December 2011

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December 1st (Thursday) 2011 1
Tokyo PC Users Group

OmegaT, an Open Source Memory Translation Tool

12/1 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

Jean-Christophe Helary
December 3rd (Saturday) 2011 1
Linguapax Asia

Literacy for Dialogue in Multilingual Societies

12/3 9:15 AM-6:00 PM, Mitaka City, Tokyo Metropolis

Various speakers
December 4th (Sunday) 2011 2
Language Teaching Professionals

Certificate Course in Teaching Conversation Skills to Japanese University Students (Tokyo)

12/4 1:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tokyo

Jerry Talandis Jr (Toyo Gakuen University), Bruno Vannieu (Kobe University)
ETJ Fukuoka

2011 ETJ Kyushu Expo

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

Various speakers
December 7th (Wednesday) 2011 2
Sojo International Learning Center at Sojo University

Professional Development through Collaborative Research: A Writing Fluency Project

12/7 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Kumamoto City

Greg Sholdt
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

12/7 9:00 PM-10:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
December 9th (Friday) 2011 1
Hiroshima JALT

Hiroshima JALT Bonenkai

12/9 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Hiroshima City

Members and friends
December 10th (Saturday) 2011 6
J-VARG SIG

The 8th Annual Conference on English Vocabulary Acquisition

12/10 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tokyo

Yo In'nami, Brian Strong, Michael P. H. Rodgers, Masamichi Mochizuki, Kiwamu Kasahara, Rie Koizumi, Andy Barfield, Naoki Sakata
Nagasaki JALT

(1) Setting up an extensive reading course; (2) The Illusion of Synonyms

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

Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen)
Okayama JALT

Discourse Frames and Materials Development: What is the connection?

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

Mike Guest
Hamamatsu JALT

My Share & Year End Social

12/10 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Various Chapter members
Fukuoka JALT

Fukuoka JALT Bonenkai (end of year party)

12/10 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Fukuoka City

It's a party!
CoFFET

CoFFET/AFFETIS Launch: Teaching Guidelines Workshop and Christmas Party.

12/10 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Lynn Suico
December 11th (Sunday) 2011 10
Reitaku University Tokyo Research Center

Helping Learners Remember Words and Phrases: Implementing Proposals from Cognitive Linguistics

12/11 10:00 AM-11:30 AM, Tokyo

Frank Boers (Victoria University of Wellington)
Ibaraki JALT

(1,2) Teaching Reading; (3) Research Methods

12/11 1:00 PM-5:30 PM, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture

(1) Suzanne Bonn; (2) Atsuko Ueda; (3) Takayuki Nakanishi
ETJ Tokyo

Cooperative Learning Workshop and End of Year Party

12/11 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Jeff Contreras, Mike Seko
Toyohashi JALT

Entering the conversation, joining the community: Legitimate participation in academic publishing / Annual Bonenkai

12/11 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Theron Muller
Iwate-Aomori JALT

(1) Promoting Students' Foreign Language Communication Ability and General Studies;
(2) University Students' Perceptions on the Teacher's Use of L1 in English Class

12/11 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

(1) Yoshiko Miyake; (2) Harumi Ogawa
Nagano JALT

1. The Plastic Brain: How Emotion, Cognition and Movement Shape Learning; 2. The Brain, the Self and the Successful Learner

12/11 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Nagano City

1. Curtis Kelly (Kansai University); 2. Cheryl Kirchhoff (Nagano Pref. College)
Saitama JALT

(1) Teaching Portfolio; (2) International Exchanges in the Wake of the March 11th Disasters

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

(1) Emiko Hirose Horton; (2) Nara Katsuyuki
Shizuoka JALT

ELT and the Science of Happiness (followed by End of Year Party)

12/11 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Marc Helgesen
Matsuyama JALT

Let's Teach Reading

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

Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Co-author, Let’s Go, Oxford University Press and Program Director, International Teacher Development Institute
Hokkaido JALT

JALT Hokkaido Annual Year-end Meeting & Bonenkai

12/11 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Informal Event
December 14th (Wednesday) 2011 1
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

12/14 9:00 PM-10:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
December 15th (Thursday) 2011 1
University of Kitakyushu

Task Complexity, Task Sequencing, Task Difficulty, and Second Language Learning

12/15 2:40 PM-5:50 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Peter Robinson
December 17th (Saturday) 2011 3
Sendai JALT

Reports from JALT 2011 Conference

12/17 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Local members
Sendai JALT

Sendai JALT Year End Party (Bonenkai) 2011

12/17 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Everyone!!
Kobe JALT

A Joint Kansai JALT (Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka JALT Chapters) Year-End Event with PechaKucha Night Nishinomiya #11

12/17 6:40 PM-9:00 PM, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

12 PechaKucha Format Presentations
December 18th (Sunday) 2011 3
San-in Area Teachers Group

Survey for New San-in Area Teachers Group

12/18 10:00 AM-9:00 PM, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture

Samantha Kawakami
Language Teaching Professionals

Certificate Course in Teaching Conversation Skills to Japanese University Students (Fukuoka)

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

Bruno Vannieu
Yokohama JALT

My Share and End of Year Party

12/18 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Open to Members
December 19th (Monday) 2011 1
IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG

Apps for mobile learning: from theory to real world application

12/19 1:00 AM-2:00 AM, Online , Online Events

Caroline Moore
December 21st (Wednesday) 2011 1
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

12/21 9:00 PM-10:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter
December 28th (Wednesday) 2011 1
CoFFET

PPR (Present, Practice, and Reinforce) Creating Positive Learning Experiences in Children's English Classes

12/28 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Chiba City

Marco Brazil, and others

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