Ibaraki JALT Test

Time - Location Sunday, February 20th, 13:00 – 17:00 at the Urala Building in Tsuchiura Room Small Lecture Theatre I 中講座室 I (Doors open from 12:45 p.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. Abstracts for the presentations and access information for the venue, as well as further information for future events are available on the chapter home page. Program I 13:00 - 14:00 - Featured Speaker Presentation Charles Browne Meiji Gakuen University A Brief Introduction to Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition This session will introduce participants to the basic "facts" and statistics of second language vocabulary acquisition including the importance of learning high frequency vocabulary, research on the specific problems Japanese learners of English face with regard to vocabulary learning and its relation to reading skills development. Program II ...

The Year End Meeting of JALT Ibaraki will be held at the Mito Shimin Kaikan- Room 205 & 206 - and will start at 13:00. JALT Members: Free Non-Members: ¥500 Students: Free We are pleased to announce that we will have the following presentations: Featured Presentation: The Creative Classroom-- Using Jazz Chants, Poetry, Storytelling and Song by Carolyn Graham This program will focus on the power of rhythm as a language learning tool. The brain loves rhythm and music and this leads to very fast memory. Teachers will learn how to create and perform Jazz Chants which are based on the powerful rhythm of American Jazz. This rhythm is exactly the same as the beat of spoken American English. Ms. Graham will present materials suitable for students of all ages and will describe step by step how to create and perform a Jazz Chant. Carolyn Graham is an author, teacher-trainer and musician best known as the creator of Jazz Chants. She taught at New York University for twenty five ...

We are looking forward to meeting you in the cool of the Autumn at the beautiful campus of Tsukuba Gakuin University. You'll find the facilities modern and comfortable! Sun 10 Oct 9:30-17:00 Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 1 & 2), Tsukuba (map at the end of this post) Non-members 500 yen Details and Agenda 09:30 Registration begins 10:00~11:45 (Morning Session (A.M. Session) Simple Sentences for Young Learners by Sanae Kawamoto and Hanna Schnack Lunch Break in Tsukuba Center (P.M. Session) What Can I Do As A Member? (re. NPO law, parliamentary procedure) by Lawrence Cisar and Japanese Students' Perceptions of Peer Feedback by Tomoka Kaneko; Business Meeting/Annual Elections Abstracts of Presentations: Simple Sentences for Young Learners by Sanae Kawamoto and Hanna Schnack In this workshop, the presenters will show you how to teach vocabulary and simple sentences in a communicative way to young learners. This method can be used in adult classes too, especially for ...

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...