Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
Oct. 12-15 2012, Act City, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
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Back to School 2011
April 24 (Sun.) at Osaka Gakuin University
10:00 am ~ 5:30 pm
JALT’s Osaka Chapter, in collaboration with the Framework and Language Portfolio SIG and Task Based Learning SIG, is proud to sponsor the second annual Back to School event, to be held Sun., April 24 at Osaka Gakuin University (Bldg. #2) from 10:00 am ~ 5:30 pm.
To whet your appetite for tasty teacher and learner development, a delicious Teacher Development Day event, A Moveable Feast, is being whipped up by JALT’s Learner Development and Teacher Education SIGs in collaboration with Osaka Chapter.
Offering vital nutrition for our teaching lives, the menu will include lots of food for thought. As a feast, this event is intended to provide refreshment for, and celebration of, our teaching and learning lives; as a moveable feast, it aims to be bigger and more diverse than a single chapter meeting or SIG forum can be, and more participatory than a traditional sit-down conference. We hope that the day can be spent developing a new combination of dishes and delights from familiar ingredients.
Plenary speakers:
Chuck Sandy: Just because you're teaching doesn’t mean everyone’s learning
Charles Adamson: Just because everyone’s learning doesn’t mean you’re teaching
Poster sessions:
Frank Cheang, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University - Outside of TESOL for the Language Teacher: Studying and teaching business concepts
Andrew Dowling, Ritsumeikan University - Passages To India: A Journey in Teacher Development through Literature: Teaching with Slum-dog Millionaire
Patrick Kiernan, Meiji University - Contrasting identities of returnee students: facebook vs. interview
Richard Miller, Kansai University - The more you learn the more you earn: teachers as learners in formal and informal roles
Toshiko Sugino, Dept. of National Defense Academy - Investigating the relationship between teacher and student ‘demotivational’ factors
Bob Sanderson, Kinki University - Reflections on how our learning experiences inform our teaching
Workshop:
Deryn Verity and Steve Cornwell
Ruminations and Connections: Posters as food for thought
For more details, see http://osakajalt.squarespace.com/
The Pan-SIG Conference is one of JALT's premiere events of the year. This year it's happening in Osaka at Osaka Gakuin University.
Please see the Pan-SIG website for the schedule, map, and full details: http://www.pansig.org/2010/index.html
Learner Perspectives
The 9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010
This year, the theme of our conference is “Learner Perspectives.” During two days of presentations, workshops and poster sessions, we hope that all conference participants will find something that will stimulate their research and ideas for teaching in their classrooms! There will be over 85 teacher-researchers from 13 JALT special interest groups (SIGs) and two JALT Chapters discussing “what the learner thinks about what is occurring in the classroom.”
We are also very pleased to welcome our wonderful plenary speakers, Professors Judy Noguchi and Kip Cates, and our featured speaker, Larry Davies.
For schedule, handbook and more details see:
http://www.pansig.org/2010/index.html
This conference is co-sponsored by:
Business English (BE)
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL),
College and University Educators (CUE),
Extensive Reading (ER),
Framework and Language Portfolio (FLP),
Global Issues in Language Education (GILE),
Japanese as a Second Language (JSL),
Lifelong Language Learning (LLL),
Other Language Educators (OLE),
Pragmatics (PRAG), Study Abroad (SA),
Teacher Education (TEd), Testing & Evaluation (TEVAL
Kyoto Chapter and supported by the Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT).
Location:
Osaka Gakuin, University, Suita City, Osaka
Guide to Location:
http://pansig.org/2010/venue.html
Fee for JALT members:
5,000 yen for 1 day, 8,500 yen for both days
Fee for one-day members:
6,500 yen for 1 day, 10,000 yen for both days, student discount available
Linda Ohama, a Japanese-Canadian filmmaker and visual artist, will show and discuss her international award-winning film, Obaachan’s Garden, the story of a remarkable journey of strength, love and determination of one woman`s life of over 100 years. This is a moving film about the life of Asayo Imamoto Murakami, born in Onomichi, Hiroshima-ken, who was sent to Canada in 1923. She was the last picture bride living in Canada when she passed away just short of her 105th birthday. Her first home and flower garden in Canada are now a national historic site and museum. Ohama, the granddaughter of the film’s heroine, will share some behind-the-scenes experiences of the making of this film and also speak of her work on her next film. Ohama will also speak about her artwork and the community work she has been involved in both in Canada and Japan. Doors open at 1:30, presentation starts at 2:00. Japanese subtitles.
Linda Ohama, a third-generation Japanese-Canadian, is an accomplished filmmaker, visual artist, educator, and an active citizen, strongly committed to preserving cultural heritage and promoting educational and cultural exchange. Her artwork and films have received numerous international awards. She is currently in Japan working on her next project.
This event is co-sponsored by Osaka JALT, Kyoto JALT, SIETAR Kansai and Osaka Gakuin University.
Linda Ohama, a Japanese-Canadian filmmaker and visual artist, will show and discuss her international award-winning film, Obaachan’s Garden, the story of a remarkable journey of strength, love and determination of one woman`s life of over 100 years. This is a moving film about the life of Asayo Imamoto Murakami, born in Onomichi, Hiroshima-ken, who was sent to Canada in 1923. She was the last picture bride living in Canada when she passed away just short of her 105th birthday. Her first home and flower garden in Canada are now a national historic site and museum. Ohama, the granddaughter of the film’s heroine, will share some behind-the-scenes experiences of the making of this film and also speak of her work on her next film. Ohama will also speak about her artwork and the community work she has been involved in both in Canada and Japan. Doors open at 1:30, presentation starts at 2:00. Japanese subtitles.
Linda Ohama, a third-generation Japanese-Canadian, is an accomplished filmmaker, visual artist, educator, and an active citizen, strongly committed to preserving cultural heritage and promoting educational and cultural exchange. Her artwork and films have received numerous international awards. She is currently in Japan working on her next project.
This event is co-sponsored by Kyoto JALT, Osaka JALT, SIETAR Kansai and Osaka Gakuin University.
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