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August 2007

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

The View of Language Teaching from Kansas

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Jeffrey McCary
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sat., August 04, 2007)
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 will relate his background and training while being raised in Kansas to his efforts to teach English conversation since arriving in Yamagata.

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

KQJALT Summer Event

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: TBA
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., August 11, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): 3,300 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 3,300 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Mojiko Hotel Beer Garden
Description: Join our annual summer social event at the fabulous Mojiko Hotel Beer Garden. Relax, eat and drink while enjoying the company of other local JALT people. Bring a friend! See you there!

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

19th JALT-Gunma Summer Workshop at Kusatsu, Day 1

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Main Lecturer: Alister Cumming, OISE/University of Toronto
Time: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM (Sat., August 25, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): 9000 yen including room and board (2 days)
Fee (One-Day members): 9000 yen including room and board (2 days)
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Kusatsu
Venue: Kusatsu Seminar House, 737 Kusatsu, Kusatsu-machi, Guma-ken (venue tel: 0279-88-2212, fax 0279-88-8030)
Description: The workshop is a two-day event of August 25-26, and this is Day 1. Theme: Writing in English as an L2. 11:00-12:00 Check-in, 12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-13:20 Orientation, 13:30-14:00 Presentation, 14:00-14:30 Presentation, 14:30-15:00 Presentation, 15:30-17:00 Lecture ... read more

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

19th JALT-Gunma Summer Workshop at Kusatsu, Day 2

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Main Lecturer; Alister Cumming, OISE/University of Toronto: Invited Speaker; Razika Sanaoui, University of Toronto
Time: 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Sun., August 26, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): 9000 yen including room and board (2 days)
Fee (One-Day members): 9000 yen including room and board (2 days)
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Kusatsu
Venue: Kusatsu Seminar House, 737 Kusatsu, Kusatsu-machi, Guma-ken (venue tel: 0279-88-2212, fax 0279-88-8030)
Description: The workshop is a two-day event of August 25-26, and this is Day 2. Theme: Writing in English as an L2. 7:00-8:00 Breakfast, 8:40-10:10 Speech, Dr. Sanaoui, 10:30-12:00 Lecture (2), Dr. Cumming, 12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-13:30 ... read more

Linguistic Phonics and Begining Reading Instruction

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Peter Warner
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., August 26, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3rd Fl, Lecture Room # 2
Description: This presentation looks at the reading process, and the importance of the English alphabetic code. The presenter will compare different methods of teaching reading, and will demonstrate how to use Linguistic Phonics in the EFL ... read more

Actually teaching listening: The importance of script and of suprasegmental phonology

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Alistair Graham Marr
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., August 26, 2007)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Sendai Mediatheque map
Description: This talk examines how you can go beyond giving practice practice in listening and actually teach listening skills. Knowledge of script is something that can be taught that helps students with their top-down predictive skills. ... read more

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