December 2005

Yamagata JALT

Looking at Arizona in terms of its History, Culture and Education

12/3 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Yamagata City

Thomas McGregor

Tokyo British Council

Teacher Development Intensive Course (Assessing and Testing Learning)

12/4 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

Hamish Buchan (British Council Tokyo)

ETJ Niigata

Practical Phonics

12/4 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Niigata City

David Boudreau

Chiba JALT

JALT JSL SIG and Chiba Chapter Joint Meeting

12/4 2:15 PM-4:15 PM, Chiba City

Roberta Welch, Fujie Hiroko, Sato Hiroko, Markus Rude

ETJ Fukuoka

ETJ Fukuoka December Workshop and Christmas Tea Party

12/4 2:30 PM-4:50 PM, Fukuoka City

Akiko Kokubu, Yuka Komiguchi and Tim Dickens

Nellie's Group, Ltd.

Nellie's ELT Workshop and Book Fair 2005 in Tokyo

12/4 9:00 AM-5:30 PM, Tokyo

Several speakers

ETJ

Chugoku ETJ Expo

12/4 9:30 AM-6:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Kansai University

Theory of Method: Reflections on Research Methodology in Pragmatics

12/7 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Suita City, Osaka Prefecture

Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Akita JALT

Teaching Listening to Low Level Learners: The Importance of Script and of Suprasegmental Phonology

12/10 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City

Alastair Graham-Marr of ABAX Publishers

Nara JALT

December My Share (and 2005 Christmas Party)

12/10 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nara City

Group Participation

Okayama JALT

Functions of fixed expressions and idioms and metaphors in two different genres in English

12/10 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City

Nobuko Tahara

SCBWI

Breaking In: Magazine Writing for Children

12/10 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Suzanne Kamata, Tokushima author/editor

Kobe JALT

Engaging Learners in Their Own Learning with a Drama Approach

12/10 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Steve Brown

Kyoto JALT

Learning about the TOEFL-iBT

12/10 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Kyoto City

Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska

Kitakyushu JALT

Managing Students' On-line Learning with MOODLE

12/10 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Nigel Stott and Malcolm Swanson

Ibaraki JALT

Putting Reading and Listening Online

12/11 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Gordon Luster, Language Education and Research Network, Inc. (L.E.A.R.N.)

Hokkaido JALT

Hokkaido JALT Bonenkai Party

12/11 1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

All Members

Yokohama JALT

Introducing Self-directed Learning to College Students

12/11 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Marc Sheffner

Saitama JALT

My Share and End of year party

12/11 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Various speakers

Matsuyama JALT

Short and Simple: Discussion, Presentation, and Debate Activities for Low-Level Learners

12/11 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Charles LeBeau

Fukui JALT

Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Asia

12/11 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Fukui City

Yoshiki Imagawa

Nagasaki JALT

Teaching Language and Intercultural Communication Skills

12/17 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Greg Goodmacher, Oita Prefectural College of Art and Culture, and Asako Kajiura, Asia Pacific University in Beppu.

Hiroshima JALT

Hiroshima JALT Bonenkai

12/17 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Everyone is welcome

Osaka JALT

Osaka JALT Chapter Bonenkai at Universal City's Chicago for Ribs Restaurant

12/17 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Osaka City

It's a Party!

Hamamatsu JALT

Orientation for College Studies outside the Classroom

12/18 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Steve Brown

Shizuoka JALT

Christmas Lunch

12/18 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Let's lunch

Nagano JALT

End-of-year Party

12/18 1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Nagano City

It's a Party!

Sendai JALT

JALT Conference Reports (and Bonenkai)

12/18 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Various Presenters

Toyohashi JALT

Orientation for College Studies outside the Classroom

12/18 2:30 PM-5:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Steve Brown