The Annual Tenri University-Nara JALT Joint Seminar 2013
Hosted by: Tenri University, Nara JALT, Kansai English Language Education Society (Nara Chapter), and NET Forum
Time and date: 12:40–17:50 Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
Theme: “On Teaching English in English”
Schedule:
12:40–13:00 Opening Addresses
13:00–13:40 Presentation 1
Hiroko Taniguchi (Yagi Junior High School)
“Teaching English in English – A Case at a Junior High School”
13:50–15:20 Presentation 2
Toshinori Nakae (Sakurai High School), Hidetami Nakai (Tenri University),
Rintaro Sato (Nara University of Education)
“Teaching English in English and the MEXT Project to Promote ELT at Senior High Schools”
15:30–16:20 Workshop/Presentation
Matthew Reynolds（English Please）
“The Impact of Phonics on Pre-teen ESL Learners”
Matthew will be explaining the benefits of having a fun, engaging Phonics program as part of your Elementary School or Junior High School English program. These benefits include, but are not limited to, improvements in spelling, reading confidence, reading speed, pronunciation, penmanship & overall vocabulary levels. The talk will include descriptions of phonics games children love that can be adapted for use with any class size.
16:30–17:40 Lecture
Shuhei Kadota (Kansei Gakuin University)
“Shadowing as an Intervening Practice between Input and Output Processing”
Shuhei Kadota is one of the leading researchers in Psycholinguistics and Applied Linguistics in Japan. His interest is to investigate the mechanism in which a second language is cognitively processed, memorized and acquired. In this lecture, he will focus on the efficacy of shadowing practice as a tool to increase learners’ output and transform learners’ explicit knowledge to implicit memory.
17:50–18:50
Snack party and informal discussion session
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 Uni’s official homepage. If you drive, first go to the Tenri City Hall, which is on the route 169 (Nara to Tenri to Sakurai). Turn left if you are coming from Nara and go along the Gingo avenue for about a kilometer, then you’ll get to the Tenrikyo Headquaters. Tenri University is across the street.
Or, if you get off at Tenri Higashi Intersection of Meihan highway, and drive along for about 2 miles, then you’ll hit Isonokami Shrine. You can see Tenri Uni 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: 1) the PE Department right behind Tenri Station and 2) the Somanouchi campus in front of the Tenrikyo Headquarters (kyokai-honbu). The venue is the Somanouchi campus near Isonokami Shrine. If you come by train, walk up the main arcade up to the Headquarters. It takes about 25 minutes on foot, or 5–10 minutes by taxi.
