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October 2005

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Learning to Read the Easy Way

Sponsor: Miyazaki Chapter
Speaker: David Lisgo
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., October 01, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: Miyazaki Municipal University Rm. #310
Description: David Lisgo, teacher, school owner, and materials writer, will give an overview of the different methods used to teach reading and show some basic steps in phonics, enabling students to begin reading almost immediately.

Friday, October 7th, 2005

31st Annual International JALT Conference pre-conference workshop day

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Fri., October 07, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Fee (One-Day members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Granship Center, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Description: The JALT 2005 conference will be held October 7-10. October 7 has Pre-Conference Skills Workshops. See conferences.jalt.org/2005 for details.

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

31st Annual International JALT Conference (first day)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM (Sat., October 08, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Fee (One-Day members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Granship Center, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Description: The JALT 2005 conference will be held October 7-10. October 7 has Pre-Conference Skills Workshops. Early registration will be on October 7th (Friday evening), and the featured speaker workshops will be on October 10th. See ... read more

日本語教育研究部会年次総会 / Japanese as a Second Language SIG Annual General Meeting

Sponsor: JSL SIG
(the Japanese as a Second Language Special Interest Group)
Speaker: 進行・司会　：大澤富枝 / Facilitated by Tomie Osawa
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (Sat., October 08, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): 費用：無料/ Included in conference fee
Fee (One-Day members): 費用：無料 / Included in conference fee
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: グランシップ静岡（JALT年次大会開催場所）ルーム１００４/ Granship Convention Center, Room 1004
Description: トピック：継続事業、新事業、役員選挙について。JSL SIGについてよく知り、よりよい活動を希望する方は是非ご参加下さい。時：２００５年１０月８日（土）午後５：３０～６：３０/

Old business, new business, officer elections. Please come to learn about the SIG and to get involved.

　　

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

31st Annual International JALT Conference (second day)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM (Sun., October 09, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Fee (One-Day members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Granship Center, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Description: See conferences.jalt.org/2005 for details.

Monday, October 10th, 2005

31st Annual International JALT Conference (third day)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Various speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Mon., October 10, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Fee (One-Day members): TBA; members earn a good discount
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Granship Center, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Description: See conferences.jalt.org/2005 for details.

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Four Corners- Talking Texts

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Clyde Fowle
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Wed., October 12, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Okayama University Department of Education Room 5101
Description: Setting up speaking activities that work is always a challenge. The three major obstacles facing teachers seem to be a) do the students have anything to say on the subject; b) do they have the ... read more

Student Beliefs About Causes of Their Failure

Sponsor: Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Chamreoun KOUN
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Wed., October 12, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Columbia University Teachers College, Suidobashi Campus (Suidobashi Station or Jimbocho Station)
Description: Failure in English language learning is universal and it seems to be a serious issue for students of English and in English education as a whole.However, little attention has been paid to investigating the real ... read more

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Students beliefs about causes of their failure

Sponsor: Chiba Chapter
Speaker: Chamreoeun Koun
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Thu., October 13, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000
Prefecture: Chiba
City: Chiba
Venue: Language Education Center (Room H-307), Josai International University, Togane-shi (Togane line to Gumyo)
Description: See Tokyo chapter information

Simply Read: Developing a reading habit in your learners (JALT 4 Corners Tour)

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Clyde Fowle
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Thu., October 13, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kokura Higashi Shinozaki Church (Get off the monorail at Katano Station. Walk toward Kokura station on the west side of the street, until you come to the first traffic light. Turn left. The venue is at the end of the first block, on the right.)
Description: This workshop will look at some of the advantages of incorporating extended reading into language learning programmes. The rational for encouraging students to read extensively will be discussed and the session will consider the practicalities ... read more

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

Vocabulary Acquisition through Storytelling

Sponsor: Kitakyushu Chapter
Speaker: Beniko Mason
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sat., October 15, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: International Conference Room, Kitakyushu International Association, Yahata
Description: Studies show that EFL learners need to possess at least 3000 word families (Nation, 1990) to be able to read an unsimplified text. Low intermediate EFL learners at a junior college in Japan must gain ... read more

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Theatre in the English Language Classroom: Learning Through Play

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Emily Roehl and the Nagoya Players
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 16, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: This is a presentation on how to utilize a number of theatre games as icebreakers and language building tools in the English classroom. In particular, the presentation will focus on role-playing and mimicry as integral ... read more

Process Writing

Sponsor: Okinawa Chapter
Speaker: Robert Taferner
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., October 16, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000
Prefecture: Okinawa
City: Nishihara
Venue: Ryukyu University, Law and Letters (Hobun) Classrooom Building, Lecture Hall 114
Description: Mr. Taferner will outline current Process Writing research and demonstrate peer feedback and collaborative paragraph writing exercises. Attendees will experience these activities firsthand and provide insight into ongoing research and classroom practice.

Friday, October 21st, 2005

Questions & Considerations for Teaching Vocabulary

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: I. S. Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Fri., October 21, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free (also free for Temple Univeristy students)
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Tsukushi Kaikan, Tenjin 4-8-10, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map
Description: Recent writing on first language vocabulary learning (Baumann and Kame'enui, 2004) has focused quite strongly on the value of teaching vocabulary, seeing teaching as being a very positive thing to do. This paper shows that ... read more

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

Storytelling Festival and Symposium

Sponsor: Kyoto Chapter
Speaker: Various
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Sat., October 22, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): see www.kyotojalt.org
Fee (One-Day members): see www.kyotojalt.org
Prefecture: Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Venue: TBA
Description: Osaka Gakuin University in collaboration with Kyoto JALT are presenting the 4th annual Storytelling Festival and Symposium. Categories include: Adventure; Comedy; and Warm Hearted. Submission can be made from August 1st, 2005. For more information, ... read more

4th Annual Storytelling Festival and Symposium

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Chuck Sandy, Beniko Mason, Charles Kowalski, Brian Caspino, Rex Tanimoto, and more (including students)
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Sat., October 22, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): Free!
Fee (One-Day members): Free!
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Osaka Gakuin University, at JR Kishibe stn or Hankyu Shojaku stn. Details and map at http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/english/
Description: The 4th annual Storytelling Festival and Symposium is presented by Osaka Gakuin University in cooperation with the Osaka Prefecture Board of Education and the Osaka & Kyoto chapters of JALT, and includes numerous teacher and ... read more

What Color are your Sunglasses while Viewing the World

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Jessica Oppenheim
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sat., October 22, 2005)
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: America from an American's point of view after living in Japan for 2 years. We will take a look at the history, culture and photos while discussing generalizations about the new world. Come and join ... read more

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Electronic Dictionary vs. Paper Dictionary: How Differences in Dictionary Interfaces Affect English Language Learning

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Natsue Nakayama, Kyoai Gakuen College
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 23, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Maebashi
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575)
Description: Recently, handheld Electronic Dictionaries (ED) are becoming popular in Japanese schools. On the other hand, there are still some teachers who doubt the effects of an ED and recommend the use of Paper Dictionaries (PD). ... read more

Asian Englishes - English Learning and Japanese Modern Girls

Sponsor: Shinshu Chapter
Speaker: Kyoko Fujise (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 23, 2005)
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: In this session Professor Fujise will talk about how young women in the Meiji Era studied English and the motivation for doing so. This fascinating topic will describe how women who learned English were thought ... read more

How to cultivate your skill to make a bond with your students

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Kyoko Sonomoto, Kagoshima Junshin Junior High School
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 23, 2005)
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: All the teachers in English education always want their students to know that English is fun and to understand what they are learning. However, don't you sometimes get frustrated when you feel you cannot convey ... read more

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Micro-Conference #1: DIY CALL: eLearning on the Cheap

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Andy Boon, Timothy Gutierrez, & Peter Ross
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sat., October 29, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University (near Kokubunji Station on the JR Chuo). Map: http://www.tku.ac.jp/ ~koho/english/campus/access.html. Bldg. 3, LL2 (on the 2nd floor)
Description: West Tokyo Chapter announces the first in a new series of micro-conferences, each featuring several presenters exploring a particular topic for a whole day. October's theme is CALL. Presentations include: "Why CALL? Integrating the Internet ... read more

Significant Scribbles: From sentence combining to diary writing

Sponsor: Fukuoka Chapter
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Osaka Gakuin University
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sat., October 29, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free (co-sponsored by Pearson Longman)
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Tenjin Satellite Campus (9F), Tenjin 2-8-38, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map
Description: Sentence combining has been around since the 1960's, but it has been largely overlooked, despite research showing its effectiveness. Recent findings in brain studies, however, suggest that we have grossly underestimated the power of this ... read more

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

Significant Scribbles: From sentence combining to diary writing.

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Osaka Gakuin University, with Steve King of Pearson/Longman publishers.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., October 30, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): None
Fee (One-Day members): None
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 5F, Free Space (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: Sentence combining has been around since the 1960s, but it has been largely overlooked, despite research showing its effectiveness. Recent findings in brain studies, however, suggest that we have grossly underestimated the power of this ... read more

English through Drama Workshop

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: The Covenant Players
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Sun., October 30, 2005)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen; students free the first time, 500 yen thereafter
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Sendai BEEB - Seminar Room A, 4th Floor - On the north side of Hirose-dori, near the corner of Hisashi 2-bancho
Description: Covenant Players is an International Theater and Communications Organization. This workshop will focus on some of the basics that we see as being important to good and clear communication. This encompasses a fun learning time ... read more

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