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Welcome to the home page of the Sendai Chapter of the
Japan Association of Language Teaching (JALT)   

 Upcoming events:

NOVEMBER 2009 = Two (2) EVENTS!
( One early: Nov 8  ...  One late: Nov 29 )
(NO JALT EVENT IN OCTOBER... However, see Upcoming Special Events [to the left] for info on FREE "Open Lectures" Oct. 20 [Tues.] and Oct. 28 [Wed.])

 Nov. JALT events
Please feel free to invite colleagues, friends AND students. The more the merrier!
 NOTE: (Please help us publicize the EXPO event. Thank you.)
Whether you plan to attend or not, PLEASE DISTRIBUTE the attached fliers to colleagues, students and friends and PLEASE print out a few to POST on bulletin boards and to HAND OUT (or otherwise circulate) at your institutions, and among your students and colleagues.
(click here: ELT Expo 09 (日本語).pdf  or ELT Expo 09c.pdf)
(and a bonus flier-pamphlet regarding the ELT event in Sendai and around Japan here: Expoflyer2009 2.pdf)  
[Also SEE "This month's event details" on navigation buttons to the left]
 
Thank you for your help in spreading the word about the EXPO event. 
  

 NOVEMBER 8, 2009

ELT Expo (Nov. 8)
JALT Sendai will co-host the annual Tohoku ELT Expo with ETJ at Tohoku Fukushi University, Station Campus Building.
This is an All Day event. Lunch will be available on site by special arrangement. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE LUNCH AS WE NEED TO ARRANGE WITH THE KIND CATERERS OR CAFETERIA STAFF. PLEASE CONTACT Pres. Ken Schmidt at jaltsenpres@gmail.com to let him know if you want lunch on site or not. We need a headcount for lunches PRIOR to the event. THANK YOU.

 Please check out the attached flier (ELT Expo 09.pdf), consider participating as a presenter (great chance), and post and pass along the flier to colleagues, students and friends. We’re looking forward to a great event.

WHAT IS IT LIKE?
Usually, 3-4 speakers are giving simultaneous presentations in different rooms. There are also MANY book publishers on site showing their wares. It is a great mini-conference type of event to meet people and network, to learn from various presenters, and to puruse new teaching materials and textbooks for possible use in your classes. Many times, very interesting and helpful new books are found from some smaller or lesser known publishers as well as from Major publishers who usually sell B2B (Business to Business) to Foreign Schools in Japan (K-12, etc.) rather than to standard Eikaiwas or Japanese universities. Many of these books are not seen in bookstores in Japan. Nice chance for some new finds to spark up your classes from new angles!! 
EVENT No. 1: (details of EXPO)
Special Event (JALT Sendai & ETJ; [Joint sponsors])
(ETJ = English Teachers in Japan)
 
Title: 2009 Tohoku ELT Expo (English Language Teaching Expo)
Date: November 8, 2009 (Sunday)
 
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm (9:30-17:30)
 
Venue: Tohoku Fukushi University, Station Campus Bldg. 6F
Tohoku Fukushi Daigaku Mae Station, JR Senzan-sen
Venue access Maps:
Japanese map here: www.tfu.ac.jp/other/access/index.html
English map here: TFU Stn. Campus map-English.doc
Some parking (limited) also available.

(24 presentations to choose from!!! One low price for the whole event!!!)

500yen for ETJ or JALT/TALE members
(YOU CAN JOIN ANY OF THESE GROUPS ON THE DAY, AT THE VENUE FOR IMMEDIATE ENTRANCE FEE DISCOUNT);

1,000yen general admission
(if you choose not to join any groups at this time)
  • PLEASE PRE-REGISTER!!! SEE BELOW [click here]*  (& to the left under "This month's event details")
  • Fliers available here: ELT Expo 09 (Japanese version); or here: ELT Expo 09c (English version) Please print and share with colleagues and friends. All are invited!
 
Speakers:
Special guest speaker at the EXPO: Renowned linguist/educator Paul Nation joining us with two presentations: “Top 10 Vocabulary Activities” and “Developing Fluency in Reading.”

Other speakers: David Paul (organizer), Ryan Haggland (local ETJ rep), and many others.
 
(APPROX. 24 PRESENTATIONS. STILL SPACE FOR 6 PRESENTERS. You, too, can present! Great chance to do so! SEE "Call for presentations" BELOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT [click here].)

Two-fold purpose: 1. Practical presentations related to language teaching in Japan, and 2. Materials for your review from many large and small publishers. Teaching materials for a wide variety of teaching situations will be on display in a specified room. This is a good chance to see what is new and/or currently available. Great way to add to, or freshen up your classes with new material.
 
Call for presentations
Please jump in and share your teaching ideas or your research findings related to any teaching level; Children to Adult.
Submit a proposal to Ryan Hagglund <rhagglund@myeigo.com> by October 10, with the following details:
a) Presenter name,
b) Contact info (w/ cell phone and email address),
c) Presentation title,
d) Presentation outline (max 50 words),
e) Presenter bio (max 30 words),
f) Language of presentation (English/Japanese),
g) Equipment needed (LCD projector, CD player),
h) Target group (e.g. elementary school teachers, all age groups),
i) Topic area (e.g. reading, speaking)
 
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER!!
Pre-register at the ETJ website: <www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/preregistration.shtml>.
You can attend without preregistering, but it saves you time at the Expo and gives us an idea of how many to expect.

You can also join ETJ or JALT at the Expo [Nov. 8, Sunday], or through their websites.
ETJ website (free membership when you register) [see VERY bottom of their page here]: <http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/about.shtml#howtojoin>
OR: JALT website here: <http://jalt.org>
(To get on the local email events announcement list, please add "Sendai" as your local chapter or region on the on-line application form. This will help get you on the JALT Sendai email list. Thank you.) 
 
FOR EVENT DETAILS
See the ETJ website <www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/> AND/OR the JALT Sendai website (which you are looking at right now! See left navigation button "This month's event details") for updates and more information.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009
EVENT No. 2:
Title: Mind Maps and/or Materials Creation  

Date: Nov. 29, 2009 (Sunday)
 
Time: 2pm - 5pm (14:00 ~ 17:00)

Venue: AER, 6F—“Special Conference Room”

Speaker: Miles Craven 

Speaker bio:
For details, SEE: "This month's event details" [click on the button to the left]
Abstract:
Mind mapping is a useful technique that can be effectively employed with classes of all ages and abilities. This workshop is for teachers who know nothing at all about mind maps, but are keen to learn the basics and explore ways mind maps can help in the language classroom. Participants will prepare their own mind maps and be shown various communicative exercises to use with students across all four main skills.

Jalt members: FREE
Non-members: 1000 yen (for one day membership)


Other news:
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SPECIAL NOTE:
Help! JALT Sendai is looking for a semi-permanent, home for its meetings -- reasonably priced, convenient to downtown Sendai is best. Would like to reserve ahead for one full year.
If you or a colleague might know of something, please let us know!
(Currently we have to use the lottery system to make room reservations at community centers, etc. and we cannot always get the rooms we want/need very easily.)

 

View past events, upcoming events, and NEW SECTION of local job openings (teaching positions).

We're encouraging people to join our WebGroup so that they are kept up-to-date with all messages and information connected to our chapter. (Receive event announcements by email.) To do this, you can submit your name, City & Prefecture and email address via the link below! Come and Join Us!

Join JALT Sendai!
A CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS !

Our Miyagi/Fukushima membership represents a wide variety of interests and teaching situations and JALT Sendai would very much like to invite local members to present at our monthly meetings.

We can arrange anything from very brief 20 minute talks to 3 hour workshops. We can also help with transportation costs and a small honorarium.

Please get in touch with our Program Chair, Kevin Ricker, if you are interested. (Just click on his name to send an email. Easy!)