From kcleary at gol.com Tue Apr 14 07:22:23 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:22:23 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Vetted Submission Deadline Approaching
Message-ID: <20090414112223.2089479854@mail.tmd.ac.jp>
Dear Members,
I hope this message finds you well.
I'd like to pass on a message from the JALT Webmaster, regarding the
upcoming deadline for vetted submissions for JALT 2009.
Good luck with your submission, and with the beginning of the school year too!
all the best,
Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair
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Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that there are only 10 days to go before vetted
submissions for JALT2009 close. Please remind your chapter and SIG
members to get their presentation proposal submissions in as soon as
possible and not wait until the last moment, as the submission form will
shut down automatically at exactly midnight on the 24th (i.e. 0:00:00 on
the 25th), and having lots of people hitting the server at the same time
to submit will slow things down a little; possibly a lot. The earlier
submitted, the smoother the process will go.
Thanks,
Paul Collett
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JALT website administrator
http://jalt.org/
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From kcleary at gol.com Sat Apr 18 20:09:53 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:09:53 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] ECAP 2009
Message-ID: <20090419000953.2078627905@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>
Dear Members,
I hope your school year has gotten off to a flying start.
I'm glad to give you some information about the ELT Career and
Professional Development Conference (ECAP) 2009.
Date: Sunday, May 31st
Place: Yomiuri Shimbun Building, 9F (in Otemachi, Tokyo)
Time: Doors open at 9:30 a.m.; Presentations start from 10:00
Cost: 2,500 yen (which includes a reception that follows the event)
Sponsors: Cambridge University Press, the British Council, ABAX and the
Daily Yomiuri
From the Sponsors:
The third annual ELT Career and Professional Development Conference is a
full day of presentations and workshops of interest to all those
teaching English to young adults and adults - junior high school, high
school, university, community language schools and so on - a chance to
reflect on your own classroom efforts and to share those reflections
with others.
For details, including a downloadable registration form, please visit:
From the Tokyo Chapter Officers:
This is a great conference -- Tokyo Chapter is helping sponsor it, as we
did the first two. Please use the link above to check out the lineup of
presenters. (There are three keynote speeches, and four presentations
from which to choose after each keynote.)
Also, be sure to stop by the JALT table to say hello!
We hope to see you there!
all the best,
Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair
From kcleary at gol.com Sat Apr 18 20:50:04 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:50:04 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] FLC JALT -- 25 April (Saturday)
Message-ID: <20090419005004.214457021@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>
Dear Members,
Here is another announcement for you (you can expect a few more in the
next few days -- just a friendly warning!).
We'd like to remind you that next Saturday (25 April) the FLC/JALT Mini
Conference, "Input and Output: Toward Integration", will be held at
Tokai University's Shonan Campus.
For more information:
The Conference fee is normally 1,000 yen, but Tokyo, West Tokyo,
Yokohama and Pragmatics SIG JALT members can attend free of charge since
we are helping sponsor the event. Be sure to bring your JALT membership
postcard!
The theme of this symposium is integrating the roles of input and output
in language teaching. Headlining the symposium is a two part workshop by
Dr. John Fanselow comparing practices used in teaching output and input.
In addition there are three featured sessions:
How to teach listening and reading effectively in the classroom
Satoshi Tanaka (Tokai University)
Language Output, Language Input: A Few Universals
Alastair Graham-Marr (Tokai University)
Increasing Academic Output with a Writers' Groups for academic writers:
Procedures and Benefits
Sarah Haas (Aston University)
There will also be several poster sessions.
I hope this conference is of interest to you or someone you know.
Thank you and talk to you soon,
Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair