Ibaraki JALT Test

On October 23rd, the Ibaraki Chapter will be co-sponsoring JALT's Professional Development Symposium 2010 (along with West Tokyo JALT, JALT Gunma, and Shizuoka JALT) to be held at Tokai University's Shonan Campus. The theme is "Helping Learners Build Multiple Skills by Setting Clear Goals, Developing Effective Methodologies, and Creating Appropriate Materials".

Our next meeting is planned for Sunday, May 30. We'll be meeting at the beautiful campus of Ibaraki Christian University. We wish to thank them for their generosity in allowing us the use of their excellent facilities. Place: Ibaraki Christian University (Bldg. 5), Hitachi Time: 1 pm to 5 pm (with lots of break time in between presentations), followed by the business meeting The title/theme for the day: Creativity in the Classroom . Presentations: Creative Management and Learning: Speed-Song-Dictation-Conversational- Routines Tim Murphey Kanda University of International Studies Prof. Murphey will illustrate the use of Creative Management and Learning through Speed-Song-Dictation-Conversational-Routines, an easy and fun way to promote learning and manage classes in an innovative way. This technique promotes agency and puts student input to use. ____________________________________________ Composing haiku for communicative purposes Atsushi Iida Indiana University of Pennsylvani...

Program Ⅰ Featured Speakers: First presentation (12:00 - 12:50): Another NVC - Nonviolent Communication - Both Verbal and Nonverbal Jim D. Batten Ibaraki Christian University Second presentation (13:00 - 13:50): Classroom Feedback Systems George MacLean The University of Tsukuba Third presentation (14:00 - 14:50): Translations Studies - An Update Jeroen Bode The University of Tsukuba Program Ⅱ Short Presentations (15:00 - 16:00): Moving Music Center Stage for Young ESL Learners! by Deborah Murao A Model TEFL Internship Program for Japanese Universities by Clay Bussinger Program Ⅲ (16:15 - 17:00): Chapter Business Meeting Sunday, December 13, 12:00 – 17:00 at Mito Shimin Kaikan, Room 305 (Doors open from 12:00 a.m. No pre-registration required!) JALT Members: Free Non-Members: ¥500 　 Students: Free JALT Ibaraki chapter meetings are open to all interested in learning and teaching languages. . . . and afterwards join us for the Annual Chapter Year-End Party Starts at 5:...

Clear your calendars for out October 4th All Day Mini-Conference. Sunday, 4 Oct 9:30-17:00; Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 1 & 2), Tsukuba; Non-members \500. In the morning session: “An Inconvenience Truth about Interlanguage” (Note that the title is not a typo - but reflects the content of the presentation.) Charles Kowalski As every English teacher in Japan knows, Japanese-influenced English, or “interlanguage”, can lead learners to produce sentences that are (a) unintentionally comical, (b) very different from the intended meaning, (c) completely incomprehensible, or (d) all of the above. This presentation will focus on cross-linguistic studies to explain certain often-confused areas, such as the use of possessives in English, and the confusion of abstract nouns and adjectives that gives us “safety drivers”. It will include classroom activities to help clear up the confusion resulting from Japanese influence, and steps learners can take towards the ultimate goal of bei...

I've seen him twice and each time was a revelation.

James Banner is Director of External Courses at Hilderstone College, UK. He directed the RSA Diploma in Teaching Foreign Languages to Adults, which Hilderstone piloted with the University of Edinburgh, and a Certificate Programme in TFLA for Hilderstone College in conjunction with Kent Adult Education and the University of Kent. He has wide experience of teaching and training at all levels both in Britain and abroad and has published articles on language teaching and cultural issues. Also, he has regularly presented seminars on behalf of the British Council in Italy, Germany, Brazil, Spain and Japan.

May 10th Meeting. Site: Ibaraki Christian University (Bldg #5), Hitachi Omika 6-11-1 Presenter: Dr James Banner (Hilderstone College, UK) (Biodata will be coming soon from James) We are once again (He gave us a presentation in 2005. ) fortunate to be able to introduce Dr Banner, in Japan for a short time on British Council-related projects. Morning Presentation: 10:00-11:30 (Registration from 9:30) LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT - VOCABULARY TEACHING FOR YOUNG ADULTS This seminar will explore fertile areas and techniques for teaching vocabulary. These areas will include art and design, cult objects, fashion, icons and figures from popular culture. This will be especially useful for teachers of teenagers/young adults and young professionals. Techniques covered will include memory exercises, word circles and learner training ideas. OBJECTIVES To provide teachers with some new ideas for vocabulary development and materials that they will be able to adapt to their own use in class. The sem...