JALT Events by Month

Below you see an overview of JALT's events for April 2006. (Also see next month.) For other views of event information, see the search menu.

April 2006

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Meeting in association with Osaka JALT and SIETAR Kansai

Sponsor: Kyoto Chapter
Speaker: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 02, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Venue: Dawn Center
Description: Kyoto JALT in association with Osaka JALT and SIETAR Kansai invites you to a lecture with Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, author of an award-winning autobiography entitled, "Looking Like the Enemy." The book portrays her experiences in ... read more

Imprisoned in America: The Mary Matsuda Gruenewald Story

Hanami Social afterwards near Osaka Castle

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, author of Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 02, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen for JALT and SIETAR members (Osaka JALT local membership now only 1000 yen!)
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: The Dawn Center, near Keihan/subway Temmabashi station, 06-6910-8615. See http://www.dawncenter.or.jp/english/contact.html#how_to_access for map and directions. Child care available with advanced notice.
Description: Ms. Matsuda Gruenewald will visit Japan for the first time and share her timely story with us. Afterwards please join us as we enjoy the cherry blossoms along the river near Temmabashi station. This event ... read more

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Looking Like the Enemy

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Wed., April 05, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center, Room B2 (in the basement)
Description: Matsuda Gruenewald, 80 years old, will describe her experience in a Japanese-American internment camp. Last year she published her first book on the topic. In the talk, she will be painfully honest, showing participants how ... read more

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Tourism in America

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Nathaniel Hoy
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., April 08, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Yamagata
City: Yamagata
Venue: Yamagata Kajo Kominkan Sogo Gakushu Center, Shironishi-machi 2-chome, 2-15, Tel. 0236-45-6163
Description: An English conveersation school instructor in Nagai city, Yamagata, he will present on the use of English as a means of global communication when touring in America.

Preliminary Report on Linguistic Readiness of Japanese Students Studying at an American University / Frivolity in the Classroom

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: L. Dennis Woolbright, Kazuko Nishioka, and Yuji Hayashi / Malcolm Swanson
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Sat., April 08, 2006)
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: About 150,000 Japanese students take the TOEFL test every year, which is about 20 per cent of the total test-takers in the world. Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced that a new-generation on-line Test of ... read more

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

NLP and Feldenkrais: Body and Mind in the Classroom

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Sylvie Kuehne
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 09, 2006)
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 offers practical information on our brain, self-image and learning. Participants will explore Feldenkrais and NLP, two exciting body-mind fields. Both NLP and Feldenkrais are based on an empowering vision of the human being ... read more

Ways into Poems

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Linda K. Kadota, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., April 09, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F (Parking NOT available)
Description: Poetry can be a valuable source of motivation for language learners, offering an enriching and stimulating way to experience and enjoy the language of study. This activity-based workshop will inspire ideas and strategies for incorporating ... read more

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Task-based Language Learning Through Debate

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Eiko Nakamura
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., April 15, 2006)
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: Learners' language development through debate tasks observed in a high school English classroom is closely examined. A chaotic period in which learners pushed themselves to paraphrase and improvise their speech during a debate task was ... read more

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Presentation Title: The Enneagram and Interpersonal Peace Workshop

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: Lawrence Metzger
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 16, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Ibaraki University, Mito
Description: The workshop involves taking two small tests in English or Japanese to determine one's main character trait with one or two sub-traits that cumulatively profile intrapersonal characteristics with implications of direct influence on interpersonal behavior. ... read more

Storytelling in Language Teaching

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Charles Kowalski
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 16, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: Everyone loves a good story! This workshop is for teachers interested in bringing the power of oral storytelling (personal anecdotes, folktales, jokes, or any other kind of narrative) into their classrooms. The first part will ... read more

TBA

Sponsor: Okinawa Chapter
Speaker: TBA
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 16, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: TBA
Description: see our website for more information:

http://okinawateacher.com/

Two Presentations: 1. Unions and Labour Disputes; 2. A co-operative model for promoting change at university.

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: 1. Masao Sasaki (Tokyo-Area University Part-time Teachers Union); 2. Nick Wood (University Teachers Union)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 16, 2006)
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: Unions and labour disputes This is a two-part presentation on labor unions by Masao Sasaki, Vice-Chairman of the Tokyo-Area University Part-time Teachers Union . Part 1 will provide a step-by-step explanation on using a union ... read more

Communication through Drama

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Sue Fraser Osada
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM (Sun., April 16, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Matsumoto-shi
Venue: Matsumoto M-Wing, Room 4-2, across from PARCO
Description: In this workshop, drama techniques and activities to develop communication skills through fluency, pronunciation, co-operative learning, confidence-building and intercultural awareness will be presented. Osada will demonstrate how drama can be effectively employed to motivate all ... read more

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Language Learning Histories: A writing workshop for teachers with stories to tell

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Martha Clark Cummings
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., April 22, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen for non-members, 500 yen for students
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: Room B103 at AIU (Akita International University)
Description: This workshop is for anyone who has a language learning story to tell. Through a series of exercises, using the techniques of published writers, the presenters, who write fiction and non-fiction, will guide the participants ... read more

Methods for Introducing Global Issues in the EFL Classroom

Sponsor: East Shikoku Chapter
Speaker: Kip Cates, president of JALT's Global Issues in Language Education SIG
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., April 22, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: Kochi University Asakura Campus, room 136
Description: This workshop/presentation will offer effective methods for integrating global issues into language teaching, and for adapting global education materials to the needs of learners with different levels and curriculum and content objectives. This Earth Day ... read more

Using Native Culture as a Spur to Communicating in English

Sponsor: Kobe Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Patrick T. Dougherty
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Sat., April 22, 2006)
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: Dr. Dougherty has begun a series of student projects that allow students to use their own Japanese heritage and history as a tool for language learning. Through presentations, role-playing, and projects, students focus on studying, ... read more

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

Language Learning Histories: A writing workshop for teachers with stories to tell

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Martha Clark Cummings
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., April 23, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Aiina, Morioka
Description: This workshop is for anyone who has a language learning story to tell. Through a series of exercises, using the techniques of published writers, the presenter, who writes fiction and non-fiction, will guide the participants ... read more

Feminist Pedagogy in the ESL/EFL Classroom

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Reiko Yoshihara
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., April 23, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Maebashi
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575)
Description: Reiko Yoshihara will discuss feminist pedagogy and ESL/EFL. She argues the theory of feminist pedagogy and introduces the genealogy of feminist pedagogy and finds an intersection between feminist pedagogy and TESOL. She will discuss how ... read more

A lesson in Chinese (and Discussion)

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Jacky Young and Tom Warren-Price (Ikuei Gakuen High School)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., April 23, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Aoba-ku Chuo Shimin Center (formerly called "Ichiban-cho Shimin Center") 2-1-4 Ichiban-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, 980-0811
Description: Learning interactive beginner Chinese the teacher-led way. Also some cultural considerations and a recipe for Jacky's delicious home-made Chinese dumplings. Followed by a discussion on assessing the benefits/costs of the teacher-led Chinese language lesson and ... read more

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