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Star Taxi
Speaker: DramaWorks (Theo Steckler, Ian Franklyn, and Marc Sheffner
Date: Sunday, February 11th, 2001
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (2F of I'm Building) Description: Star Taxi is a story told in twenty scenes of dialogue. Star Taxi is easy and fun to use, does not require any drama experience or props, and does not end in a full-blown dramatic production. It is a complete course but can also be used as a supplement. It is designed for use with teenagers and adults, although the warm-ups and language activities we include can be, and are, used with younger children. Most workshop participants find them highly entertaining and refreshing, whatever kind of class they teach.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 500 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Teaching International Understanding in the English Classroom
Speaker: Paul Sminkey, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
Date: Saturday, March 24th, 2001
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (2F of I'm Building) Description: This presentation will give suggestions and provide resources for teaching about problems that foreigners living in Japan encounter. In classes on cross-cultural understanding, many teachers focus on providing information about countries outside Japan, but it is equally important to make students aware of the difficulties that foreigners within Japan encounter and to guide them to act more naturally with foreigners they may meet. Cost for JALT members: free Cost for JALT non-members: TBA Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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The importance of non-verbal communication skills
Speaker: Claire Tyers
Date: Sunday, April 22nd, 2001
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Kagoshima University, Hobun-gakubu, Room 202
Description: This workshop aims to investigate the non-verbal communication that makes up around 70% of total communication. It demonstrates how non-verbal communication observed during role play projects can potentially aide learners in the learning of English in and out of the classroom. Cost for JALT members: free Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Phonics
Speaker: Lynda Yoshida
Date: Saturday, May 12th, 2001
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center (7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Eki)
Description: Lynda Yoshida will demonstrate how to teach children to strengthen their reading skills using the phonics method. She will also discuss how the method enables children to read and write further and eventually become independent learners. Practical activities will be introduced. Cost for JALT members: free Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Teaching Middle and High School Students
Speaker: Alastair Lamond, Thomson Learning Japan
Date: Saturday, July 14th, 2001
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center, 7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Station
Description: Lamond will conduct a workshop in which he will discuss how to teach middle and high school students. Cost for JALT members: free Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Teaching at the Elementary and Junior High School Levels
Speaker: Shintaro Yamasuso, Brain Pendersen Date: Saturday, September 22nd, 2001
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Yoka Center (7th floor of Daiei in front of Nishi Station)
Description: Two Kagoshima Chapter members will present ideas based on their teaching practice. Shintaro Yamasuso will discuss his experience of team teaching with ALTs (assistant language teachers) at the junior high school level. Brian Pedersen will discuss strategies for developing eagerness at the elementary and junior high school levels.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Date: Sunday, October 21st, 2001
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Kagoshima-shi Chuo Kominkan Description: English instruction is about to become an option for the new Period for Integrated Studies in the Japanese public schools. Monbusho has publishsed the Handbook for Elementary School English Teaching Activities to provide support to teachers. Tom Merner, a member of the authoring committee, will introduce the handbook, share views about the directions public elementary school English seems to be heading, and introduce results of a survey about the current situationin schools which have already implemented English.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Date: Saturday, November 17th, 2001
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: 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 C. Laborte is the Asian Scholar for the Four Corners Tour 2001. The Four Corners Tours are opportunities for JALT National Conference speakers to visit local JALT chapters throughout the country. Sponsorship assistance for the Asian Scholar Tour is provided by Tuttle Publishing, LIOJ and the Foreign Buyers' Club .
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Teaching Language from a JSL Perspective (Japanese as a Second Language)
Speaker: Kazumi Uesako
Date: Sunday, December 9th, 2001
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Iris Kyuden Plaza (IM Building) Description: Uesako sensei will talk about teaching language from the viewpoint of teaching Japanese to non-Japanese people. The meeting will be in Japanese.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 800 yen Organization: Kagoshima Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
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