From kcleary at me.com  Thu Apr 15 11:34:13 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:34:13 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Seeking English Teacher for 6-Week Maternity
	Leave Position
Message-ID: <20100415153413.763594013@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Long time, no post! I'm sure you've been very busy getting ready for the
new school year.

A few postings have accumulated or been finalized in the past few days.
So, just to let you know, we will be sending out a bit of a flurry of
messages.

Our first message is from a Tokyo Chapter member whose school needs a
substitute teacher in June and July for special circumstances.

Best wishes for the new school year!

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Seeking English Teacher for 6-Week Maternity Leave Position ##

Location: Short school bus ride from Mizuhodai Station (Tobu-Tojo Line,
Saitama)

We are looking for candidates to cover 6 consecutive Tuesdays at our
university in June-July 2010 (June 22 & 29, July 6, 13, 20 & 27) as a
member of staff will be taking maternity leave. The classes are as follows:

09:00 -- 10:30 Structured Speaking Practice
10:40 -- 12:10 Structured Speaking Practice
13:00 -- 14:30 TOEIC

Only candidates who can teach all three classes for the 6-week period
will be considered. In terms of qualifications and experience, we are
seeking candidates who hold a Masters degree and have experience in
teaching English at university level in Japan.

Please contact Louise Ohashi by email with your CV if you would like to
apply.
<lgardiner76 at hotmail.com>

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Thu Apr 15 12:06:35 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:06:35 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JUSTEC Call for Papers -- deadline 25 April
	2010
Message-ID: <20100415160635.574714111@smtp.me.com>

Dear all,

I'm glad to pass along a reminder from the JUSTEC organizers about their
Call for Papers, which has a deadline of 25 April 2010.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## JUSTEC Call for Papers ##

Dear  Previous and Future JUSTEC participants,

The Call for Proposals for JUSTEC (Japan-US Teacher Education
Consortium) has begun and the deadline of April 25, 2010 is fast approaching.

JUSTEC 2010, which will be held from July 22nd to 25th, 2010, will be
hosted by Tamagawa University, Tokyo. And now JUSTEC 2010 is supported
by the American Embassy in Japan, Japan Educational Administration
Society, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. In addition to
these organizations, the forum is supported by the Kanagawa Prefectural
Board of Education, the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education, and 5
other City Boards of Education (Machida, Inagi, Kawasaki, Sagamihara,
and Yokohama), as they consider JUSTEC to be highly beneficial not only
for scholars but also for their in-service teachers. So it is a great
chance to share your study and practice.

Presentations are open to all members of the education community college/
university administrators and faculty, PK-12 administrators and
teachers, and students from all levels. We hope that we will receive
many good proposals.

Proposals:
Proposals should not exceed 200 words in length and should be submitted
as an email attachment to the following address no later than April 25,
2010. Please write "JUSTEC 2010: Proposal" in the subject line. The
proposal should be submitted as an email attachment in MS Word with the
following information on the top of the page:

    * Title of presentation
    * Name
    * Institutional affiliation
    * Email address

E-mail to:
<justec at tamagawa.ac.jp>

All of the above information about JUSTEC 2010, as well as registration
and hotel information, is on the JUSTEC homepage:
<http://justec.tamagawa.ac.jp/>

We hope to see you at JUSTEC 2010 in July.


Sincerely,

JUSTEC Governing Board Members

## End ##




From kcleary at me.com  Fri Apr 16 09:48:52 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:48:52 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Nakasendo English Conference 2010 -- updated
 notice, pre-registration available
Message-ID: <20100416134852.1037153044@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'm very glad to pass along an updated notice from the organizers of the
Nakasendo 2010 English Conference, which will be held on 20 June at
Tokyo Kasei University in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Nakasendo now has a new
wiki and a new website domain. Please check them out to learn more about
this unique multiorganizational teaching cooperative.

Also, pre-registration for the conference is now available. JALT members
get a 500 yen discount on pre-registration, as JALT is one of the
participating organizations for Nakasendo 2010.
<http://nakasendo.freehostia.com/nakasendo2010/preregister.htm>

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Nakasendo English Conference 2010 - "Teachers as Learners, Learners
as Teachers" ##

Sunday, June 20, 2010, Tokyo Kasei University, Jujo, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo-to

This year's theme will focus on the experiences of teachers as language
learners, and language learners as teachers, bringing together the
experiences of Japanese teachers of English in coming full circle from
being learners of English to being teachers of it, the experiences of
native English teachers in their learning of Japanese, and non-native
teachers of English, Japanese, or other languages.

The Nakasendo Cooperative is a multiorganizational teaching cooperative
based in the Kanto but reaching out throughout Japan. We began humbly
with our first conference in 2008 at Seigakuin University in Saitama
with the aim of bringing together different teaching groups and
organizations - native-speaker, non-native speaker, and Japanese teacher
of English alike, all on an equal footing. The Nakasendo 2009 conference
was held at Tokyo Kasei University in June of last year and the theme,
"Paths to Learning," sought to build new relationships between
individuals and organizations which previously had limited or no contact
with each other. Last year we had the illustrious Kensaku Yoshida of
Sophia University as our featured speaker, and for Nakasendo 2010, we
have two featured speakers - one foreign and one Japanese, respectively
Marcos Benevides of J.F Oberlin University and Masaki Kobayashi of the
Kanda University of International Studies.

One of our unique features is the use of an online document called a
Google Doc that can be edited and updated by anyone who wishes to
participate in our planning and organization. We also have a wiki at
<http://nakasendoengconfdissionpanel.wetpaint.com>
that anyone is welcome to check out at their convenience. Our planning
and organization is undertaken within the spirit of cooperation, with
each participant sharing the power to develop the conference according
to his or her own vision.

For preregistration and further information please check our website at
<http://nakasendo.freehostia.com/nakasendo2010/>.

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Fri Apr 16 11:16:16 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:16:16 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant competition
	-- deadline 15 May 2010
Message-ID: <20100416151616.2030071318@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

It is my pleasure to pass along the below information about the TIRF
2010 Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) competition, applications for
which are due by 15 May 2010.

>From the website:
"The DDG funding is intended to support worthy applicants who have
advanced to candidacy or the dissertation phase in their doctoral
programs and whose dissertation research plans address topics that TIRF
has prioritized. For Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants, $5,000 USD
is the maximum award. Proposals are due by May 15, 2010."
<http://www.tirfonline.org/2010ddgcall.html>

Best of luck to Tokyo Chapter doctoral students who apply for this
grant, and many thanks to Prof. Kensaku Yoshida of Sophia University for
kindly providing this information to us!

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## TIRF Grants for Doctoral Dissertations ##

ATTENTION: Doctoral Dissertation Supervisors and Doctoral Students

The deadline for the TIRF 2010 Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG)
competition is May 15, 2010. For more details about the grants and how
to apply for the 2010 awards, please visit TIRF's website:
<http://www.tirfonline.org/2010ddgcall.html>.

Downloadable information on TIRF 2010 is available here:
<http://www.tirfonline.org/2010DDGcall.pdf>

Some information about TIRF:
TIRF, The International Research Foundation for English Language
Education (TIRF) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to generate
new knowledge about English language teaching and learning.

TIRF aims:
*   To promote the application of research to practical language problems;

*   To collect, organize, and disseminate information and research on
the teaching and learning of language;

*   To influence the formation and implementation of appropriate
language education policies, taking cognizance of the complementarity of
English as an international language and indigenous languages and
cultures worldwide.

TIRF is committed to the development of a research agenda that is
flexible and dynamic, both addressing perennial issues and evolving as
critical questions present themselves. The foundation's current focus is
on promoting research and best practices that will improve the use of
English in the emerging global knowledge economy of the 21st century.

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Sat Apr 17 23:03:03 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:03:03 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Pan-SIG 2010 Flyer now available
Message-ID: <20100418030303.750852516@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We have a few new/updated conference notices to send you in the next day
or two.

First up is the 2010 Pan-SIG Conference.  This year's conference, the
9th Annual JALT Pan-SIG conference, has the theme of "Learner
Perspectives" and will be held 22 - 23 May, 2010, at Osaka Gakuin
University in Suita, Osaka.
<http://pansig.org/2010/>

>From the Pan-SIG flyer:
"Two days of poster sessions, presentations, and workshops on the
conference theme from teacher-researchers from 12 JALT special interest
groups (SIGs) and 2 of its chapters. Come and find out what the learner
thinks about what is occurring in the classroom: There will surely be
something for you to bring back to your teaching environment!"

The Pan-SIG flyer is linked to this message (to download the flyer,
click the link that appears below "A non-text attachment was
scrubbed..." near the end of this message). If you could print the
poster and post it in the Teachers Room / on a bulletin board at your
school, that would be great! I imagine that the lineup of speakers will
be posted on the Pan-SIG website soon, too.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair
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From kcleary at me.com  Sun Apr 18 00:54:31 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:54:31 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] IEEE PCSJ Call for Presentations (28 April
	2010)
Message-ID: <20100418045431.1053285973@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Last December we sent out a notice of the IEEE PCSJ (Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Professional Communication
Society, Japan) Annual Conference. Although the notice went out only
shortly before the conference, several Tokyo Chapter members who teach
engineering students or do research in the technical communication area
attended the conference or expressed interest in attending, and several
subsequently signed up as IEEE or PCS members.

I'd thus like to let you know that the IEEE PCS Japan Chapter will hold
its Spring 2010 Technical Meeting on Sunday, May 23rd at the Okubo
Campus of Waseda University. If you teach engineering students, or
research or teach technical communication, you may be very interested in
attending this meeting or submitting a proposal to present at it.

I've added links below the Call for Presentations to help you learn more
about IEEE PCSJ. If you have any questions about the Call for
Presentations, please contact Bill Rozycki as below. If you have any
questions about IEEE PCSJ please contact either Bill or me.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair
Secretary, IEEE PCSJ


## IEEE PCSJ Call for Presentations ##

The IEEE PCSJ Chapter will hold its Spring 2010 Technical Meeting on
Sunday, May 23rd at the Okubo Campus of Waseda University.

You are cordially invited to submit a proposal to present on your
research, teaching, or practice during that meeting. Presenters can be
allotted up to twenty minutes per presentation, with ten minutes for
discussion and questions following. The Technical Meeting is a great
place to try out a new idea or offer preliminary research or work in progress.

To submit a proposal, please send a working title and 50-word-or-less
abstract of your proposed presentation to Bill Rozycki at
<rozycki at u-aizu.ac.jp>
by April 28th.  Be sure to also include your name and affiliation. Any
topic on professional communication is fine, and especially welcome are
presentations that connect with our meeting theme, "Training and
Practice in Industry".

William Rozycki, Chair
Professional Communication Society - Japan

## About IEEE and IEEE PCSJ ##

PCS Japan website:
<http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/chapter/PC-26/>

The PCS website:
<http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pcs/>

The PCS Mission Statement:
<http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pcs/index.php?q=node/23>

Joining IEEE PCSJ:
= Full IEEE Member =
You can join IEEE as a professional member and then choose to join the
Professional Communication Society. This option is appropriate if you
want to get the latest engineering information and join other societies
within IEEE.
<http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/join/>

= PCS Affiliate Member =
It is possible to join the Professional Communication Society without
joining IEEE. To do so, first go to the PCS website and click to join as
an affiliate:
<http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/societies/pcs.html>

## End ##




From kcleary at me.com  Mon Apr 19 10:04:34 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:04:34 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] "6-week Maternity Leave Position" Job Search
 closed; Online Apple Store discounts for JALT members
Message-ID: <20100419140434.1410031146@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We have two short announcements tonight, so I'll put them in this one message.

First, I'd like to announce that the search for the "Seeking English
Teacher for 6-Week Maternity Leave Position" job (posted on 16 April) is
now "closed" as the school has found a pool of qualified applicants and
is now going about the process of selecting final candidates. Many
thanks to those who responded!

##

Second, several people have recently asked about the discount that JALT
members can enjoy on Apple computers. I put together a quick comparison,
and the linked file (.pdf) has more information.

As it turns out, academic purchasers typically get a 7% - 10% discount
while JALT members get a 10% - 13% discount.

For example, if you were to use the online JALT Apple Store, you would
currently save 4,000 yen on a new MacBook Pro, compared to the normal
academic price. However, if you are a JALT member who is not working at
an educational institution and are thus ineligible for the academic
discount, you would be able to save over 14,000 yen from the list price
on such a purchase thanks to your being a JALT member. Nice, eh?

If you want to take advantage of this program, all you have to do is
input your name, email address and JALT number on the log in page at
<http://jalt.org/apple>. You will then be able to access the JALT Apple Store.

Please note that this program is offered through the _Online_ Apple
Store, which is in a different division from the retail Apple Stores.

Some typical discounts (see the linked file for more information):

MacBook
List price:	 ?98,800
Academic price:	 88,800
JALT price:	 85,247 

MacBook Pro
List price:	 ?114,800
Academic Price:	 104,400 (9.06% discount from list price)
JALT price:	 100,225 (12.70% discount from list price, which translates
to a 28.64% better discount than the normal academic discount)
 
Mac Pro
List price:	 ?278,800
Academic price:	 256,800
JALT price:	 246,527

Also, please note I have no affiliation with Apple, Inc.! I'm just
passing along a benefit of membership. 

If you have any questions about the program, your JALT ID number or your
membership status, please do let me know or send a message to JALT
Central Office at <membership-office at jalt.org>.

With best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair
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From kcleary at me.com  Tue Apr 20 08:39:51 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:39:51 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] ER Seminar Call for Papers
Message-ID: <20100420123951.592322802@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Below is a Call for Papers for the Third Annual Extensive Reading in
Japan Seminar, which is sponsored by the ER SIG and the Hokkaido Chapter.

If you are accepted to make a 25-minute presentation or a poster
presentation, please let us know!

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## ER Seminar Call for Papers ##

Call for Papers for the Third Annual Extensive Reading in Japan Seminar

Seminar details
===============
Date: Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Time: 11:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Location: Hokkai Gakuen Daigaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Plenary Speaker: Marc Helgesen


Call for Papers Details
=======================
The organizing committee invites Extensive Reading researchers to submit
presentation proposals for papers (25 minutes including Q and A) and
poster sessions (50 minutes). It is also possible to have a 50 minute
paper presentation where 2 presenters talk about different aspects of
the same topic.  Two examples of this can be seen in the schedule of the
2009 ERJ Seminar at the following URL-
<http://sites.google.com/site/jalt2009erconference/Home/schedule>

Please email an abstract (250 word max.), a title (50 characters max.),
and personal information (name, affiliation, contact details) to
<stewart_reading at mac.com>
by May 18th for the July 4th, 2010 event.

- The abstract should be sent by e-mail as an attachment in plain text,
Microsoft Word, Pages or PDF format.

- Please include your name, institution, phone number, and e-mail
address of the main presenter in case of joint presentations.

- The subject line should say Submission for ERJ Seminar 2010.

- Multiple submissions are acceptable but should be sent as separate e-mails.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Extensive Reading SIG and the
Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT).

<http://www.jaltersig.org/>
<http://www.jalthokkaido.net/>

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Tue Apr 20 12:05:04 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:05:04 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] ECAP Speaker Lineup and Registration
	Information
Message-ID: <20100420160504.123424100@smtp.me.com>

Dear Members,

The ECAP organizers have just released the official information on the
4th Annual ELT Career and Professional Development Conference. At this
moment, the ECAP website is not yet updated, but that will change soon
I'm sure. We'll soon have a printable poster to make available for you, too.
<http://www.abax.co.jp/ecap/>

Details on the event and how to register are below. Please note that you
need to tell Cambridge University Press (the sponsor that is taking care
of registration) which workshops you wish to attend.

By the way, many Tokyo Chapter members are included in the final list of
speakers, I am glad to note. Congratulations to those of you who are
presenting at ECAP 2010!

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## ECAP Speaker Lineup and Registration Information ##

Event: ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) 2010
Date: 30 May 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 10:00 - 18:00 Keynote and Workshops
         18:00 - 20:00 Reception with speakers
Venue: The Yomiuri Shimbun Building, 9F

Cost:
Pre-registration: 2,500 yen (you can pre-register until 28 May (Friday))
On-site registration: 3,500 yen

Method of Registration: Call, fax or email Cambridge University Press
(CUP contact information is below). You will need to give them your
contact information and your choice of workshops to attend. Please see
the list of presenters, below, so as to be able to register for your
preferred workshop.

Contact information
====================
Name: 
School: 
Address:
Tel/Fax:
email:

Workshop Registration
======================
Preferred morning workshop:
Preferred early afternoon workshop:
Preferred late afternoon workshop:

Send to: Cambridge University Press
Tel: 03-3295-5875  / Fax: 03-3219-7182 /  Email: japanelt at cambridge.org


ECAP 2010 Presentation Lineup
==================

10:00-10:45 Keynote 
"Creating learning opportunities" - William Snyder, Columbia University,
Teacher's College 

11:00 - 12:00 Workshops 
"Communication strategies and learning opportunities", Alastair Graham-
Marr, Tokyo University of Science

"Exploring learning opportunities in pronunciation in global contexts",
Chantal Hemmi, British Council

"WII Interactive Whiteboard: Building a sophisticated educational tool
out of cheap parts", Marnie Mayse and Ben Brooke, Meikai University

?????????????????????????????????????
???
"Creating Opportunities for Learning Language and Culture", Noriko
Ishihara, Hosei University (in Japanese) 


13:00-13:45 Keynote 
"Why good learners learn" - Masaki Kobayashi, Kanda Gaigo University 

14:00-15:00 Workshops 
"University entrance exam writing prompts and effective language
learning strategies", Gordon Myskow, Toyo University 

"Guiding students to become good language learners in an IELTS course",
Phil Patrick, British Council 

"Using multiple intelligences to teach the way your students learn",
Gregory Rouault, Konan University 

???????L1???????????????????????
"Becoming successful Japanese learners of English: Practices of associating
phonetic units with semantic chunks to cope with L1 interference",
Kuniyoshi Ishikawa, Meiji University (in Japanese) 


15:30-16:15 Keynote 
"Building student motivation by being the change we wish to see" - Chuck
Sandy, Chubu University 

16:30-17:30 Workshops 
"Sustaining motivation through themed tasks", Marcos Benevides, J.F.
Oberlin University 

"Curiouser and Curiouser: The classroom as wonderland", Andrew Boon,
Toyo Gakuen University 

"Using authentic materials to motivate learners of English", David
Harrison, British Council 

?????????????????????????????????????
?????????????
"Motivating and Demotivating factors in English Language Teaching in
Japan", Keita Kikuchi, Tokai University (in Japanese)

ECAP Structure
=============
The ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) is divided
into three sections. Each section begins with a keynote address
introducing a broad topic and is followed by four concurrently run
workshops (one in Japanese) on themes related to the keynote. 

ECAP organizers:
Daily Yomiuri, ABAX, British Council, Columbia University Teacher's
College, Cambridge University Press

## End ##

From kcleary at me.com  Sat Apr 24 21:59:34 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:59:34 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Canada-Japan Leadership Fund Scholarships;
 TELL  Charity Walk and Runathon (1 May 2010)
Message-ID: <20100425015934.833417008@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We have two things to let you know about today.

First, the Embassy of Canada has announced several scholarships and
other programs. The scholarship application deadline is 20 June 2010.
See [1] below for details and links.

Second, the good folks at Tokyo English Life Line are having their 11th
Annual Charity Walk and Runathon on 1 May (Saturday). It is sure to be a
fun way to spend May Day. You'll likely see some old friends and make
some new friends -- and for a good cause to boot! Please see [2] below
for details and links.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


[1] # Canada Japan Leadership Fund #

"...the Embassy of Canada has established the "Canada-Japan Leadership
Fund" to further promote Canada-Japan relations and to develop a network
of enthusiastic people who will become future bridges between Canada and
Japan. The fund will enable us to continue the Scholarship Program,
Education Envoy Program, and Embassy guided tours.

2010-2011 Scholarship/Bursary Program Guidelines
Post-secondary education scholarships and language study bursaries to
support Japanese students' study in Canada.
<http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/study-etudie/fund-
fonds-guide.aspx?lang=eng>

"Education Envoy" Program
Embassy staff will visit schools to give on-site lessons about Canada.
Please take advantage of this program for your school's general studies
or international understanding classes.
<http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/study-etudie/envoy-
ambassadeurs.aspx?lang=eng>

School Visits to the Embassy of Canada
Students will be given guided tours of the Embassy of Canada's public
facilities as part of their school trips.
<http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/study-etudie/tours-
visites.aspx?lang=eng>

For more information, please visit:
<http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/study-etudie/fund-
fonds.aspx?lang=eng>


[2] ## The 11th Annual TELL Charity Walk and Runathon ##

Saturday, May 1st 2010?5?1????
9:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
Chidorigafuchi Park ??????
Imperial Palace Course ???????

Run or Walk for TELL. Tell all your friends, relatives, colleagues, and
neighbors to join the fun and help TELL!  Join the 5K/10K Run or try the
5K Walk. Enjoy the beautiful view around the palace with your family or
friends. 

Registration/Donation Fee 
3,500 yen for advance registration
4,500 yen for same-day registration
10,000 yen for families


<http://www.telljp.com/index.php?/en/news_article/
mark_your_calendars_for_the_11th_annual_tell_charity_walk_and_runathon/>

## End ##

From kcleary at me.com  Wed Apr 28 10:01:10 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:01:10 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Cultural Sociology Talk at Sophia University
	(10 May 2010)
Message-ID: <20100428140110.1020449931@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

A talk will be given at Sophia University that may be of interest to
you. Dr. Wendy Griswold of Northwestern University will give a talk on
"conceptualizing research projects" and one of her areas of interest is
in comparative studies of reading practices, an area which I know many
Tokyo Chapter members also are researching.

As always, if there is a talk or other event at your school that you
would like to inform Tokyo JALT members of, please let me know!

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Cultural Sociology Talk at Sophia University ##

Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2010

Three Methodological Pitfalls in Cultural Sociology and How to Avoid Them

Dr. Wendy Griswold
Northwestern University

Date: May 10, 2010 
Starting time: 5 p.m. 
Location: Room 10-301 (Building 10, Room 301), Yotsuya Campus, Sophia
University
<http://www.sophia.ac.jp/J/sogo.nsf/Content/access_yotsuya>
<http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/yotsuya_map>

This will be a talk and discussion aimed at scholars planning projects
in cultural sociology. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to
attend. The focus will be on three common problem areas in
conceptualizing research projects - agency, cultural objects, and
research proposals.

Wendy Griswold is Professor of Sociology and affiliated with Comparative
Literary Studies, English, and Communications at Northwestern
University. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard (1980) and has previously
taught there and at the University of Chicago. Her research and teaching
interests include: cultural sociology; sociological approaches to
literature, art and religion; regionalism, urban representations, and
the culture of place; the Federal Writers' Project; and comparative
studies of reading practices. Recent books include Bearing Witness:
Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria (Princeton UP, 2000),
Cultures and Societies in a Changing World 3rd ed. (Pine Forge 2008),
and Regionalism and the Reading Class (University of Chicago Press, 2008).

Lecture in English, No prior registration required 
(?????????????????????????)

Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture: 
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554
Tel 03-3238-4082  
Email: 
<diricc at sophia.ac.jp>
Website: 
<http://icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/>

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From kcleary at me.com  Thu Apr 29 02:25:08 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:25:08 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] CARLA Summer Institute (26-30 July 2010,
	Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Message-ID: <20100429062508.1870434014@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Last year we notified you of the institute that Prof. Noriko Ishihara of
Hosei University conducted at the University of Minnesota, and several
members ending up attending.

The information for this year's five-day institute is now available. I
hope it is useful for you or someone you know. For more information,
please see the .pdf and the website that are linked near the end of the
below notice.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## CARLA Summer Institute (26-30 July 2010, Minneapolis, MN, USA) ##

Language and Culture in Sync: Teaching the Pragmatics of a Second Language
July 26-30, 2010, CARLA Summer Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

A truly daunting challenge for second language learners is to adjust
their language use so that it is appropriate for different sociocultural
contexts. How, for example, are learners supposed to address strangers,
close friends, or people of higher social status in that culture? While
acquiring discourse practices can take learners many years, research has
shown that the process can be facilitated through explicit instruction.

This institute provides practical insights for teachers on how to
enhance the learning of pragmatics. Participants will have hands-on
opportunities to develop activities and materials for the classroom.

Testimonials from past participants:
Becoming aware and excited about new aspects of teaching are an
important part of our continual development as instructors. The
professional quality of the workshop, the ideas and experiences of other
participants will definitely result in benefits for my students.

I like being on the "cutting edge" of the new book by Noriko and Andrew.
I like know about their research and I especially like the warm
invitation and access they offered throughout the week... I especially
like how much lateral learning exists. The instructors are always good
but the room is filled with expertise and it's wonderful to share and
learn from each other and to have that valued.

Presenters:
Noriko Ishihara, PhD, Hosei University, Japan
Andrew D. Cohen, PhD, University of Minnesota (guest speaker)

Readings include:
Ishihara, N., & Cohen, A. D. (2010). Teaching and learning pragmatics:
Where language and culture meet. Pearson Education

More information about this institute is available on the CARLA website at:
<http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/2010/SI_Pragmatics.pdf>

Information about registration:
<http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/register.html>

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