JALT Event

MASH originated in 2006 by MA TEFL students in the University of Birmingham distance MA program. MASH focuses on professional development through collaboration. We invite you to a full day of Poster sessions and 20-minute presentations – and a great way to meet new interesting people.
Kyoto JALT Chapter is pleased to co-host this one-day event focusing on a wide range of current issues within our EFL context. By sharing our research, our insights and our innovations with one another, we all continue to grow as ELT professionals.
Please see the MASH website for more details and schedule http://www.mash-collaboration-efl.com/

A Joint Seminar from:
Tenri University, Nara JALT、KELES (Kansai English Language Education Society) Nara Chapter、NET Forum
Opening Addresses 12:45 - 13:00pm
Panel Discussion 13:00 - 14:40pm
"What do we know about each other – junior and senior high schools"
Panelists: Four junior high teachers and two senior high teachers
Workshop 14:50 - 16:00pm
"Rock into English – More Rhythms for Clear Speech!"　
By Michael Boustany（Meisei Univ.）　Michael Greenberg（Tokai Univ.）"
They gave a wonderful presentation at the annual JALT conference in 2007 and 2008.　They will come all the way to Tenri to show their exciting techniques to teach pronunciation.
Lecture 16:10 – 17:40pm
"On the New Course of Study"
by Tomohiko Shirahata (Shizuoka University)
Snack Party 17:50 - 18:50pm
For further details or to register, please contact Hidetami Nakai of Tenri University at: h-nakai@sta.tenri-u.ac.jp (Just write your name and "I will attend.")
DIRECTIONS:
For directions to the event, please refer to the Tenri Univ's official website.
If you drive, first go to the Tenri City Hall which is on Route 169 (Nara to Tenri to Sakurai).
If traveling from Nara: turn left at Tenri City Hall, and go along Gingo avenue for about a kilometer, then you'll arrive at the Tenrikyo Headquaters. Tenri University is across the street.
If traveling on Meihan highway: Exit at Tenri Higashi Intersection, and drive straight for about 3 kilometers, then you'll hit Isonokami Shrine. You can see Tenri University from there. (You'll see the two tall chimneys.) Just turn right at the first traffic signal in front of the Shrine. From there you'll find the event posters.
NOTE:
Tenri Univ has two campuses, the PE Department right behind Tenri station and Somanouchi campus in front of the Tenrikyo Headquarters (kyokai-honbu).
The venue is Somanouchi campus, which is near Isonokami Shrine.
If you come by train, please walk up the main arcade up to the Headquaters. It takes about 25 minutes. 5-10 minutes by taxi.

Learn more about Japan from your students while stimulating meaningful communication in apparently fluent English. (Teacher tweaks the video with iMovie software.) This presentation will explain how first-year high school students are encouraged to plan, organize and present some coherent and entertaining descriptions of Japanese culture. Selected videos will be shown.

For our second meeting of 2009, we are going to go back in time a bit to the PAC7/JALT 2008 Conference held this past November in Tokyo. Various local presenters - including Melodie Cook, Richard Hodson, Tim Allan, and Tomoko Maekawa - will share ideas, inspirations, materials and handouts from their time at the Conference. Topics will include impressions by a first-time presenter, a plenary on World Englishes, and a preview of the 2009 Conference's themes, with guidelines for would-be presenters.
After the meeting, we are joining many other people to say goodbye (we prefer "mata, ne") to our longtime executive member and immediate past Program Co-Chair, Melodie Cook, who is moving to Niigata. Her party starts at 7 PM at Blue Rain in Sumiyoshi, and costs Y3000 for food; drinks, extra. If you are interested in attending, please send her a message in Facebook, or reply to her Facebook party site (" A Farewell to Mel") or e-mail her at m.cook@sun.ac.jp or imanishimel@yahoo.ca
All welcome!
Admission to the afternoon meeting: members and students, free. "One day" members - Y1000.
* 次回：2009年2月28日（土）14:00-16:00
* 場所：出島交流会館4Ｆ
* 発表者：メロディー・クック、リチャード・ホドソン、ティム・アラン、前川智子
* 演題：東京大会選りすぐり：JALT2008プレゼンテーション分析
* 参加費：会員・学生—無料非会員— Y1000.
Anytime for general and new information about many things, please check our main and event Facebook sites, or our websites at http://jalt.org/groups/Nagasaki and http://www.kyushuelt.com/jalt/ nagasaki.html or simply sign up for our monthly e-mail newsletter at http://www.kyushuelt.com/jalt/nagamail.php3
P.S. No meeting for Nagasaki JALT in March, but we are looking forward to our third meeting on April 18, featuring presenter Brian Burke-Gaffney. More details to come on this one, soon.

The presenter will demonstrate the use of various video materials for listening exercises in EFL classes. Strategies for developing lesson plans and activities using both original materials and commercial textbook/video combinations will be discussed, as well as suggestions for follow-up speaking and writing activities. Media choices and technical considerations will be covered, as well.

Do you want to write exercises that can be easily transferred to just about any program? Do you want to use Power Point but are turned off by MicroSofts fees? Do you want to keep records, create databases, and do other things without all the expenses? Find out about Open Office.
This workshop will delve into using Open Office, the free package available at openoffice.org, in many of its aspects. If you already know Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, see a way to use just about all the commands you already know in a more efficient way. Do you want your students to do presentations? Tips on how to get them started on the Presentation side will be shown. PDF making via Open Office will also be shown.
This is a workshop, so bring your laptops. If you can, download Open Office from Openoffice.org before the presentation. Hopefully, everybody will get a chance to create.

Three graduating seniors will present findings from their graduation research projects, bringing fresh perspectives on teacher and student motivation: What are the types of motivation and is there a relationship to students' TOEIC scores? How can learners maintain motivation after graduating from university? How are elementary teachers' attitudes affected by their motivation?

Happy New Year, and best wishes for the Year of the Cow! For our first meeting of 2009, Nicholas Bovee and Jeff Stewart from Kyushu Sangyo University will visit us. Their first theme/topic of "shadowing" has become a popular activity for improving listening skills at Japanese tertiary institutions in recent years. The presenters will detail a pilot research report designed to determine how shadowing exercises affect student's pronunciation, as judged by impartial native speakers, and test scores. The presenters will also detail other alternative methods for implementing out-of class listening assignments, including CALL resources. The latter will also feature some ideas for reading and vocabulary acquisition.
About the presenters: Jeff Stewart has taught ESL at a variety of schools and companies in Japan and Thailand since 2001, including Toshiba, Sanyo and Niigata University. He is currently a lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University, and lives in Fukuoka. Nicholas Bovee has lived in Kyushu for nearly ten years. In addition to teaching, he has experience working as a Japanese-English translator. He currently teaches English at Kyushu Sangyo University, and is also involved with course development at Cyber University.
P.S. Please note that the annual Chinese New Year Lantern Festival awaits us all before, during and after the meeting: it runs this year from 1/26-2/9. All welcome!
For more information and contact details, see our websites at http://jalt.org/groups/Nagasaki and http://www.kyushuelt.com/jalt/nagasaki.html as well as our Nagasaki JALT and Friends Facebook Group.
** Our second meeting of the new year will be on Saturday, 2009. 2.28, 2-4 PM: "The Best of Tokyo: Presentations from the JALT2008 Conference" with various presenters, including Tim Allan, Melodie Cook, Richard Hodson, and Tomoko Maekawa. More information to come soon! **

Students learn more when they are interested and their curiosity is aroused. As language teachers, it can be difficult to create lessons that make language points challenging and engaging. However, teaching new vocabulary and language points can be enhanced using interesting tools such as magic, puppetry, 3D effects, and unique props. Stephens will share some interesting perspectives that illustrate how emotions and different teaching methods can influence various types of learners.

Reports from the JALT National conference and brainstorming for upcoming JALT Sendai events/themes.
Please see JALT Sendai home page for further details: http://jaltsendai.terapad.com/