Ibaraki JALT

                                                                                Joint Meeting with Brain SIG Theme:   Racking your brain ? Fix it on Brain Day ! Date:  June 8th, 2019 (Saturday) Venue: University of Tsukuba, CEGLOC (room CA304)       Access to Tsukuba Campus:    http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/access/tsukuba_access Campus Map:    http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/access/tsukuba-campus   Speakers: Curtis Kelly & Caroline Handley Presentation Title: Brain Day Mini-Conference Summary: In collaboration with the BRAIN SIG, the two Coordinators will give us an all-day workshop on 5 things every teacher should know about the brain and how to use that information in the classroom.   They will discuss discoveries like: no emotion - no learning; the brain is a prediction machine; how the brain is embodied; and so on. You will come up with the classroom applications for using these ideas. Schedule: 9:30:   Doors open 10:00 ~ 12:00:   Morning Presentations 12:00 ~ 14:00:   Lunch/Network

Date:  March 17th 2019 (Sunday)   Venue: Ibaraki University Mito Campus (room #13 Common Education Building) http://bit.ly/MitoMap Morning Program:   10:00-11:30  Speaker: Samuel Nfor Presentation Title: Communicative Language Teaching:  Functionalizing Students’ ‘Out-of-School’ Literacy Practices through Mime The presentation discusses the benefits and challenges of experimental Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in a Japanese university EFL oral communication class and concludes that bringing students’ literacy practices from outside the context of formal education into the EFL classroom acknowledges their investment in classroom language practices, secures student engagement, and yields perceived improvement. Afternoon Program:  13:30-15:30  Speakers: Sanae Kawamoto & Tracy Brown Presentation Title: Explaining Japanese Culture using Easy Simple English As International visitors are increasing in Japan, we have opportunities to assist them, or explain to them aspects of Japane

Ibaraki Chapter December 2018 Meeting Afternoon Program:  14:00 – 16:00 Presentation Title: Heritage and the function of the university in society By Grant Black DSocSci, CMgr, FCMI, FRSA. President of Black Inc. Consulting (Japan). Presentation Summary: Higher education reform policies in Japan, such as through the Super Global University funding project, aim to boost the university's role as a knowledge-producing centre of innovation and global skills development.   In some ways this indicates a change in the function of the university in society.   How do we balance the heritage and history of a Japanese university institution with the drive to adopt global practices and implement international-minded reform policies? Bio: Dr Grant Black is President of Black Inc. Consulting (Japan), a business & university global strategic management firm based in Tokyo. He holds a BA Highest Honors in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MA in Buddhist Stu

Date:  Sunday, October 2 1 , 2 018 Venue:   Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room #2) Morning Program:   10:00 – 12:00 Title:   Female foreign language teachers in the Japanese labour movement By:   Julia Kimura, lecturer, Mukogawa Women’s University Abstract/Overview:  Women fill less than half of the permanent full-time jobs in Japan but make up approximately 70 % of the contingent workforce, which includes part-time and contract workers, such as university adjunct professors. Women are also underrepresented in the abour movement, which is notoriously a man’s world, particularly in top leadership positions.  In this talk, I provide an account of women and organized labour in Japan, as well as a de scription of female foreign language teachers from inner circle countries participating in their labour union in west Japan. Afternoon Program:   14:00 – 16:00 Title:   Overcoming challenges in providing support for participants in student exchanges and other study abroad programs By:   K

Ibaraki Chapter June Meeting Presentations     Morning 10:00 – 12:00 １． The brain’s many different memory processes: applications to language teaching. By Assistant Professor Bruno Jactat, University of Tsukuba (CEGLOC-centre) Bruno currently teaches French but has used auditory processing devices for training children, teenagers and adults in different languages. In this workshop he will give an overview of the brain’s various memory functions and let you experience firsthand how this can empower further learning in your classes. Afternoon 14:00 – 16:00 2. Language-in-Education Policy in Nepal: Status and Challenges By Researcher Manita Karki, School of Education, Kathmandu University, Nepal.   This presentation provides a brief picture of language policy and planning in Nepal especially English language education in particular. Further, it highlights some critical comments, and key challenges to language planning in Nepal. 3. Business Meeting (16:20~17:00) Date: Saturday, June 16th,

Presentations: Morning 10:00 – 12:00 1. Teaching Writing: Why and how can we include grammar and culture (context)? By Nivedita Kumari,  Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba (CEGLOC-centre) Kumari has taught EFL Japanese learners for four years and has been interested in research related to cross-cultural studies on pragmatics. With a background and PhD in linguistics, she intends to apply the theories of linguistics to classroom teaching. Afternoon 14:00 – 16:00 2. Educational development in Nepal By Pramila Neupane,  Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba (CEGLOC-centre) With a Ph.D. in International Studies and a Master’s degree in English Language Education, her current research focuses on socioeconomic issues in education in developing countries. Also being interested in student motivation, she will talk about educational development issues in Nepal in the changing political situation and share her research on student’s motivation in learning English. 3. Business Meetin

  1. Presentation (14:00~15:00) Note-taking methods for academic and professional purposes by Jeroen Bode , University of Tsukuba 2.   15:10 – 16:00 Impressions on:  JALT International (Tsukuba) 3.   Business Meeting (16:20~17:00) Date: Sunday, December 10 th , 2017, 14:00~17:00 Venue: Ibaraki University Address:  (Classroom # 25, 2F “ Kyotsu-Kyoiku-To ”, 2nd Bldg)                   Bunkyo 2-1-1, Mito-shi Access:    http://www.ibaraki.ac.jp/generalinfo/campus/index.html Access in Eng:  http://www.ibaraki.ac.jp/en/generalinfo/campus/index.html Doors open at 13:00. No Pre-registration necessary! JALT Members : Free; Non-members : 500 yen …and afterwards join us for the Chapter Year-end Party Starts at 17:30 at Coji Coji! (Don't forget to bring an inexpensive gift for the Xmas Exchange.) 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

The First CEGLOC (Center for Education of Global Communication)　Conference Theme:　Active Learning and Oral Communication Date: December 9th, 2017 Venue: University of Tsukuba 　　　　CEGLOC Center for Education of Global Communication 　　　　4th Floor, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref. First CEGLOC Conference will be held at University of Tsukuba on December 9, 2017.  JALT Ibaraki Chapter is one of the co-sponsors and the admission is free. 　 For more information, please go to the conference website: http://www.en.almalang.com/workshop  .  You can click "Timetable with room number and map (PDF)" which is the poster of the conference. Also, go to:  http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/access  to check how to reach the conference venue.

Ibaraki Chapter October Meeting Date and Time:  Saturday, October 21st, 2017, 14:00 - 16:00 Venue:  Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2), Azuma 3-1, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken  1. Afternoon Program (14:00 - 16:00) Title:  Strategic competence: What is it, how to teach it, and how to assess it      Presenter:  Javier Salzar, University of Tsukuba    　　 Javier has over 10 years of experience teaching English in Japan throughout all education levels (kindergarten to graduate level), and his teaching approach is centered around learner’s development. His research interests include: self regulated learning, active learning, strategic competence development, gamification and the use of humor in the classroom. 2.      Business Meeting (not this time) Saturday, October 21 , 2017, 14:00~16:00 Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2) Azuma 3-1, Tsukuba-shi Doors open at 13:30. No Pre-registration necessary! JALT Members: Free  Non-members: 500 yen JALT Ibaraki chapter meetings are open t

Ibaraki Chapter June Meeting Date and Time:    Saturday, 24 June 2017 -  2:00pm  -  5:00pm Speaker:   Roxana Sandu, University of Tsukuba Venue : Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2)            Azuma 3-1 Tsukuba-shi 1. Featured Presentation (14:00 - 16:00) Title: Educate for the future: Fostering 21st Century Skills in the English Language Classroom By: Roxana Sandu, University of Tsukuba 2. Business Meeting (16:20 - 17:00) Presentation Summary: Living in an increasingly globalized and digitized world, students nowadays should be educated in order to meet the expectations of tomorrow’s job market. Therefore, education, including foreign language education, should prepare students for the unpredictable future that lies ahead of them. The purpose of this talk is threefold. The first is to introduce some of the frameworks for 21st century skills, while focusing on the importance of teaching not only the 4Cs (communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity) of 21st Cen

The Japan Association for Language Teaching -JALT-  Ibaraki Chapter March Meeting  Presentations: Morning 1. “Keep your powder dry: A prepper’s guide to academic professional development” (10:00~12:00) by Michael　Parrish,  - JALT National Job Information Centre (JIC) co-coordinator,  - Assistant professor at Kwansei Gakuin University Afternoon 2. “Dark side of Language Teaching” (14:00~14:35)  by Martin Pauly, Professor Emeritus Tsukuba University of Technology 3. “Building a publishing pipeline for academic success” (14:45~16:15) by Richard Miller,  - JALT National Job Information Centre (JIC) co-coordinator - Associate professor in business administration at Kobe Gakuin University 4. Business Meeting (16:30~17:00) Saturday, March 25th, 2017, 9:30~17:00 Click on the link below for an access map. Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2) Azuma 3-1 Tsukuba-shi Doors open at 9:30. No Pre-registration necessary! JALT Members: Free  Non-members: 500 yen JALT Ibaraki chapter m

1. Presentation (14:00~16:10) Butterfly Wing Flaps and Second Language Acquisition by James A. Elwood, Meiji University Abstract of Presentation: Butterfly Wing Flaps and Second Language Acquisition James A. Elwood Meiji University Lorenz (1963) may have correctly characterized the relationship between lepidopteral beings and weather events, but distance has long been a sadly underresearched aspect of second language acquisition (SLA). This talk will address a triad of affective variables in SLA to which little attention has been given: perceived distance, ego permeability, and extroversion. A brief discussion of the history of the three constructs will be followed by a detailed explanation of a study that investigated the addition of these to two models of willingness to communicate in SLA. We will conclude with a look at pedagogical implications from these results.  James Elwood holds a doctorate in TESOL from Temple University and is an associate professor in the Faculty

Presentations: Morning Education never ends: Language acquisition post-academia and the Dutch “ permanent education ” policies for official (certified) translators/interpreters (11:00~12:10) by Jeroen Bode , The University of Tsukuba           Afternoon Multi-step course design for aiding students in the development of critical thinking competence and dialogic discourse (14:00~16:10) by David Gann , Tokyo University of Science Business Meeting (16:20~17:00) Saturday, September 10 th , 2016, 11:00~17:00 Tsukuba Gakuin University (Meeting Room 2) Click here for Google Map! Doors open at 10:30. No Pre-registration necessary! JALT Members: Free  Non-members: 500 yen JALT Ibaraki chapter meetings are open to all interested in learning and teaching languages.  Support the Chapter Book Fair! Donate no-longer-needed educational materials – Get used ones for 50 yen! Abstracts and Biographies: Education never ends: Language acquisition post-academia and the Dutch “ permanent education ” pol

The next chapter meeting will be on September 10, Saturday at Tsukuba Gakuin University. Details to follow as they become available.

Date: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 Place: Ibaraki Christian University, Hitachi Time: 11:00~17:00 (10:30 Doors open.) Morning Presentation -  (11:00~11:40) Applicability of the Silent Way Method: Evaluating in terms of Foreign Language Anxiety and Conversation Analysis by Hidenori Kuwabara, Tokiwa University & Yosuke Ogawa, Kansai University Abstract: Since the Silent Way fell out of use in the 80s, it has not been examined by any of the modern pedagogical methodologies. Nevertheless, this unique method could have the potential to be applied to current language classrooms, especially with focus on form and fluency activities. This study attempts to investigate the applicable features of the Silent Way from the Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) perspective along with a qualitative analysis of its interactional sequence. Data from video recordings and pre/post-questionnaires was analysed to assess how learners’ affective filters (i.e. FLA) were processed and how the interactional architectu

This is to announce the date and time of cremation and memorial gathering (SHINOBU-KAI ＝偲ぶ会） of Betts-sensei. Please share this information with anyone who might be concerned. 1) Cremation:  May 7 (Sat) 13:50 -  (at Mito City Crematorium) 　　火葬：　 5 月 7 日（土）　 13:50 ～　場所：　水戸市斎場　　住所：　茨城県水戸市堀町２１０６－２　    Please gather at 13:00 if you would like to attend. 　 お立会を希望される場合には、現地、 13 時集合となります。 2) Memorial Gathering (SHINOBU-KAI): May 8 (Sun) 15:00 - (at FUJISAITEN Mito Station South Exit Hall)     ロバート・ベッツ先生を偲ぶ会：　 5 月 8 日（日）　 15:00 ～　　富士祭典セレモニア富士水戸駅南館　住所：　水戸市桜川 2-5-11 　　 http://fuji-saiten.jp/facilities/ekinan.html 　　★ Please be advised that people can gather in casual dress for SHINOBU-KAI. 　   　　　　偲ぶ会へのご参加は平服にてお願いいたします。     ★ If there is anyone who wishes to send a flower for the hall of SHINOBU-KAI, please request him/her to make contact directly with FUJISAITEN's office at 029-251-7235. 会場へのお花の提供を希望されている方がいらっしゃいましたら、直接富士祭典の事務所（ 029-251-7235 ）にお電話いただくよう、おつたえください。 　　★ We have prepared this

Date: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 Place: Ibaraki Christian University, Hitachi Time: 11:00~17:00 (10:30 Doors open.) Morning A reconsideration of the Silent Way in terms of Foreign Language Anxiety and Conversation Analysis (11:00~11:40) by Hidenori Kuwabara , Tokiwa University &  Yosuke Ogawa , Kansai University Afternoon Language Instruction through Cultural Participation: The Peculiar Case of Shape Notes (14:00~16:10) by Tim Cook , Chiba University, Mejiro University, & Seikei University Business Meeting (16:20~17:00) Details to follow …