Get a taste of the JALT conference when we invite three conference speakers to do a practice run as well as hold the elections for Kyoto Chapter Officers for 2010.
Schedule
2:00 – 2:15 Set up and registration
2:15 – 2:35 Metaphorical patterns in textbook prefaces (Kim Bradford-Watts)
2:35 – 2:45 Q & A + Feedback
2.45 – 3:05 The Nuts & Bolts of ER (Bjorn Fuisting)
2:05 – 3:15 Q & A + Feedback
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 3:50 Using Movies with Graded Readers (Michael Furmanovsky)
3:50 – 4:00 Q & A + Feedback
4:00 – 4:45 Chapter business meeting with 2009/2010 chapter elections
4:45 Pack up and cleaning
5:00 Election party at ???
Presenter: Kim Bradford-Watts
Title: Metaphorical patterns in textbook prefaces (poster session)
Abstract: Our thought processes are largely metaphorical, and metaphors are incorporated into larger metaphorical patterns in texts in order to create cohesion and consistency and to lessen cognitive load. This presentation describes the major metaphorical patterns discovered through analysis of a sample of the prefaces of 25 textbooks written in English. The study investigated the major patterns that emerged, the entailments, and implications for those working in EFL education.
Presenter: Bjorn Fuisting
Title: The Nuts & Bolts of ER
Abstract: Want to start an ER program? Have one but it isn’t going the way you hoped? Or just want to borrow some ideas? This presentation is for you.
The presentation will go through the basics of putting an ER program together and re-organizing one, everything from getting the budget, selecting the books, organizing the levels to activities, book reports and projects you can do. As well as what the students think and where the future of ER is going.
Presenter: Michael Furmanovsky
Title: Using Movies with Graded Readers
Abstract: Many of the most popular Graded Reader titles are also literature classics. At their best, Level 3-6 Readers based on these novels, can and do capture some of the power and appeal of the original story, despite the need to cut many details of their intricate plots. Almost invariably, however, the compromises involved in making them into Readers--especially the removal of rich vocabulary designed to reduce headword counts--results in a loss of the charm and appeal that characters in the full-length novel possess. It also makes it more difficult for the instructor to use the characters in the book as a vehicle for teaching vocabulary, especially adjectives that can describe the personality traits, values and ways of thinking exhibited by these characters. By using short segments from the best movie versions of these novels, however, students who are reading the same novel in a class, can not only enjoy seeing scenes that they have read come to life--a highly motivating experience--but also engage more deeply with the key characters' personalities, thus giving the instructor a chance to introduce or teach vocabulary that may not actually appear in the Reader, but is highly appropriate to these characters.
