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June 2001

Saturday, June 2nd, 2001

Another Insight into the Practice of Law in the United States

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: John Nelms, Yamagata Broadcasting
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., June 02, 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: Why are there so many lawyers in the U.S. and what are they all doing there? As a licensed attorney of the State of Colorado, who has handled both criminal and civil cases, the presenter ... read more

Sunday, June 3rd, 2001

Go to the JACET Conference

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Several quality speakers
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 03, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen (JACET member fee may differ)
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University, Seno Campus
Description: In place of the monthly chapter meeting, Hiroshima JALT members are invited to support the Chugoku-Shikoku JACET Annual Conference, where Hiroshima JALT members Ariel K. Sorensen and Cheryl Martens will present an interactive CALL workshop ... read more

Getting Students to Express Themselves

Sponsor: Himeji Chapter
Speaker: Derek Mackrell, Thomson Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 03, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; Students: 300 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Himeji
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (located directly across from Nozato Station, Bantan Line; plenty of free parking; from Himeji Station, train leaves at 13:50)
Description: Learning a language provides special challenges for all students. Thispresentation shows how to use a learner- centered, task- based approach toencourage active communication, getting students to learn by doing. Thepresenter will use examples from Expressions, ... read more

Saturday, June 9th, 2001

Weekend Chapter Retreat with presentations (Day 1 of 2)

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: Brendan Lyons and other chapter members
Time: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Sat., June 09, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo
Description: This is a weekend chapter retreat with lodging provided at the Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo. There will be three prenentations during the weekend:The Celts & The Origins of Western Languages.Speaker: Brenday Lyons.Group Reading ... read more

Ten Reasons Why Not to Teach Culture in the Language Classroom

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Michael Guest, Miyazaki Medical College
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., June 09, 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: Every language teacher would like his or her students to become sensitive to and understanding of other cultures. But do some of the currently popular models actually help or hinder in achieving this aim? I ... read more

Sunday, June 10th, 2001

Weekend Chapter Retreat with presentations (Day 2 of 2)

Sponsor: Ibaraki Chapter
Speaker: Brendan Lyons and other chapter members
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen
Prefecture: Ibaraki
City: Mito
Venue: Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo
Description: This is a weekend chapter retreat with lodging provided at the Ibaraki University Seminar House in Daigo. There will be three prenentations during the weekend:The Celts & The Origins of Western Languages.Speaker: Brendan Lyons.Group Reading ... read more

Drama and EFL

Sponsor: East Shikoku Chapter
Speaker: Theo Steckler, DramaWorks
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Sun., June 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokushima
City: Tokushima
Venue: Tokushima Catholic Church (in front of Jyoto High School)
Description: Star Taxi is a fun new method and material for teaching English communication. It has an appealing quality that provides learners with practice in both linguistic and paralinguistic elements of communication and an enjoyable experience ... read more

Drama Works

Sponsor: Niigata Chapter
Speaker: Carl Nommensen
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Niigata
City: Niigata
Venue: Niigata International Friendship Center, Niigata City
Description: Using fun, physical activities, games, and drama to teach vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, body language, grammatical structures, and a bank of high-frequency English expressions, the participants will become students for a couple of Star Taxi scenes. ... read more

Understanding Context and Language: a Workshop

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: John McAndrew and Paula McAndrew, Siebold University of Nagasaki
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Siebold University of Nagasaki, Nagayo
Description: How important is context in understanding what language means and how can it be adequately described so as to make it relevant to student needs? This workshop investigates these questions and presents a framework for ... read more

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

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Dave Hough
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Odawara
Venue: Asia Center, LIOJ in Odawara
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

Forty Years of Teaching English in Japan: Progress or Stasis

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: C. Lee Colegrove
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 10, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen; Students, 200 yen; Newcomers, free
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: Nodai Niko High School (3430 Ishihara-machi, Takasaki Tel: 027-323-1483
Description: Lee Colegrove has long been involved in team-teaching classes for students hoping to get a license for teaching at the junior and senior high school levels. This work has taken him to many junior high ... read more

Worthwhile, Exciting Class Projects: Video Exchanges

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Joyce Cunningham, Ibaraki University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 10, 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: A video project designed to heighten students' cultural awareness and provide opportunities for English practice is demonstrated. Student-generated, group-produced videos encourage learners to explore cultural aspects as they exchange videos with an audience outside Japan. ... read more

Friday, June 15th, 2001

Using the Internet in Classes without a Computer

Sponsor: Kyoto Chapter
Speaker: Dr Tom Robb
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Fri., June 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Venue: Kyoto Sangyo University
Description: This presentation will introduce a number of ways that instructors can reap the benefits of the Internet without having a computer physically present in the classroom. First, we will discuss techniques for taking content material ... read more

Saturday, June 16th, 2001

Japan's Sakoku Defense Against English

Sponsor: Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Marshall R. Childs
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 16, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Sophia University (JR Yotsuya Stn), Kioi Building, room 108
Description: If English endangers Japanese language and culture, how can Japan defend against it? In Japan the defense against English is subtle: a technique perfected in the centuries since Admiral Perry's rude entrance. Modern sakoku technique ... read more

Content-Based Language Instruction Methods

Sponsor: Miyazaki Chapter
Speaker: Albert Evans, Erin Livingston, and Sylvan Payne of Miyazaki International College
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 16, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): newcomers free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki-ken, venue to be announced
Description: Content-Based Language Instruction (CBI) methodology provides a rich, challenging context within which to develop instructional techniques. The presenters will demonstrate classroom activities of high utility whether one is working within a "classic" CBI situation or ... read more

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Sponsor: Kumamoto Chapter
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., June 16, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 500 yen
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto Shimin Kaikan, room 3-4
Description: Amid much confusion, concern, and worry, English instruction is about to officially become one of the options for the new "Period for Integrated Studies" in the Japanese public schools. The Ministry of Education has recently ... read more

Sunday, June 17th, 2001

Task-based Learning

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Johan Glick, Longman Publishing; Don Ogawa, Longman Publishing
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on the Denentoshi line)
Description: Task-based Learning

My Share

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: All attendees
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 17, 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: Bring a teaching idea and let's all share the afternoon discussing them with each other.

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free (also free for ETJ members)
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Aso Foreign Language & Travel College, Building 5, 1-14-17 Hakataekiminami, Hakata-ku Fukuoka-shi (10 minutes from Hakata Station; map on web site
Description: Amid much confusion, concern, and worry, English instruction is about to officially become one of the options for the new "Period for Integrated Studies" in the Japanese public schools. The Ministry of Education has recently ... read more

Conversational Storytelling

Sponsor: Kanazawa Chapter
Speaker: Robert Jones, REJ English House
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 17, 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: An awareness of the typical features of conversational story structure can provide a basis for students to develop and improve their own storytelling ability. This presentation will look at some of these features of conversational ... read more

Extensive Reading with Graded Readers: Reading Beyond the Classroom

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Jeffrey Herman, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (sponsored by OUP)
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Omiya Jack 6F (near Omiya JR Station, west exit)
Description: What is extensive reading with graded readers? Why is it important? Is it easy to incorporate in my classes? This workshop will demonstrate in detail the reasons for and the practical implementation of extensive reading ... read more

Developing a Conversational Syllabus

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Josh Kurzweil, Kansai University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Abeno YMCA (near Tennoji Station)
Description: The presenter will show how by adopting a "test-teach-test" approach in speaking classes, teachers can create a student-centered environment which focuses on real communicative needs. Kurzweil will give examples of how language study, skills practice, ... read more

Content-based programs for General L2 Programs

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Trudie Heiman
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Sankaku Arc Square Building
Description: The presenter will outline the criteria and rationale used to develop a content-based writing program based on personal development topics for a general language program. Examples of students' work, which illustrate the language skills developed ... read more

Saturday, June 23rd, 2001

Testing In the Classroom

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Watanabe Yoshinori, Akita National University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., June 23, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: GH-300, MSU-A (Minnesota State University Akita)
Description: Detailed information about his workshop/presentation will be provided later.

Sunday, June 24th, 2001

Teaching Culture Through Children's Literature

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Susan Unher, Morioka University
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., June 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Ueda Kominkan, Morioka
Description: Children's stories act as the stepping-stones into the realm of more sophisticated works to follow. Native speakers have this foundation of simplified but important humor, philosophy, and values of their society. The nonnative speaker lacks ... read more

Pragmatics Miniconference

Sponsor: Kobe Chapter
Speaker: See the website for the list of speakers
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): TBA
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Kobe YMCA 4F LETS (between JR Sannomiya and JR Shin-Kobe)
Description: Kobe Chapter and Pragmatics SIG will sponsor a one-day mini-conference on pragmatics in language teaching. There will be a series of short presentations followed by a workshop on "The Contrast Culture Method." Program details and ... read more

Star Taxi

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Marc Sheffner and Theo Steckler, DramaWorks
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3rd Floor Room 2
Description: Star Taxi is a fun new method and material for teaching English communication. It has an appealing quality that provides learners with practice in both linguistic and paralinguistic elements of communication and an enjoyable experience ... read more

English Teaching and Learning on the Internet - Current Status and Future Issues

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Anthony Crooks, Miyagi Univeristy of Education
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 24, 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, Room 5, Ichibancho Shimin Center
Description: Since the early 1990s, the Internet has become an increasingly viable venue for the teaching and learning of English. This communication system offers a treasure trove of materials and resources for students and teachers alike, ... read more

Assessing Film Clips for Language Acquisition and Cultural Understanding

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Steve Quasha, Gifu Shoutoku University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Dream Theater, Gifu City
Description: In this workshop, participants will analyze andcritique a variety of film clips for EFL class use. The presenter will demonstrate how movie segments can augment teaching interlanguage pragmatics to produce more natural L2 communication. Can ... read more

What Do You Mean By "Native-like Pronunciation"?

Sponsor: Okinawa Chapter
Speaker: Hayakawa Yasukiyo and Shibata Miki
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Okinawa Christian Junior College
Description: The presenters will focus on how to develop Japanese ESL learners' pronunciation skills including voice production and stress, rhythm, and adjustments in connected speech. Since we believe that pronunciation skills should be integrated into classroom ... read more

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