JALT Events by Month

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July 2008

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

CUE 2008 Conference

Sponsor: CUE SIG
(the College and University Educators Special Interest Group)
Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Sat., July 05, 2008)
Fee (JALT members):
Fee (One-Day members):
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Kinki University, Higashi Osaka, Japan
Description: (This event is held in collaboration with Osaka JALT.) Universities in Japan are facing several challenging issues such as the declining number of students and students’ decreasing academic abilities, changing student and societal needs, and ... read more

CUE 2008 Conference: Language Education in Transition

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Sat., July 05, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 4000 yen (3500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Fee (One-Day members): 6000 yen (5500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, ph 81 (6) 6721-2332
Description: For complete details see http://jaltcue-sig.org/

Party afterwards 6-8 pm: 3000 yen (CUE members 2500).

Sausage and Cheese: Games in the Elementary School English Classroom

Sponsor: East Shikoku Chapter
Speaker: Stan Pederson, Kumamoto University
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Sat., July 05, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Kochi
City: Kochi
Venue: Kochi University Asakura Campus, room 136
Description: Like sausage and cheese, language can be served up in chunks or slices. When our learners start with chunks, they face the problem of cutting them into slices later so they can use them to ... read more

How to Do Action Research for Teachers

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Nicholas Gromik
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., July 05, 2008)
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: Action Research is a reliable teacher approach to conducting in-class research and observations. This two hour workshop will be divided into two parts. In the first part, Nicolas explains the basic process of conducting Action ... read more

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

CUE 2008 Conference: Language Education in Transition

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others
Time: 9:20 AM - 12:20 PM (Sun., July 06, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen (1500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Fee (One-Day members): 3000 yen (2500 if pre-registered by June 20)
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, ph 81 (6) 6721-2332
Description: For complete details see http://jaltcue-sig.org/

CUE 2008 Conference

Sponsor: CUE SIG
(the College and University Educators Special Interest Group)
Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Sun., July 06, 2008)
Fee (JALT members):
Fee (One-Day members):
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Kinki University, Higashi Osaka, Japan
Description: (This event is held in collaboration with Osaka JALT.) Universities in Japan are facing several challenging issues such as the declining number of students and students’ decreasing academic abilities, changing student and societal needs, and ... read more

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Developing Culturally Sensitive, Communicative Materials for Japanese Junior and Senior High School English Language Learners

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Sandra Lee McKay (San Francisco State University)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., July 12, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Tenjin Satellite Campus (9F), Tenjin 2-8-38, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map
Description: The purpose of this seminar is to develop classroom materials for teaching English to junior and senior high school students that are both culturally sensitive and meaningful. The seminar will begin by establishing criteria for ... read more

Phonetics and Phonology: A crash course in human language pronunciation.

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Jon Catanzariti, Ogaki Board of Education
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM (Sat., July 12, 2008)
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: Although we spend so long giving our students examples of native-English, why do they revert back to katakana-like pronunciation? The reality is that ��listen and repeat" exercises only go so far as tools for 'ear-training'? ... read more

Putting Our Heads Together

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Various
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., July 12, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 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 month, we're going to give some time to talk about topics that merit discussion, but haven't had their own program recently. There will be something for everyone! If there's a topic you'd like to ... read more

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Elementary English Symposium

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Various
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen (free for full-time students)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
Description: With reforms in Japanese Elementary education just around the corner, this symposium, featuring a keynote address from Dr. Kensaku Yoshida, workshops from other renowned academics and teachers, and a panel discussion featuring many of the ... read more

Elementary School English Education Symposium

Sponsor: Teacher Education SIG
(the Teacher Education Special Interest Group)
Speaker: Keynote speaker - Dr. Kensaku Yoshida
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen (Free for students)
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen (Free for students)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
Description: Presented by Teacher Education SIG together with JALT Sendai Chapter and the Testing and Evaluation SIG. With reforms in Japanese Elementary education just around the corner, this symposium, featuring a keynote address from Dr. Kensaku ... read more

Learning Styles in the EFL classroom

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Jack Ryan
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: This presentation will outline the history of research into learning styles and explain the most commonly recognized learning styles. The practical application of current research to the English language classroom in Japan will also be ... read more

Students' Voices on Learning a Foreign Language

Sponsor: Hamamatsu Chapter
Speaker: Student volunteers
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Hamamatsu
Venue: Hamamatsu, ZAZA City Bldg. Palette, 5th floor, Meeting Room A
Description: Students, both of Japanese descent and other nationalities, will share their experiences learning foreign languages. Teachers will learn from students' actual experiences, challenging assumptions about the best ways to teach foreign languages.

When should we use Japanese? And when should we use English?

Sponsor: Hokkaido Chapter
Speaker: Michael Critchley, Josai International University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Description: This presentation will focus on issues of Japanese support in the English class. In the first part of the session, we will discuss the pros and cons of L1 support within the framework of recent ... read more

Myshare

Sponsor: Omiya Chapter
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen. Free if presenting.
Prefecture: Saitama
City: Omiya
Venue: Sakuragi Kominkan. 5F (near Omiya Station, west exit, see map).
Description: The chapter welcomes short presentations - 25 minutes or less. Please contact the Program Chair if you are interested in presenting.

Creative Activities for Teaching about Countries and Cultures

Sponsor: Matsuyama Chapter
Speaker: Kip Cates, Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Ehime
City: Matsuyama
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: This workshop will introduce EFL classroom activities designed to promote knowledge, awareness and curiosity about the countries and cultures of the world. Participants will discuss global education approaches to teaching for intercultural understanding, then experience ... read more

Making Our Teaching More Effective

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Shirley Leane (Okayama chapter program chair)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 13, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F.
Description: Several important issues will be discussed: a) establishing a sense of community in the classroom; b) effective ways to support low-level language learners in the classroom - without resorting to L1 use; c) classroom management; ... read more

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Beyond motivation: Group dynamics, investment and resistance in Japanese EFL students

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Keiko Sakui (Kobe Shoin Women's University) & Neil Cowie (Okayama University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., July 19, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F near Omotecho in Okayama City
Description: Research on student motivation often assumes that students are either motivated or not motivated. The two presenters critically examine their students' classroom behaviour from alternative perspectives to motivation including group dynamics, investment and resistance. Key ... read more

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Temple University Japan/Fukuoka JALT 3rd Annual Applied Linguistics Colloquium

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Plenary: David Beglar and presentations by 19 others, see below
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 20, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): Free
Fee (One-Day members): Free
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Tenjin Satellite Campus (9F), Tenjin 2-8-38, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map
Description: Plenary: Principles for Developing Second Language Learners' Lexical Knowledge David Beglar, Temple University Japan Researchers have convincingly shown that the primary factor supporting communicative language use is lexical knowledge. The aim of this presentation will ... read more

Validity and validation of language tests

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Rie Koizumi (Tokiwa University)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 20, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Maebashi
Venue: MIT: Maebashi Institute of Technology (Maebashi Koka Daigaku), 460-1 Kamisadori, Maebashi
Description: Validity and validation are highly important to the development and use of language tests. In this presentation, I will first describe the concept of validity and the procedures of validation using examples from projects I ... read more

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

What Do Your Students Really Think of Your Classes? � Achieving More Effective Course Evaluations

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Susan Duggan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 26, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen, 500 yen for students
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: Room B103 at AIU (Akita International University)
Description: Description: Do you know what your students really think of your classes? Can you know this from conventional course evaluation forms? Are the course evaluation forms which many colleges and universities make their students fill ... read more

The 2007 MEXT Program: Outsourcing In-Service Training; The 2007 MEXT Program: Participant Insights.

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Melodie Cook, University of Nagasaki, Siebold; Yumiko Kose, Nagasaki Prefectural Uku High School.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., July 26, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 4F (this is the large white building next to Dejima Wharf and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; take #5 streetcar to Shiminbyoinmae stop, or take #1 streetcar to Dejima stop.)
Description: For our sixth meeting of the year, Cook will present initial findings from her research on Japanese junior and senior high school teachers of English who are sent to Canada by the Ministry of Education ... read more

Fostering Cultural Awareness in the Language Classroom

Sponsor: Okinawa Chapter
Speaker: Heather Linville
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., July 26, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (students free)
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nago
Venue: Meio University Research Center, Nago, Okinawa
Description: Professor Linville, who has taught in Panama, Mexico, Indonesia and the USA, is currently serving as the Academic Director of the American English Language Center at the University of Maryland. In her workshop, she will ... read more

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

How to Carry on with Teaching English to Elementary School Children

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Mr. Keiichi Tsuruta; Prof. Hideki Sakai
Time: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 27, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Nagano
City: Nagano
Venue: Shinshu University Education Faculty Library, 2F
Description: The day�'s schedule: Japanese language is mainly used. 12:30 - 1:30 Presentation of practical activities of teaching English to elementary school children, by Mr. Keiichi Tsuruta (Obuse-machi Kurigaoka Elementary School) 1:40 - 2:00 Discussion 2:00 ... read more

Learning World

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Mikiko Nakamoto
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 27, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Seminar Room 117, Ground Floor Kousha Biru, Shinyashiki opposite the Shinyashiki Tram Stop
Description: Details will be out soon.

Reexamining Japanese EFL textbooks on Users and Users of English

Sponsor: Fukui Chapter
Speaker: Aya Watanabe
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., July 27, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Watanabe English School
Description: The purpose of this presentation is to reexamine the use and users of English represented in current Japanese English textbooks. Incomparison with the previous study conducted by Matsuda (2002),seventh grade English textbooks in Japan, namely ... read more

What Do Your Students Really Think of Your Classes? Achieving More Effective Course Evaluations

Sponsor: Iwate Chapter
Speaker: Christine Winskowski, Morioka Junior College and Susan Duggan, Iwate Prefectural University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., July 27, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Prefecture: Iwate
City: Morioka
Venue: Aiina, 8th floor, Room 817
Description: Do you know what your students really think of your classes? Can you know this from conventional course evaluation forms? Are the course evaluation forms, which many colleges and universities make their students fill out, ... read more

Afternoon Tea Party

Sponsor: Fukui Chapter
Speaker:
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., July 27, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 500yen
Fee (One-Day members): 500yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Watanabe English School
Description: To get to know each other better or deepen our understanding of each other, we have a tea party. Anyone who is interested in the Fukui JALT can join the party. When you cannot attend ... read more

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