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July 2001

Sunday, July 1st, 2001

Teacher Training Course

Sponsor: Yamaguchi Chapter
Speaker: TBA
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., July 01, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 1000 yen
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Yamaguchi
City: Yamaguchi
Venue: Yamaguchi Tokyo Rikadaigaku
Description: This is the first session of a teacher training course mainly forprimary school teachers.

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 01, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen students 500yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Okayama University, Department of Education Room 5101
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

The Three-Step Auditory Comprehension Approach

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Yukio Takefuta, Bunkyo Women's University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM (Sun., July 01, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Matsumoto-shi
Venue: Room 4-C, M-Wing, Matsumoto-shi, near JR Matsumoto Station
Description: The Three-Step Auditory Comprehension Approachis a new approach developed while the speaker was atChiba University, which incorporates learning principlesfrom cognitive and hehaviorist psychology and concepts from the field ofinformation processing. He will demonstrate his new ... read more

Saturday, July 7th, 2001

Team Teaching or Mission Impossible?

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Karen Masatsugu, Kwassui Women's College
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 07, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan (#3 or #5 streetcars to Kokaidomae stop)
Description: What is the day-to-day reality of team teaching for the Japanese teacher and for the native speaker assistant? How does it affect the students? What cross-cultural issues need to be addressed? These are some of ... read more

Sunday, July 8th, 2001

Options and Frameworks in Lesson Planning

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Josh Kurzweil, Kansai University and Brian Long, Kyoto Gaidai
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., July 08, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Joggakan Junior College (Minami-machida station on the Denentoshi line)
Description: Options and Frameworks in Lesson Planning

Mini-conference on Lifelong Learning: From K3 and Beyond

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Yamaoka Tamiko, Yuri Kuno, Tom Merner, Michelle Nagashima, Elin Melchior and others
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Sun., July 08, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3F, Rm 2 (Sakuradori line from Nagoya Station, 1 stop to Kokusai Center Station)
Description: Part 1: Creative Curriculum for Children in Public Schools by Yamaoka Tamiko. The presenter will discuss curriculum development and related English activities applicable to public elementary instruction. It will be based on creative actions now ... read more

In and Around London As I Know It

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Paula Stapely, Geos Language System
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., July 08, 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: Stapely will give a presentation focusing on London in every possible term, even referring to the Bucker Prize winner Ishiguro Kazuo.

Vocabulary Building

Sponsor: Himeji Chapter
Speaker: Sonia Yoshitake-Strain
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 08, 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: Though teachers and students are different levels, we both struggle toexpand our vocabulary. Would you like to join me in a workshop designed todiscuss techniques/approaches in teaching and learning of vocabulary? Thefirst half of the ... read more

A Task Based Approach to Using Video in Content Courses

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Evelyn J. Naoumi, Meiji University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 08, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Omiya Jack (near Omiya JR Station, west exit)
Description: In content courses English becomes a tool rather than an aim. Students need to process a lot of information in English, but their limited language skills hamper them. Videos help because students can see the ... read more

Karaoke Day: Using Songs in the English-Language Classroom

Sponsor: Yokohama Chapter
Speaker: Tom Anderson
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 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: It can be said that "Music has charms to soothe the savage English teacher." In this presentation we will examine techniques by which a teacher can tap into a popular resource - popular songs - ... read more

New Directions in ELT in the 21st Century

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Roger Davies, Ehime University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., July 08, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen; local members 4,000 yen per year
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: "Reform" is a word often quoted in international circles. But what changes should be made to the English Teaching Industry in Japan? Davies discusses his vision for centralizing English instruction at national universities, including education ... read more

Friday, July 13th, 2001

Implementing Group Learner Self Evaluation Video

Sponsor: Kyoto Chapter
Speaker: Peter Wanner
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Fri., July 13, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Venue: Kyoto Kyoiku Bunka Center
Description: Learner self evaluation video (LSEV) is an effective tool in building conversational fluency (Murphy, 1997; Murphy and Kenny, 1998).In large weekly classes of 40 students, it is difficult to use LSEV. Wanner (1999) extended LSEV ... read more

Saturday, July 14th, 2001

Teaching Middle and High School Students

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Alastair Lamond, Thomson Learning Japan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center, 7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Station
Description: Lamond will conduct a workshop in which he will discuss how to teach middle and high school students.

2 presentations: (1) Phonetics, (2) TOEIC Scores

Sponsor: Nara Chapter
Speaker: (1) Larry Walker, (2) Gary Clendennen
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., July 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nara
City: Nara
Venue: Tezukayama University, Gakuenmae Campus, Kintetsu Gakuenmae Station
Description: This month's meeting will see presentations by two chapter members which should be of great interest to all.Larry Walker will present some ideas about the introduction of phonetics and some activities about using pronunciation which ... read more

Broadening Horizons: Exploring Gender Issues in the Classroom

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Kathleen Brown
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., July 14, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
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: This presentation will cover both the theoretical and practical aspects of gender issues in the classroom. Our main focus will be on teaching materials and ideas useful for introducing gender-related topics. Through the discussion of ... read more

Collaborative, Student-Centered Activity: Does it work in language classrooms in Japan?

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Miki Niiyama
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., July 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: The present study investigated the effects of group activity in an EFL college writing classroom in Japan. Collaborative group activity like peer feedback is generally assumed to be difficult for Japanese students to perform because ... read more

Sunday, July 15th, 2001

Start Them Out and Keep Them Going

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Aleda Krause, author of SuperKids and SuperTots
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sun., July 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Iwate Kokusai Koryu (Iwate International Plaza) in Morioka
Description: Krause, a well known English language textbook author for children with more than 26 years of teaching experience to EFL students, will be introducing lots of new, fun, exciting and age-appropriate activities, from her newest ... read more

Annual JALT Kanazawa Summer Picnic

Sponsor: Kanazawa Chapter
Speaker: none
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Ishikawa
City: Kanazawa
Venue: Jidoukaikan, on the Saigawa below Teramachi
Description: Potluck party. RSVP by July 8. Please inform Bill Holden of what you'll bring, and we can tell you how many people to prepare for. Bring: A covered dish for everyone to share, things that ... read more

Star Taxi

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Theo Steckler, Ian Frankly, and Marc Sheffner of Drama Works
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 15, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Crystal Plaza, 6F
Description: By popular demand, the easy and fun-to-use Star Taxi is back. It is a complete course for all ages, which can also be used as a supplement, and does not require any drama experience or ... read more

Sunday, July 22nd, 2001

Running a Private English Language School

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Rod Deering
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 22, 2001)
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)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Asahigaoka Shimin Center
Description: The presenter will discuss the pros and cons of running an Eikaiwa school and the different ways these schools can be run. Running one's own school as opposed to taking a teaching job elsewhere, and ... read more

How to Develop Confidence in English Pronunciation

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Takashi Shimaoka
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen; Students, 200 yen; Newcomers, free
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: Kyoai Gakuen College (http://www.kyoai.ac.jp/)
Description: Because of the great difference in the writing systems, EFL teachers as well as students tend to believe that there is no common ground between English and Japanese and that it is impossible for Japanese ... read more

Saturday, July 28th, 2001

Global Links: English for International Business

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Keith Adams, Tohoku Gakuin University, co-author of Workplace English: Office/Travel File
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 28, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen, students 500 yen
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: GH-300, MSU-A (Minnesota State University Akita)
Description: Adams will introduce Global Links, a new three-level business English course for executives from Longman. Activities and techniques from Level One, written for managers at the false beginner/elementary levels, will be discussed in the first ... read more

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