From kcleary at gol.com  Sun Oct  4 04:38:14 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:38:14 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Job Notice: Tokyo University of Agriculture
	and Technology
Message-ID: <20091004083814.687158822@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>

Dear members,

I am glad to pass along a job notice from Tokyo Chapter member Prof.
Yoko Sato.  The classes to be taught are on Thursday morning at Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology, at its Koganei Campus, from
April 2010. For more information, please see below.

As always, I hope this job notice is useful for you or someone you know.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair 


### JOB NOTICE###

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, a national university in
Tokyo, needs part-time English instructors for the 2010-2011 academic
year, starting April, 2010.

1. Requirements:
Applicants should be native speakers of English and current residents of
Japan. 

Also, applicants should have:

1) a MA in TESOL, or related fields 
2) teaching experience at universities 
3) publications

2. Courses to be offered:  
Communication Courses for 1st-year and 2nd-year students 
Day: Thursday
Time: 1st period: 8:45-10:15 ;  2nd period: 10:30-12:00

3. Teaching place: 
Koganei campus of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 
(2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo,184-8588; The nearest JR station
is Higashi-koganei.)

4. Remuneration:  
Part-time instructors are paid by "class hours" with one 90-minute class
equaling two "class hours".  A semester consists of 15 classes, each 90
minutes. A three-level scale is used for the payment, depending on the
applicant's teaching experience and the number of years since the
applicant graduated from university.

If you are interested, please send your CV and list of publications to
Professor Yoko Sato at 
<satoyoko at cc.tuat.ac.jp>.

University Link: 
<http://www.tuat.ac.jp/english/>

Access: 
<http://www.tuat.ac.jp/english/about/getting.html>

Thank you very much for your attention.


Sincerely yours, 

Prof. Yoko Sato 
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

##END##



From kcleary at gol.com  Tue Oct 13 11:35:39 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:35:39 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Tokyo Chapter Election Meeting -- 24 October
	(Saturday)
Message-ID: <20091013153539.1973768286@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>

Dear members,

It was great to see so many of you at the 4th JALT Joint Tokyo
Conference this past Sunday. It was a great turnout and a lot of fun for
all concerned. Thank you!

We are now preparing to have our annual election for chapter officers.
If you are interested in being an officer, please send me a message as
soon as possible. We will hold the election on 24 October (Saturday) at
17:30. The election meeting will be at Tokyo Medical and Dental
University in Ochanomizu.

Finally, please send me a message if you plan to attend, so that we can
reserve an appropriate room. The email address to use is:
<kcleary at gol.com>

Thank you very much and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair





From kcleary at gol.com  Wed Oct 14 11:27:12 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:27:12 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] West Tokyo Mini-Conference with Prof. Sandra
	Savignon, 7 Nov (Sat)
Message-ID: <20091014152712.91700574@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>

Dear members,

I'm glad to pass along an event announcement to you.  West Tokyo Chapter
is holding a mini-conference with Prof. Sandra Savignon on 7 November
(SAT), from 10:30 to 5:00. The full details are available at this web page:
<http://jwt.homestead.com/home.html>

It sounds like a great event, and I hope that it is will be of interest
to you or someone you know.

Thank you and talk to you soon,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## West Tokyo Micro-Conference -- 7 November (SAT) ##

Micro-Conference #9
A Day with Sandra Savignon

Date:
	Saturday 7 November 2009
	
Time:
	10:30-17:00
	
Speaker:
	Professor Sandra Savignon
	
Fee:
	JALT members and TKU faculty: 500 yen
	One-day members: 2,000 yen
	
Venue:
	Tokyo Keizai University, Building #6, Chuu Kaigishitsu #1
	
Access from Kokubunji station:
	<http://www.tku.ac.jp/?koho/english/campus/access.html>
	<http://www.geocities.com/jaltwesttokyo/tku.html>
	(On these maps, "GS" = "gas station".)
	
	A campus map is here:
	<http://www.tku.ac.jp/%7Ekoho/english/campus/>
	
Contact:
	<westtokyojalt-owner at yahoogroups.com> 


We announce our ninth micro-conference, which is devoted to the work of
Sandra Savignon, with presentations on Communicative Competence, Theory
vs. Practice, Second Language Acquisition Research, Teaching Strategic
Competence, and Learner Attitudes and Interests.

JALT(????????)???????????9?????????????
????????????????????????????Sandra Savignon
???????????????????

Sandra Joy Savignon is Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics at The
Pennsylvania State University. She is a past president of the American
Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and the founder and longtime
director of the multidisciplinary doctoral program in Second Language
Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE) at the University of Illinois.
Throughout her career she has traveled in North and South America,
Europe, and Asia, consulting and giving seminars on communicative
language teaching. Her book Communicative Competence: Theory and
Classroom Practice, won the Modern Language Association of America's
Mildenberger Medal for an outstanding research publication in the field
of second/foreign language teaching. Her most recent book is
Interpreting Communicative Language Teaching: Contexts and Concerns in
Teacher Education, Yale University Press (2002).

Schedule:

10:15-10.30	
Registration

10:30-12:00 
The Quest for Communicative Competence: From Theory to Local Practice

12:00-13:00 
Lunch

13:00-14:30 
Second Language Acquisition Research and the Teaching of Strategic Competence

14:45-16:15 
Learner Attitudes and Interests: Pedagogical Implications

16:30-17:00 
Audience Initiative
An opportunity for you, the audience, to have your say on the ideas,
themes, and issues raised today.

For abstracts of the talks, please visit the West Tokyo website:
<http://jwt.homestead.com/home.html>

## END ##


From kcleary at gol.com  Sat Oct 17 21:09:17 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:09:17 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Call for Presentations -- GRIPS-TUJ Conference,
	Feb. 27, 2010
Message-ID: <20091018010917.1971358586@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>

Dear members,

I'm very glad to pass along information from the National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies and Temple University, Japan, the
organizers of the "First Joint GRIPS-TUJ Conference on English-Based
University Education." This conference will be held on February 27, 2010
(Saturday) at the GRIPS campus in Roppongi.

The organizers will have a website for the conference up in a few
weeks.  Attached is the Call for Presentations (accessible via a link at
the bottom of this message) which has details on the conference and the
procedure for submitting research- and practice-based presentation
proposals. The proposal deadline is December 15, 2009. 

I have to note that considering the keen interest we had in Heath Rose's
presentation on curriculum design in July that many Tokyo Chapter
members will likely be interested in presenting at or attending this
conference. Best of luck with your presentation proposal!

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Information on the GRIPS-TUJ Conference ##
The Program Committee of the First Joint GRIPS-TUJ Conference on English-
Based University Education invites proposals for participation in the
conference to be held on February 27, 2010, at the National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). Proposals are expected in the
following areas: the development of cognitive, academic, and language
proficiency in a second language; successful learning skills and
strategies of EFL students; Academic English curriculum development;
language assessment; and cross-cultural differences in research
languages and traditions.  

Proposals are invited from professionals involved in teaching Japanese
and international students in English-based university programs in Japan
and other EFL countries; developing EFL and Academic English curricula,
materials, and assessment procedures for English-based programs; and
making policy about language programs designed for university students
in Japan. 

Both research- and practice-based presentations are welcome. Presenters
will have 25 minutes to present and answer questions. Presenters are
encouraged to use PowerPoint. The official language of the conference is
English.

Organizers:
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies 
<http://www.grips.ac.jp/>

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

For complete details, please see the attached (via a weblink) file.

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From kcleary at gol.com  Tue Oct 20 11:59:30 2009
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:59:30 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Part-time job at TMDU in Ichikawa, Chiba
Message-ID: <20091020155930.1712834775@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp>

Dear members,

Here is a job announcement that came my way and which may be of interest
to you or someone you know.

School: Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
Campus: Konodai Campus (Ichikawa, Chiba)
Day: Tue / Wed / Thu (one of those days)
Time: 9:10 -- 12:20 (two 90-minute classes)
Starting: April, 2010
Contact: <tromovitch.las at tmd.ac.jp>

Details are below.

Thank you and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Job opening (part-time; one day per week) Tokyo Medical & Dental
University ##

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Tokyo Medical and Dental
University (TMDU) is recruiting part-time English instructors for the
next academic year (official start: April 1, 2010).

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is located at TMDU's Konodai
Campus in Ichikawa, Chiba. This campus is approximately 10 minutes from
Ichikawa Station by bus.

The work involves teaching 2 morning classes (90 minutes per class) one
day a week (most likely Tuesday or Thursday, but perhaps Wednesday). The
position(s) has a one-year contract (standard at national universities),
but may lead to additional years.

Minimum qualifications: 
* Bachelor's degree, any field
* Native speaker of English  with a visa status that is appropriate for
teaching English in Japan.

Desirable additional qualifications: 
* Master's degree, any field; 
* 2+ years college-level teaching experience in Japan 
* An energetic teacher, living in Ichikawa or the surrounding area

To Apply: Send a cover letter that includes your best guess as to
availability (Tues/Wed/Thur mornings; 1st period starts 9:10am and 2nd
period ends at 12:20pm).  Your resume must include your birth date,
place of birth, postal address, educational background, and work
experience; include your photo if available.  Acrobat (PDF) files
preferred, but OpenOffice (ODT), WordPerfect (WPD), and MS-Word (DOC)
files are also acceptable. 

Email your application to:  
<tromovitch.las at tmd.ac.jp>

Philip Tromovitch, Ph.D. 
Professor Tokyo Medical and Dental University 

## END ##



From kcleary at me.com  Thu Oct 22 13:23:19 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:23:19 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] 14 November Talk by John Ingulsrud and Kate
	Allen
Message-ID: <20091022172319.190481403@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'm very glad to announce John Ingulsrud and Kate Allen will give a talk
on 14 November (Saturday), from 1:00 to 2:30 at Sophia University's
Yotsuya campus. This event has been organized with the aid of the
Pragmatics SIG. Please be sure to pre-register if you plan to go!

Kate and John's talk arises from a book they published this year,
"Reading Japan Cool: Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse". For
information on their book, which, among other topics, explores the
reading strategies our students use when reading manga, please visit the
publisher's website:
<http://rowmanblog.typepad.com/rowman/2009/09/a-manga-canon.html>

<http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?
command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739127535>

D E T A I L S
==============

Title:
Interpreting meaning in popular media products: Censorship and readers


Abstract:
 When writing about a popular culture medium, it is difficult to avoid
the issues of "harmful content." Manga, for example, has become popular
among many young people around the world. In North America, this
popularity occurs where there has been a history of censorship of
comics. As practitioners of discourse analysis, we were surprised to
discover that the analytical methods of media control activists were
very similar to those of critical approaches to discourse. While
similarities between them exist, we found there were fundamental
differences. These differences lay in divergent ways to interpret text.
This has led us to developing a comprehensive framework of media
interpretation.


Bio:
John E. Ingulsrud and Kate Allen are authors of Reading Japan Cool:
Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse (Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield, 2009). John teaches in the International Studies Department
at Meisei University. Kate teaches at Meiji University's School of
Global Japanese Studies. John was born and raised in Japan and has been
a JALT member for over thirty years. Kate was born and raised in
Zimbabwe. She has taught in Thailand, as well as in Zimbabwe. Both John
and Kate taught in China. Their first book, Learning to Read in China:
Sociolinguistic Perspectives on the Acquisition of Literacy (Lewiston,
NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1999) was based on research during their
career in China.


R E G I S T R A T I O N
========================

Entry Fee:
JALT members: Free
non-members: 1,000 yen

To pre-register:
email Kevin Cleary at:
<kcleary at gol.com>

Date:
14 November 2009 (Saturday)

Time:
1:00 -- 2:30 (60 minute presentation, with a Q&A period following)

Place:
Sophia University Yotsuya Campus; Bldg 10 (across from the Central
Library), Room 301

If you have any questions, please send a message to <kcleary at gol.com>.

Thank you very much and I look forward to seeing you at Kate and John's talk!

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair





From kcleary at me.com  Sun Oct 25 10:43:00 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:43:00 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JALT2009 Pre-registration deadline extended to
	2 November
Message-ID: <20091025144300.1525204263@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Just a quick note to let you know that pre-registration for JALT2009 has
been extended for one week.

New deadline: 2 November (Mon) (it was 26 October)

The reason for the extended deadline is that this year we had a series
of ads in the Daily Yomiuri. These ads have helped generate a large
increase in pre-registration, especially by first-time conference goers,
and the publicity team wants to continue to attract new registrants. I
believe the attached ad (linked below) will be in Monday's Daily
Yomiuri, so I'd like to pass it on to you just in case you don't see it
in the newspaper.

As of this writing, the JALT website has not yet been updated, but it
should be very soon:
<http://jalt.org/conference/jalt2009/conference-registration>

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair
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From kcleary at me.com  Tue Oct 27 10:48:16 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:48:16 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Talk by Prof. Paul Nation -- Bunkyo Gakuin --
	15 Nov (Sunday)
Message-ID: <20091027144816.1558980452@smtp.me.com>

Dear all,

A member from Bunkyo Gakuin University kindly sent us information on a
talk that Paul Nation will give at Bunkyo Gakuin on 15 November
(Sunday). I'm really glad to pass it along, as Prof. Nation's plenary
talk was a highlight of JALT2007. 

The details of the talk, and instructions on how to register, are below.
Also, a printable flyer is linked to this message.

With our Chapter event on Saturday (14 November) it looks like a great
weekend for professional development!

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Talk by Prof. Paul Nation at Bunkyo Gakuin ##

Bunkyo Gakuin University and College is pleased to announce that
Professor Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ), well-
known and widely recognized expert on vocabulary learning, will be
giving a talk at the Hongo Campus on November 15th, 2009. The event is
free of charge and open to public. 
For more details, please see the website:
<http://www.u-bunkyo.ac.jp/index.html>.

Title: "How good is your vocabulary course? The four strands" 
(see attached flyer for details)

Date: Sunday, Nov 15th, 2009
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 (Lecture and Reception)
Place: Bunkyo Gakuin University, Hongo Campus
<http://www.u-bunkyo.ac.jp/en/access/index.html>
<http://www.u-bunkyo.ac.jp/campus/access/map_hongo.html>


REGISTRATION
=============
If you would like to attend, please pre-register before November 10th.
Send an email to 
<pd at ell.u-bunkyo.ac.jp> 
(subject: Prof Nation talk) and include:

*Name:
*Affiliation:?(Please indicate if you work for Bunkyo.)
*Email address:
*Telephone number:
*How you heard about the lecture:

Alternatively, you can send a fax with the same information to
03-5684-8494 (ATTN: Prof Nation talk).?We will reply to your mail or
fax for confirmation.

Please be advised that the lecture will be given in English and Japanese
language support will not be provided.

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From kcleary at mac.com  Wed Oct 28 22:40:30 2009
From: kcleary at mac.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:40:30 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Job Opportuntiy -- Nihon University -- Wed or
	Fri
Message-ID: <20091029024030.1086857224@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

It is my pleasure today to pass along a job notice from Tokyo Chapter
member Michael Hood,  who is an Assistant Professor at Nihon
University's College of Commerce. 

Prof. Hood informs us that, "We need to hire eight native English
speaking (NES) part-timers for classes on Wed. or Fri. at Nihon
University College of Commerce (Kinuta campus in Setagaya). Conditions
are pretty good, and it's a nice place to live. Must have three
publications. Interested individuals should email me directly for more
details."

Prof. Hood's email address:
??????? 
<hood.michael at nihon-u.ac.jp>

General information on the College:
<http://www.bus.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/>
<http://www.bus.nihon-u.ac.jp/>

Access to the Kinuta Campus (Japanese):
<http://www.bus.nihon-u.ac.jp/access.html>

Many thanks, Prof. Hood, and best wishes to Tokyo Chapter members who
wish to apply for a position at the College of Commerce. 

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

From kcleary at me.com  Thu Oct 29 09:26:46 2009
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:26:46 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JALT2009 Conference Handbook Available for
	Download
Message-ID: <20091029132646.1421017252@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'm glad to let you know that the JALT2009 Conference Planning Committee
has just put the Conference Handbook online.
<http://jalt.org/conference/jalt2009/conference-handbook>

If you are going to the Conference, I urge you to download the Handbook
soon so that you can plan your time at JALT2009.

If you are not yet planning to go to the Conference, and have not been
to a JALT International Conference before, you will likely be very
impressed by the breadth and depth of the presentations that are
available. There are hundreds of presentations on a wide variety of
topics. So if you have not yet decided if you will go to the conference,
please download the Handbook so you can get an idea of what will go on there.

No pressure, but the pre-registration period (with its attendant
discount) ends on November 2.
<https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2009/conference-registration>

Thank you and hope to see you at the Conference in Shizuoka!

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair