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June 2003

Sunday, June 8th, 2003

LIOJ MiniConference: Creative Teaching Ideas

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Various LIOJ staff and area teachers
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 08, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Kanagawa
City: Odawara
Venue: LIOJ (Language Institute of Japan), 4-14-1 Shiroyama, Odawara, Kanagawa (0465-23-1677)
Description: LIOJ is Language Institute of Japan, a private English language institute supported by Zaidan Hojin MRA House, a non-profit educational foundation. The topics of this mini-conference include: using story books, teaching beginners, self-learning strategies, pairwork, ... read more

Jazz Chants

Sponsor: East Shikoku Chapter
Speaker: Maho Yamada
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Sun., June 08, 2003)
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: TBA; return later or contact Noriko Tojo.

Saturday, June 14th, 2003

Bilingualism Forum

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Laurel Kamada, Tim Greer, Tomoko Ascough
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Sat., June 14, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free (spouses: 1000 yen)
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen (but 1000 yen discount for affiliated with AFWJ, METS, and HIS and their spouses)
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: HIS (Hokkaido International School) 1-55 5-jo 19-chome, Hiragishi Toyohira-ku, Sapporo (near Sumikawa Subway Station)
Description: There will be three main presentations and two separate panel discussions on various themes related to raising children bilingually. Details can be found on the JALT Hokkaido web site, englishforum.sgu.ac.jp/~jalthokkaido.

Teaching Children: Theory and Practice

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Heian Women's University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 14, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University, 3-42-1 Osa, Minami-ku, Fukuoka-shi 811-1313 (Phone: 092-581-1492, Fax: 092-575-4456) [map]
Description: This event is co-sponsored by CSELT (Center for the Study of English Language Teaching) at Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University. Curtis Kelly will discuss four topics on teaching English to children. MEXT policies & problems ... read more

"Play-full" Communication!

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Kristie Collins
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., June 14, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Jellybeans Kousha Building 1-4F, near Shinysahiki Tram Stop
Description: DramaWorks presents StarTaxi and PopStars, the innovative EFL books that make both learning and teaching easy and fun. The stories are told in 20 scenes of simple yet authentic dialogues and can be used as ... read more

Three Presentations

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Chikako Shimobayashi, Kyoko Burden, Noriko Matsuda
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., June 14, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 500 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F
Description: Date is subject to change. contact burden-p@osu.ac.jpCome hear three 30-minute presentations on a range of topics. The presenters are all MA Postgraduates from Okayama University. Collaborative listening: Using dictogloss tasks to foster learners' language development. ... read more

Putting Words in Their Mouths: Taking Dictogloss, Shadowing and Summarizing

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: John Small
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., June 14, 2003)
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: This presentation covers three activities that give students structured language practice: dictogloss (grammar dictation), shadow talking and summarizing. With dictogloss, students actively recreate the spoken text discuss differences and missing information wit partners, and participate ... read more

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

Play-ful communication! Pop Stars/Drama In the Classroom Workshop

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Kristie Collins, Drama Works Group
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 15, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Kotsu Sangyou Center, Nagasaki Bus Terminal Building, 4F, Volunteer Support Centre, 4F (#1 or #3 streetcars to Nagasakiekimae stop; across from AmuPLaza)
Description: DramaWorks presents StarTaxi and PopStars, the innovative EFL books that make both learning and teaching easy and fun. The stories are told in 20 scenes of simple yet authentic dialogues and can be used as ... read more

My Share

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: Richard McMahon, Kenneth Biegel and others
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 15, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Shizuoka Kyoiku Kaikan (next to Mr. Donuts, across from Shin-Shizuoka station)
Description: Richard McMahon, Kenneth Biegel and others will present and lead discussions on various topics directly relevant and applicable to the EFL classroom including presenting different opinions, critical thinking, finding appropriate materials, and developing useful innovations ... read more

Adapting American Headways For All Classrooms

Sponsor: Himeji Chapter
Speaker: Julian Warden, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 15, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free this month (sponsored by Oxford University Press)
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: The focus of Julian Warden's presentation will be on the adapatability of the textbook American Headways (OUP) into junior high school, high school, and university classrooms. Warden will give helpful hints to teachers on how ... read more

Using Music in the Classroom

Sponsor: Okinawa Chapter
Speaker: Andrew Meyerhoff, Okinawa Christian Jr. College
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 15, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Okinawa Christian Jr. College, Kiritan, Nishihara Town
Description: There are several key ingredients needed to turn a song into a goodclassroom chant. Meyerhoff will discuss these ingredients and demonstrate with participants doing chants during the session. His focus is on why Carolyn Graham's ... read more

Sunday, June 22nd, 2003

Teaching English to Children

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Genki English
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): 1,500 yen per child (second child under 3 years old in same family free)
Fee (One-Day members): 1,500 yen per child (second child under 3 years old in same family free)
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Aster Plaza, 4-17 Kakomachi, Naka-ku
Description: From 10:30 to 11:30 there will be activities for children. Two native English-speaking teachers will perform a one-hour show full of fast action, fun-packed songs, dance and lots of English for elementary school kids of ... read more

Recent Developments in Monkasho's English Education Policy -- Where Are We Headed?

Sponsor: Kobe Chapter
Speaker: Kensaku Yoshida, Sophia University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Hyogo
City: Kobe
Venue: Shigaku Kaikan (five-minute walk from the East Exit of JR Motomachi Station)
Description: As a member of two of the most recent Monkasho projects to revise English education in Japan -- the Super English Language High School Assessment and Advisory Committee and one of the research groups created ... read more

About the TOEIC Test

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: George Van Horn
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center 3rd Floor (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description: George Van Horn will describe this popular English proficiency test: its history, current use in business and academia, and comparison with other tests. He will give an overview of the test structure, example questions, and ... read more

The Impact of Performance Tests on Teacher and Student Learning

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Kazuyoshi Sato and Keiko Takahashi
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: The speakers will present data about how teachers and students learn to use performance tests in a Japanese public high school. The study delineates how students have made progress in their performance tests as teachers ... read more

Creating Confident Creative Conversationalists With Communication Circles

Sponsor: Chiba Chapter
Speaker: Thomas C. Anderson
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Chiba
City: Chiba
Venue: Bunka Hall at SATY (4th Floor, room 2), 1 min. walk from Inage Station east exit on JR Sobu Line.
Description: This presentation will begin with an examination of four problem areas that exist for EFL teachers in Japan. We will then turn to communication circles, an easy to organize activity which has become the cornerstone ... read more

Taking the Dialogue Out of the Textbook

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Mark Frank
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 200 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Maebashi
Venue: MIT: Maebashi Institute of Technology (Maebashi Koka Daigaku), 460-1 Kamisadori, Maebashi
Description: In this workshop, ways of taking the dialogue out of the textbook will be explored. Free from the textbook, the formerly faceless dialogue characters become living members of the classroom, and the dialogue becomes a ... read more

A Panel Discussion on Team-Teaching

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Several team teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Okaya
Venue: ILF Plaza, 3rd floor, Okaya
Description: This panel discussion will focus on the current issues concerning team-teaching at the elementary, junior and senior high school level. The audience is invited to engage in informal discussion with the invited panelists from Nagano ... read more

Enabling, Shaping and Enhancing Expression

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Peter Ross
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., June 22, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tachikawa Shimin Kaikan (Tachikawa Citizens' Hall)
Description: In this workshop, Peter Ross will present on what is usually described as "error correction;" however, as his thinking has evolved, he has come to believe that the presuppositions behind this phrase are arrogant. In ... read more

Saturday, June 28th, 2003

Thinking in English and Keeping Journals

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Naoto Sato
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., June 28, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: Joinus in Akita City near Senshu Park
Description: Naoto Sato is one of the most successful autodidacts (autonomous or self-learners) in learning English you will have ever met. The presenter has acquired extremely high English skills not to mention his famous interpretation ability. ... read more

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

Bringing About Language Learning Using Learning Strategies at Junior High Schools

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Koki Dobashi
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., June 29, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Iwate International Association, Morioka
Description: This presentation is given in Japanese. Quite a few studies have reported that the use of learning strategies is an effective way to develop learner autonomy. But most of them address adult education in foreign ... read more

Taking Students Abroad

Sponsor: Niigata Chapter
Speaker: Susumu Mutsuhashi and students, Tomonobu Haga, and Carlo Capua
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Sun., June 29, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen, students 500 yen
Prefecture: Niigata
City: Niigata
Venue: Nagaoka Shimin Center (on Ote Dori, near Nagaoka Station)
Description: Taking students abroad is one of the most exciting and rewarding parts of language education. It can also be one of the most challenging and ambitious for the teacher or program director. In this meeting, ... read more

Multiple Intelligences

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Keith Adams, Tohoku Gakuin University
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 29, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free (also free for TALE members; TALE is Tohoku Association of Language Educators)
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (for non-JALT and non-TALE members), students 500 yen (but free the first time)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Aoba-ku Chuo Shimin Center (formerly the Ichibancho Shimin Center)
Description: The afternoon begins with a half-hour demonstration by Charles Adamson entitled "NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) Skills Training". In this, which hopefully will be the first of many NLP Skills Training sessions, Charles Adamson, NLP Master Practitioner, ... read more

Proactive and Resonant Teaching for Value Perception Enhancement in the EFL Classroom

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Paul Raymond Doyon
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., June 29, 2003)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Heartful Square (southeast section of Gifu JR Station), Gifu City, Gifu-ken
Description: Albert Einstein stated that "Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty." Thus, this presentation will initially focus on beliefs and perceptions - ... read more

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