From kcleary at me.com  Mon Dec  7 09:02:22 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:02:22 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Head Coordinator, Oral Communication Program,
 Takanawadai Jr/Sr High School
Message-ID: <20091207140222.1148121993@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I am very pleased to pass along another exciting, full-time job notice
to you. As with many recent job postings, this came directly from the
employer, via a Tokyo Chapter member. If you have a job opening at your
school or institution, please have the person in charge send the
information to me at <kcleary at gol.com>. After the Tokyo Chapter officers
approve the posting, we can put it on the mailing list.

As for the job notice, please see the details below. A printable version
is linked to this message. Also, please note that the deadline is
December 21, 2009 (Mon).

Takanawadai Junior and Senior High School affiliated with Tokai University
General website:
<http://www.takanawadai.tokai.ed.jp/>

Access (Minato-ku, Tokyo):
<http://www.takanawadai.tokai.ed.jp/hs/access/>

Many thanks and "Good Luck!" to the applicants!

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Head Coordinator, Oral Communication Program, Takanawadai Jr/Sr High
School ##

School:  Takanawadai Junior and Senior High School affiliated with Tokai
University

Location:  Minato-ku, Tokyo

The following is a full-time position beginning April 2010.

Head Coordinator of Oral Communication Program (Senior High Coordinator)
This leadership position will include coordinating and teaching classes
in the senior high school program.  Duties include planning the
curriculum, selecting appropriate texts, developing materials, leading
weekly faculty meetings, and making exams for the senior high school.

Qualifications:
M.A. (TEFL/TESOL) strongly preferred, but will consider candidates with
an M.A. (TEFL/TESOL) in progress with a solid background in teaching
methodology. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with
Japanese students (age 15 to 18), knowledge of curriculum design, and an
innovative teaching philosophy that combines theory and practice.

Schedule:
Flexible days can be arranged depending on the candidate.  Working hours
are 8:15 -- 5:30, 3-4 days a week.

Salary and Benefits:
Depending on qualifications and experience.  Details will be discussed
at the interview.

Application Materials:
Cover letter, resume with a photo, and brief ideas for a stimulating
program for motivating Japanese senior high students.  Resume should
include evidence of professional activities such as presentations and
publications (JALT, TESOL, etc.)  Send hard copies by regular mail to apply.

Deadline:
December 21st, 2009.  Short-listed candidates will be interviewed in
early January.

Send application materials to:
Yumiko Takahashi
English Department
Tokai University Takanawadai Junior and Senior High School
2-2-16 Takanawa
Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8587

For further details about this position:
<yumiko_t at takanawadai.tokai.ed.jp>

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From kcleary at me.com  Mon Dec  7 10:08:07 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:08:07 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] IGALA 6 Conference Call for Papers
Message-ID: <20091207150807.830884196@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I recently received this Call for Papers -- deadline: Dec. 31, 2009 --
from Salem Hicks, the GALE SIG Coordinator.  I hope it is of interest to
you or someone you know.

Thank you for your membership!

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Call for Papers, IGALA 6 Conference ##

The International Language and Gender Association (IGALA) announces
IGALA 6 Conference to be held 18-20 September, 2010.

The venue is Kodaira Campus of Tsuda College in Tokyo, Japan.

Call for papers deadline is December 31, 2009.

For more information, please check the weblinks below:
<https://orc.tsuda.ac.jp/IGALA/>
<https://orc.tsuda.ac.jp/IGALA/ocs/index.php/IGALA6/IGALA6Conf>

Also, the Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG website may be of
interest to you as well:
<http://www.gale-sig.org/website/>

## End ##





From kcleary at me.com  Mon Dec  7 10:39:26 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:39:26 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] GRIPS-TUJ Call for Papers -- deadline January
	15, 2010
Message-ID: <20091207153926.578372992@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Another Call for Papers -- at JALT, we are always looking out for your
professional development!

Some time ago, we sent out a message on the First Joint GRIPS-TUJ
Conference. The organizer has just sent us the link for the newly opened
website for the conference, which has all the details necessary for
submitting a proposal.

GRIPS-TUJ Joint Conference website:
<http://grips.ixspeed.com/>

Please check the website for full information on the conference.

Best of luck to those submitting proposals to this conference!

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## General Information on the GRIPS-TUJ Joint Conference ##

<http://grips.ixspeed.com/presentations>

About the Conference:
This conference will provide an opportunity for a diverse group of
scholars, teaching professionals, and policy makers to share ideas about
the various aspects of English-based university education in Japan.

The Program Committee encourages submissions that approach the topic of
English-based university education in Japan from a variety of
perspectives including:

* The development of cognitive proficiency in a second language;
* The development of academic proficiency in a second language;
* The development of critical language awareness;
* The role of study skills and strategies in language acquisition;
* Academic English curricular and material development;
* Language testing and test development;
* Cross-cultural differences in research languages and Western and non-
Western rhetorical traditions.

These issues will be discussed in the context of English-based
university programs in a non-English setting, where students have
limited exposure to English outside of class and where standards of
acceptable English-language work may vary from class to class.

Submission deadline: January 15, 2010

Notification: January 30, 2010

GRIPS: National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies
<http://www.grips.ac.jp/>

TUJ: Temple University Japan Campus
<http://www.tuj.ac.jp/>

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From kcleary at me.com  Tue Dec  8 08:20:26 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:20:26 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Pan-SIG Call for Presentations
Message-ID: <20091208132026.969903192@smtp.me.com>

Dear colleagues,

In our continuing effort to help you with your professional development,
I'm glad to pass along the 2010 Pan-SIG Conference Call for
Presentations. This conference is organized by several JALT SIGs and is
a great conference to present at or attend. The 2010 conference will be
held at a in Osaka at a very pleasant campus a couple of stops from Shin-
Osaka station.

I hope this is interesting for you or someone you know.

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Pan-SIG CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS ##

Learner Perspectives
<http://pansig.org/>

The 9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010
May 22-23, 2010
Osaka Gakuin University, Suita City, Osaka

The organizing committee of the JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2010 invites all
interested applied linguistic researchers to submit presentation
proposals for the 9th Annual Pan-SIG Conference, which will be held on
Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23, 2010 at Osaka Gakuin University.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Computer-Assisted Language
Learning (CALL), Extensive Reading (ER), Framework and Language
Portfolio (FLP), Global Issues in Language Education (GILE), Lifelong
Language Learning (LLL), Other Language Educators (OLE), Pragmatics
(PRAG), Study Abroad (SA), Testing & Evaluation (TEVAL) Special Interest
Groups, and together with the Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association of
Teaching (JALT).

Research in any area of applied linguistics will be welcome.

Two types of proposals will be considered:

1. Reports on completed research
2. Works in progress (including completed research design and/or data
collection)

Presentations will be 45 minutes in length (including 10 minutes for
questions and answers).  Preference will be given to those submissions
that fit the theme of the conference and/or general interests of the SIG
to which the submission is being made.

In particular, presenters that actually incorporate learners (or their
voices/images/videos) are highly encouraged to submit!

Proposals
=========

Contents:

(1) a 50-word summary,

(2) a 150-word abstract, and

(3) personal information (name, affiliation, contact details)

Send to:
<submissions at pansig.org>

Deadline:
No later than February 15, 2010

Subject line:
The subject line should read: Submission for (XX) where `XX' is the
abbreviated form of the SIG. i.e. (Submission for SA)

Format:
All proposals should be sent as an attachment; either as

a)    Microsoft Word document (.doc)
or
b)   Rich Text File (.rtf) file format.

Submissions made in any other form will not be accepted.

Proposals for workshops (120 minutes) and poster sessions are also invited.

For further information, please contact Eric Skier (Pan-SIG 2010
Submissions Chair) at:
<skier at toyaku.ac.jp>

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From kcleary at me.com  Tue Dec  8 09:17:10 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:17:10 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JALT/ETJ Bonenkai at Dubliners in Shinjuku
	Dec. 19
Message-ID: <20091208141710.107799262@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We had a good time at the "meet and greet" at the JALT conference.
Thanks for showing up for that, or for coming up to say "Hi" at the
conference.

Tonight we have another social event for your consideration. The
background is that some officers from Yokohama, Omiya, West Tokyo and
Tokyo JALT chapters, and officers from ETJ (English Teachers in Japan),
are getting together to make some plans for 2010. After they meet there
will be a general party from 8:30 at Dubliners in Shinjuku. This will
all happen on Dec. 19 (Saturday).

Dubliners:
<http://www.dubliners.jp/shinjuku/>
(Click on "Access Map" to access the map)

ETJ:
<http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/>

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Bonenkai Invitation ##
Please join the executives of JALT/ETJ on Dec. 19th at the Dubliners, in
Shinjuku. The kick-off time is set for 8:30, so those wishing to get a seat
should aim to be there by 8:00. No reservations needed - just show up and
mingle.

Occasion: New Year's party / Bonenkai
Date: Saturday, December 19th
Time: 8:30 to ???
Place: The Dubliners (near the East Exit of JR Shinjuku Station)
Map link: <http://www.dubliners.jp/shinjuku/>

Have a question? Drop me an email at
<yojaltpresident at yojalt.org>


On behalf of the organization committee,
Colin Skeates, Yokohama JALT Chapter President

## End ##







From kcleary at me.com  Tue Dec  8 09:53:43 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:53:43 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] IEEE Professional Communication Society -
 Japan Chapter Annual Conference 2009
Message-ID: <20091208145343.171410921@smtp.me.com>

Dear colleagues,

One more announcement for your consideration.

I'm sure that this IEEE Professional Communication Society, Japan
conference will be of interest to several members, especially those with
engineering students. Dr. Orr is a very well known presenter, and the
conference will be a great chance to meet him and the rest of the good
people at IEEE-PCSJ.

The conference is on December 13 (Sunday) in Toyosu, Tokyo.
<http://www.shibaura-it.ac.jp/access/index_e.html>

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


###################################################
IEEE Professional Communication Society - Japan Chapter Annual Conference 2009

The IEEE Professional Communication Society - Japan Chapter Annual
Conference is the premier Japanese conference for academics and industry
professionals working in the area of scientific, technical, and
professional communication. PCSJ 2009 will be held at Shibaura Institute
of Technology, Toyosu Campus, Tokyo, Japan, on December 13th, 2009.

In the conference keynote, Dr. Thomas Orr, Director of the University of
Aizu's Center for Language Research and upcoming President of the IEEE
Professional Communication Society, will detail the kind of English
education that is most appropriate for serious engineering schools that
have high ambitions for their students and faculty. The talk will be
valuable to engineering school deans, engineering faculty, and
engineering language specialists who seek to greatly improve English
education at their universities.

In addition, there will be sessions covering a wide range of topics
related to professional communication. Participants are also invited to
attend an informal dinner after the conference at a local restaurant
near the site.

Date: December 13th, 2009 (Sunday)  10:00-17:30
Main Speaker: Thomas Orr (The University of Aizu)
Venue: Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Toyosu Campus)
Bldg: Kenkyutou - 5th floor
Access Maps:
<http://www.shibaura-it.ac.jp/access/index_e.html> (English)
<http://www.shibaura-it.ac.jp/access/> (Japanese)
Language of Presentations:    English
Homepage:
<http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/chapter/PC-26/>
Email:
<ieeepcsj at gmail.com>
###################################################




From kcleary at me.com  Thu Dec 10 09:58:37 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:58:37 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Part-time position, Meiji Gakuin University
Message-ID: <20091210145837.1333016218@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'm very happy to bring you another job announcement. This one arrived
directly from the employer, Meiji Gakuin University. The ESL position is
at the Yokohama Campus, in the Department of International Studies.

Dept. of International Studies:
<http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/faculty/international/index_en.html>

Campus Access:
<http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/campus/yokohama/index_en.html>

The salient details
===================
Teaching Requirement: Teach Mondays and Thursdays OR Tuesdays and
Thursdays periods 1, 2, 3 (9:15 a.m. -- 2:50 p.m.)  6 koma.

Starting Date:
April 2010 (also, please note that this position is a one-year
appointment for the 2010-2011 academic year only)

Application deadline:
January 4, 2010

For more details, and detailed instructions on how to apply, please see
the below. A printable version is linked file for your convenience.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Part-time position, Meiji Gakuin University ##

Position Opening
Part-Time ESL Instructor

Institution:
Meiji Gakuin University, Department of International Studies

Address:
244-8539 Kamikurata-cho 1518, Totsuka-ku, Kanagawa, Japan

Teaching Requirement:
Teach Mondays and Thursdays OR Tuesdays and Thursdays periods 1, 2, 3
(9:15 a.m. -- 2:50 p.m.)  6 koma.  Must be available on two paired-days
(the days are not negotiable).

Starting Date:
April 2010.

Contract:
The contract is for the 2010-2011 academic year (a temporary replacement
position).

Salary:
Competitive

Required Qualifications:
The applicant must fulfill three of the following required qualifications
1. Have a Master of Arts Degree in TESOL from fully accredited
university that has an extensive practicum course requirement.
2. Have a minimum of two years experience teaching EFL at university
level in Japan.
3. Have experience teaching courses in academic English.
4. Ability to teach lessons that engage students, facilitate EFL
communication, and create a classroom community of learners.


Preference will be give to candidates with the following Preferred
Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications
1. Evidence of scholarly work in foreign or second language teaching.
2. Japanese skills for routine communication and duties.
3. Competence in computer assisted language learning (CALL)


Application:
Interested applicant should send curriculum vitae and cover letter that
explain why you would like to teach in the Faculty of International
Studies at Meiji Gakuin University via email (in PDF format)  to: Keiko
Tanaka, Program Coordinator (ktanaka at k.meijigakuin.ac.jp) (Dr. Keiko
Tanaka, Program Coordinator). Please be advised that you may be asked to
demonstrate your teaching excellence by conducting a demo-lesson in one
of our classes.

Deadline:
January 4, 2010

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From kcleary at me.com  Sun Dec 13 08:46:49 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:46:49 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Part-time work, Aoyama Gakuin University,
	Sagamihara Campus
Message-ID: <20091213134649.1129533451@smtp.me.com>

Dear Members,

Good news for those who are looking for some work -- Aoyama Gakuin
University just sent us a job notice as they are looking for part-time
teachers for the upcoming academic year.

The classes available are at the Sagamihara campus on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays. The deadline for applying is "ongoing" and please
note that the school has prescribed application forms. Details,
including a weblink to the application materials, are below.

Campus Access:
<http://www.aogaku-daku.org/access/>

Many thanks to Aoyama Gakuin and the other schools who have advertised
jobs with us this year! It is great that we can help bring teachers and
schools together.

Best wishes to you all,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Part-time work, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara Campus ##

The English Department at Aoyama Gakuin University seeks part-time
teachers to teach conversation and writing courses at their Sagamihara
campus.

The campus is about 75 minutes from Shinjuku station, or 60 minutes from
Shibuya station on the Odakyu and Yokohama lines, and classes are on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Qualifications & Requirements:
Visa, with an M.A. in TEFL/TESOL, English Literature, Applied
Linguistics, or Communications; minimum 3 years experience teaching
English at a university; alternately, a Ph.D. and 1 year university
teaching experience in an English Department.

Duties:
Classroom activities include teaching small group discussion, journal
writing, and book reports. We are interested in teachers who enjoy
working with other teachers as well as with their students. Publications
and presentations are assets. Please review the program at
<http://www.aogaku-daku.org/>.

Application Materials:
Please download the PDF application form at
<http://tinyurl.com/y4fu68>.

Deadline:
Ongoing.

Contact:
"ADJUNCT FACULTY", IE Program, English and American Literature
Department,  Aoyama Gakuin University, 4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-8366.

Candidates who meet the qualifications and requirements will be
contacted for interviews.

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From kcleary at me.com  Mon Dec 14 10:19:38 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:19:38 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] James Morrison: Technology Enhanced Active
	Learning: Jan. 10, 2010
Message-ID: <20091214151938.1756023302@smtp.me.com>


Dear Members,

Along with the job announcements we have been privileged to send your
way, event notices have also proved very popular with all concerned. For
example, the organizer of the recent talk by Prof. Nation was thrilled
that 103 people showed up for the talk, many from the Tokyo Chapter
mailing list.

On Sunday I had the pleasure of talking with several people who were
glad to be able to attend the IEEE PCSJ Annual Conference that we
publicized on our list. Without that event notice, they would not have
heard about the conference.

So, if you have an event that will be of interest to language
professionals in the Tokyo area, please do send it to us for our
consideration. Although there may be times when many messages come
through the list in close succession, we try to ensure that all of the
messages are relevant for you, as a group.

And now, for the main topic of this message:

Tokyo Chapter is very glad to inform you of an event we are co-
sponsoring with the CALL SIG (the main sponsor) and the West Tokyo Chapter.

Title: Facilitating Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Strategies on
Your Campus

Speaker: Prof. James L. Morrison
<http://horizon.unc.edu/bios/Morrison.html>

Date: 10 January 2010 (Saturday)

Venue: Showa Women's University
<http://www.swu.ac.jp/e/>

Access and Campus Map:
<http://www.swu.ac.jp/common/access.html>

If you are interested in educational technology please see the event
notice that the main organizer, the CALL SIG, prepared for us (below)
and the linked file for more details.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Kevin Ryan by email:
tokyokevin (at) gmail (dot) com

Thank you again for your great support of the employers, event
organizers, job seekers and invited speakers we serve through this list!

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair



## Workshop by Prof. James L. Morrison, January 10, 2010, Showa Women's
University ##


Facilitating Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Strategies on Your Campus

JALT (CALL SIG. Tokyo Chapter, West Tokyo Chapter) are happy to announce
an event in Tokyo on Sunday, January 10, 2010 from 2:00 -- 4:00 p.m. at
Showa Women's University near Sangenjaya station, 2 stops outside
Shibuya. The event is free and open to anyone interested in educational
technology.

James Morrison (<http://horizon.unc.edu/bios/Morrison.html>) has
authored over 200 publications about education, technology and planning
and has made several hundred conference presentations around the world.
He has graciously agreed to present in Tokyo on his return from
keynoting a conference in Singapore in early January.

In this 90-minute session, Professor Morrison will first respond to
these questions: (1) What do we mean by technology-enhanced active
learning strategies? And (2) Why are they important to improving
instructional effectiveness?

The majority of the session will focus on small group work addressing
these questions: (1) What are the barriers to implementing technology-
enhanced active learning strategies on Japanese campuses? and (2) What
are effective strategies for addressing these barriers? The group report
backs will be recorded and posted on a Web site along with relevant
references.

Ongoing online discussion is being held at Ideagora
<http://innovate-ideagora.ning.com/> (before, during, after). Go here
for updates, and possible streaming video connection if you are too far
from Tokyo on that day.

Learn more? RSVP? Contact Kevin Ryan:
<tokyokevin (at) gmail (dot) com>

Volunteers will guide you from the gate at Showa Women's University to
the Kenkyu-Kan Room 7L02.

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From kcleary at me.com  Mon Dec 21 08:51:00 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:51:00 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] New TLT Publication Schedule
Message-ID: <20091221135100.1161738708@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'm very glad to pass along a message from Steve Brown, the Publications
Board Chair. 

Let me just add that the new TLT looks great and that the mix of print/
online material is very promising.

Also, please note that in the January/February issue there is a
fascinating interview with Gary McLeod, whom many of you know personally
or from going to one of his PRIVILEGE photo exhibitions.

Finally, in order to download the January/February TLT, please use a
login ID and password from page 2 of a recent TLT. I used the November
issue password, and the October and December ones should work as well.
I've put the links at the end of this message.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


####### Pubs Board Announcement from Steve Brown #######

Greetings all

JALT Publications is pleased to announce that the January/February issue
of The Language Teacher is available online in its new bi-monthly
format. This is our first step in transitioning TLT to an integrated
print and online format -- a process that we aim to complete by the July/
August issue. The print version of this TLT will be arriving in your
mailboxes in the first week of January.

In this month's issue: In the Feature articles, Mark de Boer explains
why Socratic type questions are not ideal for EFL classrooms, and Bern
Mulvey describes the accreditation evaluation system in Japanese
universities. In Readers? Forum, Richard J. Sampson investigates
activity and task selection in Japanese elementary school English
communication lessons, Thomas Amundrud interviews English teacher and
photographer Gary McLeod, and Ken Schmidt describes ways for using Photo
News in class. In My Share, Mark Rebuck introduces an activity for
learning to express annoyance, while Sylvan Payne shows how students can
create animated dialogs online.

To access TLT online, please go to 
<http://tlt.jalt-publications.org/>

Please pass this notice on to your chapters and groups.

## End of the Pubs Board Announcement ##

Useful links:
------------
TLT:
<http://tlt.jalt-publications.org/>
(This page has an official announcement explaining the new format.)

TLT Latest Issue:
<http://jalt-publications.org/tlt/recent/>

Download Link:
<http://www.jalt-publications.org/recentpdf/tlt/2010/01_2010TLT.pdf>
(use the login and password from page 2 of a recent TLT to download the file)


From kcleary at me.com  Mon Dec 21 10:16:43 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:16:43 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] TYO Chap'zine
Message-ID: <20091221151643.2053310772@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

One more publications related message.

Our chapter publications editor, Nick Jungheim, is looking forward to
getting conference summaries for presentations that chapter members made
at JALT2009. You could also write a feature article based on your
presentation or something related to your presentation, so you are not
limited to just the summary.

Here is a list of the article types that are to be in the chapter magazine:

* Feature articles (1,000 to 1,200 words)
* Essays from the Front (500 to 600 words)
* My School (600 to 800 words)
* Letters to Professor X (200 to 300 words)
* Classroom Quips (brief!)
* Kartoon Klassrooms (one-panel or four-panel cartoons)

For details on the article types and a sample conference brief, please
see the Tokyo Chapter website:
<http://jalt.org/tokyo/>
<http://jalt.org/tokyo/chapzine/>

The deadline for submissions is 15 February 2010.
Nick's email address is: chapeditor (at) gmail.com.

Nick informs us that he has gotten several submissions already, and he
is looking forward to receiving more.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair





From kcleary at me.com  Thu Dec 24 09:56:33 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:56:33 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Courses available at Ochanomizu University
Message-ID: <20091224145633.2110327788@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Merry Christmas! Do you mind if I send you a job notice?

Ochanomizu University, a highly regarded school in Otsuka, Tokyo, has
several classes available. The classes are semester-long and are
detailed below.

Website:
<http://www.ocha.ac.jp/index-e.html>
<http://www.ocha.ac.jp/>

Access:
<http://www.ocha.ac.jp/english/access/>

Please note that the deadline is 15 January 2010.

Many thanks to the Tokyo Chapter member who asked the school to send us
the job notice!

As there may not be another message on our list until January, please
let me convey the Tokyo Chapter officers' best wishes to you for a great 2010.

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Courses available at Ochanomizu University ##

Job details
=========
To apply:
Send a CV and cover letter by January 15 to Prof. Yoko Totani (contact
information is below; sending a fax to the English Dept. Office,
03-5978-5230, with a follow-up email to Prof. Totani, is possible too).

Contact Person:
Yoko Totani
Associate Professor
Ochanomizu University
<totani.yoko at ocha.ac.jp>

Courses:
Eikaiwa Enshu Shokyu (Spring) Tuesday 15:00 -- 16:30
(English Conversation Practicum, Beginner Level)

Eikaiwa Enshu Chukyu (Fall)   Tuesday 15:00 -- 16:30
(English Conversation Practicum, Intermediate Level)

Eibei Jijo (Fall) Tuesday  16:40 -- 18:10
(Anglophone Area Studies)

The students:
The students will be a mixture of English majors and other majors and
these classes are open to students working for a Teacher's License. They
are second year students and up.

The schedule:
The Tuesday classes are held in the 7th and 8th period and cannot be
rescheduled. The Anglophone Area Studies class is scheduled for the Fall
semester, but could be taught in the Spring instead.

Tuesday Course:
It is also possible that a class for first-year students, English
Conversation D, in the Spring, on Thursdays, from 9:00 -- 10:30, will be
available.

## End ##





From kcleary at me.com  Fri Dec 25 23:54:19 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:54:19 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Updates: Ochanomizu University job notice and
	the 10 January Event
Message-ID: <20091226045419.663688369@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Two quick updates for you:

(1) Ochanomizu University job notice:
-----------------------------------------------
In the original job notice, I mentioned that the below course may be
available:

>Tuesday Course:
>It is also possible that a class for first-year students, English
>Conversation D, in the Spring, on Thursdays, from 9:00 -- 10:30, will be
>available.

As it turns out, that course no longer needs to be filled. To be sure,
the school is accepting applications for the other courses mentioned in
the job notice. The archived original message is here:
<http://jalt-tokyo.iplusone.org/pipermail/tokyojalt-announce_jalt-
tokyo.iplusone.org/2009-December/000149.html>

(2) 10 January 2010 (Sunday) Event
----------------------------------------------
Several people have contacted me about this event for more information
or to let me know that they are going. I'm glad to let you know that you
can access/join an ongoing online discussion the presenter is hosting on
the topic that will be discussed. Here is a message from Professor
Morrison to Kevin Ryan, the CALL SIG member who organized the event:

>>
Kevin, I initiated a discussion on this topic at
<http://tinyurl.com/yehawyv>
 in anticipation of my visit with you this coming January. If it is
feasible, please distribute the URL to your colleagues as a "read ahead"
and as an invitation to actively participate in this discussion prior to
our session on January 10th. Subscription to Ideagora is free;
discussion is encouraged.

I am looking forward to meeting you and your colleagues.

Best,

Jim
<<<

Expansion of <http://tinyurl.com/yehawyv>:
<http://innovate-ideagora.ning.com/forum/topics/facilitating-the-
adoption-of-1>

A link to the Tokyo Chapter website announcement of this event is in the
footer of this message.

As always, thank you for your membership (current, or "lapsed and soon
to renew"!) and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair