help construct an environment in which "what minds are modeling is made manifest to all." We will explore different ways that teachers can encourage students to make manifest to each other and the ... read more

Increasing Students' Involvement in the English Language Classroom

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Hattori Takahiko, Otsuma Women's University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 08, 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: The main purpose of this presentation is to introduce a variety of communicative activities suitable for pair work, groups, and large classes. All are designed to inspire students to talk and be creative.

Friday, April 13th, 2001

Philosophy of Teaching Difficult Students

Sponsor: Kyoto Chapter
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Heian Women's University
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Fri., April 13, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Venue: Kyoto Kyoiku Bunka Center
Description: College EFL classes, dubbed "the wasteland of motivation," bring us into contact with students who are bored, indifferent, and even hostile. While there is no simple solution for dealing with such students, the problem is ... read more

Saturday, April 14th, 2001

Speech Act Theory and Second Language Learning

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Mark Anthony, Yamagata University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., April 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan (t: 0236-43-2687)
Description: The presenter will discuss various speech acts used by speakers and will introduce the field of pragmatics in detail while explaining its relevance to second language learning.

Two Presentations: (1) Exploring Ideas in the Pre K Through 12 Range, (2) Involvement and Motivation in the Junior High School EFL Classroom

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: (1) Michelle Nagashima (co-author of SuperTots), (2) Katherine Mackay (ELT consultant)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., April 14, 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: While the focus of these two presentations is on teaching younger students, the ideas presented will be applicable to all age levels.Children are active and enthusiastic in the classroom, and receptive to almost all activities ... read more

Sunday, April 15th, 2001

Use of Visual Aids for Tactile Learners

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: Duane Isham, Ibaraki University
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Tsuchiura Ulara Building -- Kennan Shougai-Gakushuu Center (across from Tsuchiura Station)
Description: The presenter will explain his methods of using artwork and teaching/learning through experience.

Self-assessment as a classroom tool

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: Alan McKenzie
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Kyoiku Kaikan (next to Mr. Donuts across from Shin Shizuoka station).
Description: Self-assessment has generally been treated in one of two ways in the literature: either as a possible replacement for language tests, or as a discrete learning strategy. However, self-assessment's greatest value comes from the development ... read more

(1) Creative Note Taking, (2) English Education in Taiwan

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Tim Newfields, Nanzan University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: Contact Toyohashi JALT for details

Putting the Art Back into Language Arts: Music and Drama

Sponsor: Chiba Chapter
Speaker: Kristie Collins and Sandra Ingram, Josai International University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Chiba
City: Chiba
Venue: Chiba Community Center Room 61 (near Chiba Shiyakushomae on the JR monorail)
Description: This is a workshop comprised of two forty-minute sessions outlining various uses of music and drama in the EFL classroom. The presenters will introduce learner-centered activities for differing levels and abilities.

Reasons To Rap In Class

Sponsor: Fukui Chapter
Speaker: Prisca Molotsi, Nanzan University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Centre, Fukui City
Description: Rap music can be used as an invaluable tool when teaching English. Rap can aid memory retention, phrasing, expansion of vocabulary, diction, inflection and overall pronunciation as well as being a fun way of tapping ... read more

Hot Rods: Using Cuisenaire Rods to Promote Conversation

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Larry Cisar, Kanto Gakuen University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 200 yen, new-comers free
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: Nodai Niko High School (t: 027-323-1483)
Description: This interactive workshop shows seven simple, easy, fun ways to get students conversing in their target language. The rods, often associated with the Silent Way, are easily used in a wide variety of situations to ... read more

My Share: Chapter members present their own lessons

Sponsor: Kanazawa Chapter
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Kanazawa Shakai Kyoiku Center, 3-2-15 Honda-machi
Description: Anyone interested in participating should bring 15 copies of a "sure-fire" lesson plan. Participants will divide into groups based on skill, interest or teaching situation for poster-session type presentations, followed by ohanamikai at Kenrokuen. ... read more

Two presentations: (1) A Holistic Approach to Oral Communication (2) A Case for Freewriting

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Intercom Press (www.intercompress.com)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; local members 4,000 yen per year
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: The first presentation by Shimizu illustrates usage of information gaps, listening with peer review, surveys and "Find someone who..." types of activities. Participants experience activities which make the learning process fun and meaningful. In the ... read more

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Muneyoshi Kitamura
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Nagano
Venue: TBA
Description: TBA

Two presentations: (1) Starting Right with SuperTots and (2) Pingu Play! For Every Child's First English Experience

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: (1) Michelle Nagashima (co-author of SuperTots), (2) Katherine Mackay (ELT consultant)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima International Center, Crystal Plaza 6F
Description: Details for each of these presentations will be forthcoming.

Saturday, April 21st, 2001

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., April 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: Minnesota State University-Akita (MSU-A)
Description: English instruction is about to become an option for the new "Period for Integrated Studies" in the Japanese public schools. Monbusho has published a "Handbook for Elementary School English Teaching Activities," to provide support to ... read more

My Share: Lesson Ideas That Will Keep You Awake at Night

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Scott Gardner, sngard@mx1.tiki.ne.jp
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., April 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Sankaku Arc Square Building
Description: EUREKA! Closet Archimedeans! Surely something you've taught has worked! Why not share your intimate classroom discoveries with other teachers? Come out to the swap meet, give it all away, and go home with a fistful ... read more

Voices From the Classroom

Sponsor: Kumamoto Chapter
Speaker: Professor Takaki Nobuyuki of Kumamoto University and the PIGATE Action Research Group
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Sat., April 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto Shimin Kaikan (Room 7 on the second floor)
Description: This meeting is in three parts.The highlight of the first hour of this teacher education extravaganza will be a talk entitled, "Inverting ESP," by Joseph Tomei, of Kumamoto Gakuen University. This presentation will provide an ... read more

Stop Making Sentences!

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Michael Guest, Miyazaki Medical College
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., April 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Aso Foreign Language & Travel College, Bldg 5, 1-14-17 Hakataekiminami, Hakata-ku Fukuoka-shi (10 minutes from Hakata Station, map on web site)
Description: It has often been said that there is no such thing as a sentence in speech. Yet teachers and classroom texts still place an inordinate amount of focus on using sentences to teach spoken English. ... read more

Sunday, April 22nd, 2001

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., April 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Iwate International Plaza
Description: English instruction is about to become an option for the new "Period for Integrated Studies" in the Japanese public schools. Monbusho has published a "Handbook for Elementary School English Teaching Activities," to provide support to ... read more

Using Drama in the ESL Classroom

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Ohno Akihiko
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School (5 minutes from Sumikawa Station)
Description: Mr. Ohno is a free-lance dramatist who is involved in education and theater. He gives workshops on how to use drama in second language classrooms. He always starts his workshops with simple, non-verbal warm-up games ... read more

Pragmatic Tasks With a Purpose

Sponsor: Kobe Chapter
Speaker: Robert W. Long III, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: DiPietro's strategic interactions have been used successfully in an ESL context, but it can be difficult for some EFL teachers to implement this approach. The presenter will introduce five kinds of pragmatic tasks for use ... read more

Kids / Dictionaries

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Takeuchi Eiko and Brendan Delahunty
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center
Description: Taguchi will introduce children's teachers to various activities that cater to short attention spans and the learning styles of children while encouraging teachers to avoid overuse of their own personal favorites. Delahunty will explore the ... read more

The importance of non-verbal communication skills

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Claire Tyers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Kagoshima University, Hobun-gakubu, Room 202
Description: This workshop aims to investigate the non-verbal communication that makes up around 70% of total communication. It demonstrates how non-verbal communication observed during role play projects can potentially aide learners in the learning of English ... read more

Star Taxi

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Theo Steckler and Marc Sheffner
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Omiya Jack 6F (near Omiya JR Station, west exit
Description: Star Taxi is a story told in 20 scenes. The teacher becomes a director and students become actors who rehearse, then perform the simple yet authentic dialogues. No props, stage, or acting experience necessary. The ... read more

Sunday, April 29th, 2001

Effective Use of Songs In and Out of the Classroom

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Brian Cullen, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:45 PM (Sun., April 29, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Dream Theater, Gifu City
Description: As most teachers find out at some point, students are highly motivated by listening to English-language songs. This motivation can be a powerful force in language learning both inside and outside of the classroom. This ... read more

A Holistic Approach to English Conversation

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, co-author of Marathon Mouth and Marathon Mouth Plus (Intercom Press)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 29, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: Most students of English are exposed to it in a variety of ways. Quite often their second/foreign language aquisition splits the English language into a variety of disciplines, e.g. writing, grammar, translation, reading, listening, and ... read more

TESOL 2001 Reports, Ice-breakers and Issues for Part timers

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 29, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free (also free for TALE members)
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for non-JALT and non-TALE members)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: 2nd floor, Seinen Bunka Center (across from Asahigaoka subway station)
Description: This month's meeting is a three part affair. The first (brief!) session will concentrate on members' reports from TESOL 2001, held last month in St. Louis Missouri, and will discuss some of the trends brought ... read more

From Apathy to Autonomy in the University EFL Class through the Enhancement of Perceived Value

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Paul Raymond Doyon (Asahi University) and Brad Deacon (Nanzan University)
Time: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM (Sun., April 29, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Dream Theater, Gifu
Description: In this short (50 minute) presentation, the speakers will explain that by satisfying certain "Psychoacademic" needs (e.g. the need for autonomy), teachers can enhance the students' perception of value and, in turn, increase intrinsic motivation ... read more

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