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August 2006

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Denver, Colorado in terms of its History, Culture, Education, Language, etc.

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Matthew Niemi
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., August 05, 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: The speaker is the Coordinator for International Relations at the International Affairs Office of Yamagata Prefectural Government. He will discuss the current status of Language Education in Colorado and the relationship to learning English in ... read more

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Extensive Reading

Sponsor: Fukui Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Kunihide Sakai
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Tue., August 08, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1.000yen
Prefecture: Fukui
City: Fukui
Venue: Fukui International Activities Plaza
Description: TBA

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

The 18th JALT-Gunma Summer Workshop at Kusatsu (Day 1 of the Two-day Event)

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: William Grabe, Professor, Northern Arizona University
Time: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM (Sat., August 26, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): Program 3000yen, Room and Board 6000yen
Fee (One-Day members): Program 3000yen, Room and Board 6000yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Kusatsu
Venue: Kusatsu Seminar House, 737 Kusatsu, Kusatsu-machi, Guma-ken (venue tel: 0279-88-2212, fax 0279-88-8030)
Description: 18th JALT-Gunma Summer Workshop at Kusatsu Dates: August 26(Sat)-27th(Sun), 2006 Theme: Teaching and Learning of Reading in English as an L2 Main Lecturer: Dr. William Grabe: Dr. Grabe is Professor of English and Chair of ... read more

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

Double-feature!

1- Discussion - English Imperialism

2- Discussion - "Why Taku and Hana Can't Learn English"

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Discussion 1- Tomoko Fujinami Izumi High School

Discussion 2- Anthony Crooks, Associate Professor at Miyagi University of Education
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., August 27, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Sendai Mediatheque map
Description: Discussion 1 - This session will present the problems and consequences that result from the adoption of English as the medium in international communication. We will look at how mythology of global English is working ... read more

Phonics and Animating your Children�fs Classes

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Akemi Takagi
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM (Sun., August 27, 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: This workshop is geared toward teachers of children; however, it should provide inspiration to any language teacher. Areas to be covered are: 1. From listening to reading Phonics activities How to teach vowels 2. Nonverbal ... read more

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