JALT Events by Month

Below you see an overview of JALT's events for November 2001. (Also see next month.) For other views of event information, see the search menu.

November 2001

Saturday, November 3rd, 2001

Focus on Form in English Teaching: Integrating Meaning and Form

Sponsor: Akita Chapter
Speaker: Sean Izumi, Sophia University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat., November 03, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Akita
City: Akita
Venue: GH-300, MSU-A (Minnesota State University Akita)
Description: We will focus on the issues concerning how we can best integrate focus on meaning or communication on the one hand and focus on language forms or grammar on the other. We will also take ... read more

Sunday, November 11th, 2001

How to Improve Strategic Interaction

Sponsor: Toyohashi Chapter
Speaker: Miura Takashi, School of Education, Shizuoka University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 11, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Toyohashi
Venue: Building 5, Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus
Description: Strategic Interaction is a conversational teaching method created by DiPietro in 1987. It is a dramatic method aimed at training strategic competence under unrehearsed, unpredictable circumstances, generating plenty of authentic target-language use in the classroom.

Denver and Colorado in Every Possible Term

Sponsor: Yamagata Chapter
Speaker: Alissa Clein, Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Sun., November 11, 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: The presenter will talk about Denver and Colorado ranging from history, industry, economy, politics, culture, education to language.

Friday, November 16th, 2001

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Sponsor: Nagasaki Chapter
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Fri., November 16, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Nagasaki
City: Nagasaki
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan
Description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve one's chances of gaining employment. Raul ... read more

Saturday, November 17th, 2001

English Teaching Development in Vietnam

Sponsor: Osaka Chapter
Speaker: Nguyen thi Hoai An, a featured speaker at JALT 2001
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sat., November 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Osaka
City: Osaka
Venue: Abeno YMCA, near Tennoji Station
Description: Nguyen thi Hoai An will talk about the dramatic changes that English teaching has made in Vietnam. While relying totally on textbooks provided by the Ministry of Education in the 1970s, English teachers and learners ... read more

Lesson Planning By Threads

Sponsor: West Tokyo Chapter
Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sat., November 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Jogakkan Junior College (near Minami-Machida station)
Description: In this workshop Tessa Woodward shows you a way of saving time when planning lessons. "Threads" are activities set up by you and your students which, once introduced, can be picked up again in later ... read more

Reading Strategies

Sponsor: Chiba Chapter
Speaker: Anne Burns, Macquarie University in Australia
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sat., November 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Chiba
City: Togane
Venue: Josai International University, 1 Gumyo, Togane, Chiba
Description: In this presentation, Anne will begin by discussing briefly recent approaches to reading research and the influences they have had on teaching practice. You will be asked to identify some of your own ideas and ... read more

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Sponsor: Kagoshima Chapter
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sat., November 17, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 800 yen
Prefecture: Kagoshima
City: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (I'm Building)
Description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve one's chances of gaining employment. Raul ... read more

Sunday, November 18th, 2001

Planning Your Conference Visit (and chapter elections)

Sponsor: Shizuoka Chapter
Speaker: various
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., November 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka
Venue: Shizuoka Kyoiku Kaikan (next to Mr. Donuts, across from Shin-Shizuoka station)
Description: This chapter meeting will be used to discuss the upcoming conference in Kitakyushu and for the election of next year's chapter officers. We will also be asking some of the chapters' members who will be ... read more

Using Target Language in Beginner Learner Classroom

Sponsor: Gifu Chapter
Speaker: Liam Morgan, University of Technology, Sydney
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Sun., November 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gifu
City: Gifu
Venue: Asahi University, Hozumi-cho, Gifu-ken
Description: Fostering The Relationship Between Teaching, Research And Change: This paper will describe a collaborative action research project involving six teachers of foreign languages in Sydney secondary schools. This project identifies those practices and strategies that ... read more

Stimulus Based Teaching

Sponsor: Niigata Chapter
Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (students 500 yen)
Prefecture: Niigata
City: Niigata
Venue: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in Niigata
Description: Stimulus based teaching is a generative framework which can be applied to any learning/teaching stimulus be it a verb list, a potato, a coursebook or a photo and which saves planning time and gets the ... read more

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Sponsor: Miyazaki Chapter
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sun., November 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Miyazaki
City: Miyazaki
Venue: room 2-301 at Miyazaki International College
Description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve one's chances of gaining employment. Raul ... read more

Beyond Intuition: Getting Started in Action Research

Sponsor: Gunma Chapter
Speaker: Anne Burns, Macquarie University in Australia
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Sun., November 18, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Gunma
City: Gunma
Venue: MIT: Maebashi Institute of Technology (Maebashi Koka Daigaku), 460-1 Kamisadori, Maebashi
Description: Interested in action research but not sure what it is? Uncertain about how to start an action research cycle? Want to know more about techniques for data collection? In this workshop, we will discuss some ... read more

Monday, November 19th, 2001

Teaching Speaking: renewing our perspectives through discourse

Sponsor: Nagoya Chapter
Speaker: Anne Burns, Macquarie University in Australia
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Mon., November 19, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1,000 yen
Prefecture: Aichi
City: Nagoya
Venue: Aichi Prefecture Chusho Kigyo Center; Rm. 1
Description: Anne Burns, Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University in Australia and one of the Four Corners' Speakers for JALT 2001, will conduct a workshop which considers some of the implications of a discourse perspective for teaching. ... read more

Stimulus Based Teaching

Sponsor: Okayama Chapter
Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Mon., November 19, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Okayama
City: Okayama
Venue: Okayama University, Faculty of Education. For info, contact nikki@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
Description: Stimulus based teaching is a generative framework which can be applied to any learning/teaching stimulus be it a verb list, a potato, a coursebook or a photo and which saves planning time and gets the ... read more

Tuesday, November 20th, 2001

Lesson Planning By Threads

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Tue., November 20, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 500 yen
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: Peace Park International Conference Center
Description: In this workshop Tessa Woodward shows you a way of saving time when planning lessons. "Threads" are activities set up by you and your students which, once introduced, can be picked up again in later ... read more

Teaching Speaking: renewing our perspectives through discourse

Sponsor: Kumamoto Chapter
Speaker: Anne Burns, Macquarie University in Australia
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Tue., November 20, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto City International Center (Kumamoto Kokusai Kooryuu Kaikan), 5th Floor, Large Conference Room A (Ou Hiroma 'A')
Description: (This presentation is followed by a second presentation.)Anne Burns, Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University in Australia and one of the Four Corners' Speakers for JALT 2001, will conduct a workshop which considers some of the ... read more

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Sponsor: Kumamoto Chapter
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM (Tue., November 20, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
Prefecture: Kumamoto
City: Kumamoto
Venue: Kumamoto City International Center (Kumamoto Kokusai Kooryuu Kaikan), 5th Floor, Large Conference Room A (Ou Hiroma 'A')
Description: (This presentation is preceeded by another presentation.)Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve ... read more

Wednesday, November 21st, 2001

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century

Sponsor: Hiroshima Chapter
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Wed., November 21, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): TBA
Prefecture: Hiroshima
City: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center 3F, Seminar Room #3, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen. The motivation to learn English is to improve one's chances of gaining employment. Raul ... read more

Thursday, November 22nd, 2001

PAC3 at JALT2001: A Language Odyssey (Pre-Conference Workshop Day)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Several featured speakers
Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM (Thu., November 22, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): one cost per workshop on this day.
Fee (One-Day members): one cost per workshop on this day.
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Kitakyushu (5 minutes from Kokura Shinkansen Station) Link: How to get there
Description: This is an overview; see the conference web site for full details:10:00 - 13:00 Featured Speaker Teacher Training Workshops13:30 - 16:30 Featured Speaker Teacher Training Workshops17:00 - 20:00 Featured Speaker Teacher Training Workshops19:00 - 21:00 ... read more

Friday, November 23rd, 2001

PAC3 at JALT2001: A Language Odyssey (Day 1 of 3)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Hundreds of speakers
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM (Fri., November 23, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): discounts on the per-day and package pricing.
Fee (One-Day members): varies; 1-day, 2-day and 3 day prices.
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Kitakyushu (5 minutes from Kokura Shinkansen Station) Link: How to get there
Description: 08:30 -- Registration opens 09:00 -- Programs start (200 meetings, presentations, workshops, colloquia) 09:00 -- Educational Materials Exposition opens 14:00 -- Opening Ceremony PAC - Asian Youth Forum student speeches. The main conference begins by ... read more

JALT Junior 2001 (Day 1 of 3)

A conference for teachers of children

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: A wide range of speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Fri., November 23, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 4,000 yen/day (pre-register for 9,000 for 3 days)
Fee (One-Day members): 4,000 yen/day (pre-register for 9,000 for 3 days)
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue:
Description: JALT Junior 2001 is a special mini-conference held at the PAC3/JALT2001 conference site for teachers of children, and features:15 presentations on this day in three rooms, including: Publisher sessions featuring popular authors of children's books. ... read more

Saturday, November 24th, 2001

PAC3 at JALT2001: A Language Odyssey (Day 2 of 3)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: Hundreds of speakers
Time: 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM (Sat., November 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): Discounts on the per-day and package pricing.
Fee (One-Day members): varies: there are 1-day, 2-day and 3 day prices.
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Kitakyushu (5 minutes from Kokura Shinkansen Station) Link: How to get there
Description: 08:30 -- Open registration09:00 -- Start programs (200 meetings, short papers, posters, colloquia)09:00 -- Start EME (educational materials exhibition)11:00 -- Main Plenary speechesAdrian Underhill, Consultant Trainer to Embassy CES International Teacher Training Institute. Representing IATEFL. ... read more

JALT Junior 2001 (Day 2 of 3)

A conference for teachers of children

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: An enormous range of speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Sat., November 24, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 4,000 yen/day (pre-register for 9,000 for 3 days)
Fee (One-Day members): 4,000 yen/day (pre-register for 9,000 for 3 days)
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue:
Description: JALT Junior 2001 is a special mini-conference held at the PAC3/JALT2001 conference site for teachers of children, and features:13 presentations this day in three rooms, including: Publisher sessions featuring popular authors of children's books. Academic ... read more

Sunday, November 25th, 2001

PAC3 at JALT2001: A Language Odyssey (Day 3 of 3)

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: hundreds of speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): Discounts on the per-day and package pricing.
Fee (One-Day members): Varies; 1-day, 2-day and 3 day prices.
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Kitakyushu (5 minutes from Kokura Shinkansen Station) Link: How to get there
Description: This is an overview; see the conference web site for full details: 09:00 -- Start programs (100 short papers, demonstrations, colloquia) 09:00 -- Start EME (educational materials exhibition) 11:00 -- JALT2001 Asian Scholar speech Raul ... read more

JALT Junior 2001 (Day 3 of 3)

A conference for teachers of children

Sponsor: Annual JALT International Conference
Speaker: A fantastic range of speakers
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Sun., November 25, 2001)
Fee (JALT members): 4,000 yen/day (pre-register for 9,000 for 3 days)
Fee (One-Day members): 4,000 yen/day (pre-register for 9,000 for 3 days)
Prefecture: Fukuoka
City: Kitakyushu
Venue:
Description: JALT Junior 2001 is a special mini-conference held at the PAC3/JALT2001 conference site for teachers of children, and features:8 presentations on this day in three rooms, including: Publisher sessions featuring popular authors of children's books. ... read more

Discourse as a Solution to the Teaching of Requisite English

Sponsor: Sendai Chapter
Speaker: Lorne Spry
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Sun., November 25, 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: 2nd floor, Ichibancho Shmin Center
Description: This presentation will focus on the use of discourse in English language instruction. Firstly, it will present an account of how the presenter was confronted by some challenges, particularly in respect to terminal, requisite courses ... read more

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