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April 2005

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

Whose English is Better, Anyway, the Queen's or the President's? Which Features Are Different, and Which Are the Same?

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Kenneth G. Schaefer, Temple University Japan
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Sat., April 09, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Tenjin Satellite Campus (9F), Tenjin 2-8-38, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map
Description: Dr. Schaefer's first presentation will be a brief historical account of the differences between British and American English and the features that mark the differences. This presentation will also focus on how Canadian, Australian, and ... read more

A Talk About The State of Iowa

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Jeffrey Kirstein, Yamagata University
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., April 09, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Seibu Kominkan, Kagota 1-2-23, Yamagata-shi
Description: Jeffrey Kirstein will talk about the state of Iowa in terms of its history, culture, politics, economy, language, etc., while focusing on English as a means of global communication in the 21st century.

Hanami Social (change of date)

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Everyone is welcome to share ideas, mix and mingle at this social event.
Time: 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., April 09, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free (bring your own bento and refreshments) Adults are charged a 200 yen to enter the garden.
Fee (One-Day members): free (bring your own bento and refreshments) Adults are charged a 200 yen to enter the garden.
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Nishinomaru Japanese Garden, Osaka Castle Park, under the best cherry blossoms we can find!
Description: Apologies for the short notice, but due to the forecasted 50-60 per cent chance of rain this coming Sunday, we've regrettably decided to reschedule our Osaka JALT Hanami Social yet again to this Saturday, April ... read more

Ambiguity, Neutralization, and Telling the Truth: A phonetic approach to the teaching of EFL listening comprehension

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Hiroshi Matsusaka
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., April 09, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 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: One of the factors that make listening comprehension difficult for EFL learners is the discrepancy between a piece of English as it is orthographically represented and the same piece of English as it is phonetically ... read more

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Teaching Forum on Japanese Perspectives

Sponsor: Hamamatsu Chapter
Speaker: Various
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sun., April 10, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (1st visit is free)
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Hamamatsu
Venue: Hamamatsu, ZAZA City Bldg. Palette, 5th floor, Meeting Room A
Description: In this meeting, a panel of Japanese teachers from various levels of the education system will address some of those frequently pondered questions about their teaching situations in order to provide insights and answers. If ... read more

English Education Innovations in Gifu

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Yoshimi Enya and Chisato Ono
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., April 10, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Gifu International Center (Hotel Grand Vert Gizan 3rd Fl)
Description: Two school teachers will be coming to tell us about what is happening with English Education amongst the Primary Schools and Junior Highs in Gifu at the moment.

Boardwalk/Hanami Party

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Various
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 10, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): No admission charges this month!
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Lumbini restaurant, Dejima Wharf
Description: April brings the beginning of spring, as well as the start of classes for many people. This month, we will have a spring party at or near Dejima Wharf. The purpose is threefold: first, to ... read more

Children's English Education at Bilingual and English Schools Across Asia

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Jason Good
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 10, 2005)
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: We often hear that Japan is lagging behind the rest of Asia with children's English education, but what is the rest of Asia doing in this regard, especially in bilingual and English-based schools? We'll look ... read more

OUP Graded Readers

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Tonja McCandie, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM (Sun., April 10, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: This presentation focuses on Graded Readers. Tonja McCandie will discuss the types of readers, incorporating readers into the curriculum, the advantages of using graded readers, and selecting appropriate levels. She will present lesson plan ... read more

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

Pizza Party / Listening Skills Workshop

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Karl O'Callaghan, ELT Consultant for Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., April 16, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University, buiding and room TBA
Description: In daily life, we listen twice as much as we speak and four times as much as we write. Unfortunately, as important as this skill is, Japanese students through high school are rarely trained beyond ... read more

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Kagoshima JALT Family and Friends Picnic

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: All Members and Friends Welcome
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 17, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: At Kenkou No Mori Park
Description: It's the season for hanami. Come view cherry blossoms with Kagoshima JALT. We have changed the date and time of this event to encourage more participation from our members with families and children. Please come ... read more

Using short stories and poems in Japanese University English classes

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Hillel Wright
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 17, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University Bldg 5 - room 53A
Description: Using selections from the 2002 anthology "Faces in the Crowds; a Tokyo international anthology," we will explore the ways university English teachers can employ literature, in short forms, to inspire class discussion, provide topics for ... read more

A Literacy Framework: Guided Reading Strategies

Sponsor: Chiba Chapter
Speaker: Robert Baines and Ellen Kawaguchi
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 17, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Chiba
City: Chiba
Venue: SATY Bunka Hall, Room 2 (4th Floor), 1 min. walk from Inage Station east exit on JR Sobu Line. map
Description: Guided reading is a structured reading activity for informational text that helps students make sense of information. Workshop format proceeds from presentation with completed samples to participant practice with graphic organizer templates currently used in ... read more

Scarcely a Ripple: Surfing the waves of student anxiety and motivation

Sponsor: Himeji Chapter
Speaker: Terry Fellner and Matthew Apple
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 17, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 300 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: Terry Fellner & Matthew Apple from Himeji Dokkyo University will present an intensive CALL program held over two weeks they developed in the summer of 2004 for a group of fourth-year low-intermediate level university students. ... read more

Oral Communication Benchmarks

Sponsor: Okinawa Chapter
Speaker: Marcos Benevides, University of the Ryukyus
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 17, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Naha
Venue: Okinawa Christian College
Description: The speaker will briefly examine two new language competency descriptor systems, the Common European Framework and the Canadian Language Benchmarks, and discuss the urgent relevance of such an open system for describing and assessing communicative ... read more

The Illusion of Synonyms

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Andy Boon, Takushoku University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 17, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Sakuragi Kominkan 5F (near Omiya Station, west exit,see map).
Description: This presentation questions the synonymic relationship between bias and prejudice. Firstly, the two terms are compared using their entries in the New Oxford English Dictionary. Secondly, the investigation examines bias and prejudice as they occur ... read more

Saturday, April 23rd, 2005

DYSLEXIA: I've heard of it. But what really is it?

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Thomas Warren-Price
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., April 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (500 yen for a student)
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: D-201, AIU Library, Akita International University
Description: This presentation will help you develop an awareness of DYSLEXIA (and DYSPRAXIA). Dyslexia is a condition that affects people from all educational and social backgrounds. Discovered and acted upon early enough, dyslexia can significantly alter ... read more

Two Presentations: (1) Helping Others, Helping Yourself; (2) Beyond the Commercial Textbook: Your Own is Better

Sponsor: East Shikoku Chapter
Speaker: Ken Hartmann; Lawrie Hunter
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., April 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: The Fureai Centre in Otoyo, opposite Otaguchi Railway Station
Description: Ken Hartmann will give a short presentation on how teachers can help other teachers and ultimately how they help themselves and their students. Can you really make a difference in the life of your students ... read more

My Share: Teaching Young Children

Sponsor: Miyazaki Chapter
Speaker: Michael Narron and Sachiko Ikemizu, Elizabeth Lokon, and Amy Szarkowski
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., April 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University, Room 310 (3F)
Description: Three presentations on EFL teaching ideas for younger learners. Michael Narron and Sachiko Ikemizu will discuss the use of short English activity blocks in children's classes. Elizabeth Lokon will discuss John Dewey's ideas on children's ... read more

An Analysis of Pragmatic Errors Based on Riley's Hypothesis

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Hiroko Murakami
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., April 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; students 500 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Okayama Sankaku Building near Omotecho in Okayama city
Description: Intercultural communication can be interpreted successfully only when we are sensitive to the socio-cultural rules of language use and the differences between our first and second languages. This is a presentation of the analysis of ... read more

Global Education through Role Play and Simulations

Sponsor: Kobe Chapter
Speaker: Kip Cates (Tottori University and GILE SIG coordinator)
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sat., April 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA (2-7-15 Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe. tel: 078-241-7204)
Description: Experiencing global issues such as war, peace and human rights through role plays and simulations can result in more powerful learning than by traditional teaching methods. This workshop will give participants the chance to experience ... read more

Student Evaluations of Teachers. What do the learners think?

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Peter Burden
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., April 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; students 500 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Okayama Sankaku building near Omotecho in Okayama city
Description: The end of semester questionnaire given to students for course feedback has become a ritual for teachers and students. While the purpose of any student evaluation of teaching is the improvement of teaching and implicitly ... read more

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

Two presentations by Tim Murphey

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: Tim Murphey, Dokkyo University
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Tsukuba
Venue: Tsukuba Gakuin Universtiy, Tsukuba (formerly Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University)
Description: Tim Murphey will give two presentations. The first is entitled Activities to Get Students to Appreciate Mistakes and Risk More in Conversation. The second is Self and Other Modelling by Regular Video Taping. Further details ... read more

DYSLEXIA- I've heard of it. But what really is it?

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Thomas Warren-Price, Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Iwate International Plaza, Morioka
Description: This presentation will help you develop an awareness of DYSLEXIA (and DYSPRAXIA). Dyslexia is a condition that affects people from all educational and social backgrounds. Discovered and acted upon early enough can significantly alter the ... read more

Distance Study - Getting Qualifications from Home

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Amanda Harlow and Sanae Kawana
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School near Sumikawa Subway Station
Description: Going back to college to earn extra qualifications and doing it as a distance student are double challenges not taken on lightly. They entail considerable financial and time investment. However, studying by distance has its ... read more

Teaching Children Workshop

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Peter Schinkel, Essential English School in Sapporo
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkaido International School; 1-55, 5-jo, 19-chome, Hiragishi (5 minute walk from Sumikawa Station)
Description: The first half of this workshop introduces JALT Junior Hokkaido as JALT Hokkaido's voice for Teachers of Children. The workshop gives teachers of children an opportunity to say what they would like from JALT Junior ... read more

Using dance movement and drama to increase bodily awareness

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Evangelos Diavolitsis
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3rd Fl.
Description: One of the biggest problems facing EFL teachers is the students' fear of making mistakes and their lack of expression when speaking English. With music and props we will learn the parts of the body ... read more

STEP goes international: Eiken USA and STEP BULATS

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Todd Fouts and Martin Nuttall
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Maebashi
Venue: MIT: Maebashi Institute of Technology (Maebashi Koka Daigaku), 460-1 Kamisadori, Maebashi
Description: STEP Eiken is creating new opportunities for Japanese students to study abroad. This presentation will cover recent changes to the test design and a number of new ways in which Eiken qualifications are being recognized ... read more

The Psychology of Difficult Students

Sponsor: Nara Chapter
Speaker: Curtis Kelly
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tezukayama University Gakuenmae Campus (JALT2004 Conference Site) Facing South Exit of Gakuenmae Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line
Description: Every college teacher must face students who are bored, indifferent, and even hostile. While there are no simple solutions for dealing with such students, four theories in psychology related to motivation, moral development, and learning ... read more

Double Session: Goal Setting for the New School Year, and My Share � Activities that Work for Me

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; students free the first time, 500 yen thereafter.
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: AER Building, 28th floor, Kensyuushitsu 2
Description: In part one, participants will reflect on their teaching and ways they want to become more effective in the next year. This will be followed by a My Share session in which members share ideas ... read more

Three Interesting Approaches for Improving the Quality of Your English Lessons

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Robin Manning, Tim Buthod, and Eleanor Kane (all from Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 24, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center, Peace Park (3rd Floor, Seminar Room)
Description: Three speakers will give mini-presentations, each exploring a successful curriculum that has been tested in his or her class. Robin Manning will present successful task-based reviews and assessment utilizing BINGO, movies, and other enjoyable themes ... read more

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