From kcleary at me.com  Tue Feb  2 08:50:04 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:50:04 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Chapter-supported presenter for the Hiroshima
 Mini-conference (28 March)
Message-ID: <20100202135004.1769653361@smtp.me.com>


Dear Members,

Hiroshima Chapter is having their "Third Annual Hiroshima Mini-
conference on Teaching Children" on 28 March 2010 (Sunday).

Tokyo Chapter is very pleased to offer support to a Chapter member who
wishes to make a presentation at the upcoming mini-conference. Hiroshima
JALT has kindly reserved one presentation slot for a Tokyo Chapter
member, and has agreed to let us notify them of the selected presenter
by 19 February.

Details on the support package are below in section I, and are followed
by the official announcement by Hiroshima Chapter in section II.

Best of luck to the applicants!

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Chapter-supported presenter for the Hiroshima Mini-conference (28 March) ##

I. Tokyo Chapter Presentation Package for the Hiroshima Mini-conference 2010:

Tokyo Chapter invites applications for presenters who wish to present at
the Hiroshima Chapter Mini-conference. The Chapter will support one (1)
presenter with train fare and a stipend for meals and lodging.

In detail, the successful applicant will receive:
(1) An amount to cover the full round-trip transportation fee to attend
the conference (Shinkansen, to and from Hiroshima Station, originating
at Tokyo Station, plus local transportation): 22,680 yen + local
transportation
(2) Meals / Lodging / Local transportation reimbursement of up to 10,000 yen

Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible you must be a current member of JALT and Tokyo Chapter as
of 28 March (the day of the mini-conference). Tokyo Chapter officers are
not eligible.

Selection Process:
Applications will be reviewed by a committee.
Selection of the committee will be final.
The chosen applicant will be notified by February 19, 2010

Application Method and Deadline:
Applications should be emailed to:
<tokyo.grant at gmail.com>
Subject: Hiroshima Application: <your name>

The deadline for applications is 12 February 2010 (Friday) 12:00
midnight (Japanese Standard Time).

Application Materials:

The application form must include two files, in text or MS Word format:
First file:
Name of file: Hiroshima_File_01_<your name>
  a. Name:
  b. JALT membership number:
  c. JALT membership expiration date:
  d. Affiliation:
  e. Title of the presentation:
  f.  Statement of agreement to send a report to Tokyo Chapter for the
Chap'zine immediately after returning from the conference. (The
Chap'zine is our chapter publication for 2010; a 1 or 2 page summary of
the presentation would be fine for the report.)

  Second file (to be sent to reviewers):
  Name of file: Hiroshima_File_02_<your name>
  g. Title of the presentation:
  h. Presentation Abstract (up to 150 words):
  i. Area of study:
(The abstract will be blind reviewed. We will change the file name
before sending it to the reviewers. Please do not have your name in the
contents of the file.)


II. CALL FOR PRESENTERS

Hiroshima JALT is holding its third annual  mini-conference on teaching
children on Sunday, March 28th, 2010 from 10:00am-5:00pm.
Details below:

Time: 10:00am -- 5:00pm (10:00-17:00)
Place: YMCA Language School (Red Brick Building)
         7-11 Hatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Date: March 28, 2010 (Sunday)
Fee: 500 yen for JALT members
    1000 yen for one-day members

Featured speaker: Aleda Krause, author of SuperKids and SuperTots There
will also be a display area of the latest teaching materials from a
variety of well-known publishers in Japan.

The theme is teaching children, so we are looking for presenters who
have ideas on teaching activities, who know areas of research relevant
to teaching children from age 1 to 18, who can share their knowledge
about English teaching policies in Japan, etc. If you are interested in
giving a 45-minute presentation or have a question, please e-mail Andrew
Brady at
<montelbrady at hotmail.com>
with a title and abstract. The deadline is Friday, February 12, 2010.

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From kcleary at me.com  Fri Feb  5 20:07:55 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:07:55 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Full-time JHS/SHS English Teacher Position in
	Tokyo
Message-ID: <20100206010755.507105431@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'm very glad to let you know that we've received another excellent job
notice directly from the employing school. 

Kitatoshima JHS / SHS
??????????????
<http://www.kitatoshima.ed.jp/>

Location: Arakawa-ku, near Kumanomae Station (Arakawa Line)
<http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?hl=ja&tab=il&q=?????????????
???>

If you are interested in a full-time JHS/SHS teaching position in Tokyo,
read on!

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair



## Full-time JHS/SHS English Teacher Position ##

Private girl's junior/senior high school in Tokyo is looking for an
English language teacher to join our teaching team. The ideal candidate
will have good interpersonal skills, a professional attitude towards
teaching and learning, show initiative, and be able to carry out duties
with minimal supervision.

Location: Arakawa-ku, Tokyo

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:45am-4:00pm. Occasional weekend duties and
extra lessons after school.

Remuneration: ?280,000 - ?290,000 per month, depending on experience.
Transport allowance. Visa sponsorship.

Holidays: In addition to public holidays, paid holidays for summer,
winter and spring  vacations.

Responsibilities: Teach around 20 50-minute lessons per week; homeroom
co-teacher including morning homeroom lessons; help plan and conduct a 1-
week English camp in summer; help students prepare for the EIKEN exam
and university entrance interviews; participate in ongoing professional
development; contribute to resource and materials development;
contribute to school marketing activities; and class administration.

Requirements: BA/BS; native speaker of English or have native-level
English proficiency; computer skills, especially MS Word and Excel;
CELTA/TESOL Certificate is preferred; conversational Japanese is preferred.

Apply by sending your resume with a cover letter and recent photo to
Michael Mersiades at 
<michael at staff.kitatoshima.ed.jp>

The application deadline is Monday, 15 February. Interviews will be
conducted between Monday, 15 February and Friday, 26 February.

## End ##

From kcleary at me.com  Sat Feb  6 09:26:58 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:26:58 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Task Based Language Teaching,
 sponsored by Yokohama JALT Chapter (21 February)
Message-ID: <20100206142658.1476575104@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

Here is an event notice I received from Yokohama JALT (YoJALT) as I am
on their mailing list. If you are a Yokohama Chapter member and do not
get their mailings, or if you live or work near Yokohama or otherwise
want to be added to their email list, please contact Malc at:
<yojaltmembership at yojalt.org>.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Task Based Language Teaching, sponsored by Yokohama JALT Chapter ##

Date: Sunday, February 21st

Time: 10:30 am until 4:15 pm

Location: Yokohama City Educational Meeting Hall at Sakuragicho:
<http://yojalt.org/?page_id=212>
*About 10 min. from Sakuragicho station.*

More information, as well as the presenter profiles and abstracts, can
be found at
 <http://www.yojalt.org/>

One word about the venue - It is apparently rather far from any likely
place for lunch, so it is recommended that you bring your lunch with you.


*"Task Based Language Teaching"*

*Schedule*

*10:30-10:35*            *Welcome*

*10:35-10:45*            *Introduction to the day's presentations*

*10:45-12:15*            *Shinichi Izumi*

"EFL Education in Japan from the Perspective of Second Language
Acquisition Research"

*12:15-13:45*            Lunch

*13:45-14:15*            *Eric Setoguchi*
"Advocating TBLT in Japan: Dispelling myths and overcoming obstacles"

*14:15-14:45*            *Naoko Mochizuki*
"Balancing communication and grammar in beginning-level English
classrooms at secondary schools in Japan"

*14:45-15:15*           * Eric Setoguchi*
"Developing a context-driven TBLT curriculum at a Japanese University"

*15:15-15:45*            *Joachim Castellano*
"Using Facebook and Amazon to review an album of music"

*15:45-16:15*            Q&A panel on TBLT

If you wish to receive this newsletter by post, or have any questions,
contact Malc at
<yojaltmembership at yojalt.org>.

## End ##




From kcleary at me.com  Sun Feb  7 09:03:23 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:03:23 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Important Dates and Announcements - JALT2010
Message-ID: <20100207140323.996420966@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We are making plans for 2010, so if you have any ideas for events, or
leads on speakers who may want to make a presentation for Tokyo JALT,
please let us know!

JALT, too, is hard at work for 2010. The JALT2010 conference planning is
well underway, and I'd like to let you know of some important dates:

Conference: 19 - 22 November 2010 (The conference is in Nagoya this
year, by the way.)

Vetted submissions deadline: 23 April  (Friday) 11:59 p.m., Japan
Standard Time
(notification of the vetting decision will be sent out by email, by 31 July)

For more information on how to submit a proposal for JALT2010, please visit:
<http://jalt.org/conference/jalt2010/jalt2010-call-submissions>

Thank you and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair




From kcleary at me.com  Mon Feb  8 10:29:33 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:29:33 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JALT Announcements List Procedures ( JALT
	National mailing list)
Message-ID: <20100208152933.920724865@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

There are many matters to inform you of in the coming days. Yoroshiku
onegiashimasu!

First of all, I hope that you received the inaugural JALT Announcements
message from Caroline Lloyd, the JALT President. The message was sent on
6 February (Sat), and has as its subject line "[JALT-Announcements]
Welcome to the JALT Announcements List". The body of the message begins with:

'Launch of the JALT Announcements List

On behalf of the JALT Board of Directors (BOD), I am very pleased to
launch our new "JALT Announcements" list.'

The message goes on to explain that JALT will now send all members
important messages as the occasion warrants. It is currently envisioned
to be a monthly mailing. (Our chapter list will continue as it is, in
general).

Subscribing to JALT-announce
=======================
The reason for _this_ message is that I want to make sure that you, as a
current or recent JALT member, are on the Announcements list if you, in
fact, want to be on the list, and that JALT Central Office has a proper
email address for you.

If you can't find the message in your inbox or spam box, then please
send your email address, with your name and your JALT Membership number
(if known), to
<membership-office at jalt.org>
and JALT Central Office will update its records.

After that, please subscribe to the list by visiting:
<http://jalt.org/mailman/listinfo/announcements_jalt.org>

Also, if you ever wish to unsubscribe from the Announcements list,
please follow the procedures appended to this message.

Thank you for your patience with the above. If you have any questions
please let me know!

all the best,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


Unsubscribing from the "Announcements" list from JALT (not our "Tokyo
JALT-annnounce" list)
===========================
If you received the inaugural Announcements message but do not want to
be on that list, you can unsubscribe by the below process:

(1) Visit <http://jalt.org/mailman/listinfo/announcements_jalt.org>

(2) Scroll to the bottom of the page, and put your email address in the
field for:
To unsubscribe from Announcements, get a password reminder, or change
your subscription options enter your subscription email address:

(3) Click the "Unsubscribe or edit options" button, which will take you
to a page where you can unsubscribe by following the instructions on the page:
"Turn on the confirmation checkbox and hit this button to unsubscribe
from this mailing list. Warning: This action will be taken immediately!"

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Mon Feb  8 10:44:04 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:44:04 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Cambridge ESOL Scholarships (IATEFL)
Message-ID: <20100208154404.1798823387@smtp.me.com>

Dear Members,

I would like to pass along to you two scholarship possibilities from the
University of Cambridge for attendance at IATEFL's 44th Annual
Conference, which is to be held in Harrogate, UK. The scholarships
include travel, lodging and the conference fee, among other benefits.

One scholarship is entitled 'Best Practice in Language Assessment
Scholarship', and the other is 'Best Practice in Teacher Training
Scholarship'.

General information on scholarships are below, with instructions on how
to apply for the first scholarship. Full details on both scholarships
and the application procedures are at this web link:
<http://www.schools.cambridgeesol.org/news/>.

Information on other scholarships available through IATEFL is at:
<www.iatefl.org/scholarships/>

Best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Cambridge ESOL Best Practice Scholarships ##

Are you a teacher trainer or involved in language assessment? If so, you
are eligible to apply for one of two sponsorship packages being offered
by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations to attend the 2010
IATEFL Harrogate Conference in the UK.

Applications are welcome from any country but you will need to be quick
as the closing date is Monday 1st March 2010. Please see below for more
details.


CAMBRIDGE ESOL BEST PRACTICE SCHOLARSHIPS

IATEFL 44th Annual Conference, Harrogate, 7th-11th April 2010

Call for Applications

The University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations is offering two
scholarship packages for teachers to attend the IATEFL Harrogate Conference.

These two scholarships are to celebrate best practise in the areas of
examinations and teacher training. The scholarships are open to teachers
working in these fields and not just those with formal qualifications or
roles.

Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in Language Assessment Scholarship

The award consists of:

- registration for the Testing Evaluation and Assessment Special
Interest Group (TEA SIG) pre-conference event
- registration for the main conference
- a year's IATEFL membership
- a maximum of five nights accommodation
- travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK
- GBP 50.00 per day expenses

To be considered for the scholarship:

Write a short paper, between 500 to 600 words, on how assessment has a
positive impact on the development of reading skills.

Submit your paper above to
<alison at iatefl.org>
by 1st March 2010.  Mark your submission 'Cambridge ESOL Best Practice
in Language Assessment Scholarship'.

Please see this page for complete information on both scholarships and
the application procedures:
<http://www.schools.cambridgeesol.org/news/>.

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Tue Feb  9 08:14:00 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:14:00 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Feedback on events;
 Call for Papers -- Immersive Technologies for Learning (CALL, UK)
Message-ID: <20100209131400.683958984@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'd like to share some kind feedback with you all:

>Thank you very much for the info. about International Education for
>Overseas Students at Sophia University yesterday.  I really enjoyed
>that, listening to the speakers, counselors, and the discussion!  I've
>learned a lot through this meeting.

>I went to FEELTA last year in Vladivostok - it was a fantastic
>experience and the English teachers from Russia were excellent
>participants! I definitely recommend this conference to JALT members!

It's very good to get that feedback on the events and announcements.
Thank you for sharing!

== Call for Papers ==

Below is a Call for Papers for a CALL-related conference in the UK. The
CALL SIG asked that this be promoted in JALT.

Some CALL SIG members in Tokyo Chapter told me that they do not get CALL
announcements. If you need to join the CALL mailing list, please go to:
<http://jaltcall.org/news/index.php?o
ption=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=35>

Again, thank you very much for the feedback, and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Call for Papers -- Immersive Technologies for Learning: A multi-
disciplinary approach ##

Immersive Technologies for Learning: A multi-disciplinary approach

Annual Conference of the International Virtual Worlds Research Group (iVERG)
28-29 June 2010, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted electronically to
<s.m.martin at tees.ac.uk>.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday 26 February 2010.

The Organising Committee encourages submission of individual abstracts
in the following general areas:
Collaboration in immersive learning environments;
Communicating in immersive learning environments;
Designing learning environments and experiences;
Implementing tasks in immersive learning environments;
Innovations in immersive learning environments;
Learning in Digital Worlds - identification, metrics and effects;
Multidisciplinary approaches in virtual worlds;
Place and space: physical, virtual and social;
Planning educational experiences in virtual worlds;
Problem-based learning in immersive learning environments;
Rethinking learning in virtual worlds;
Rethinking pedagogy in virtual worlds.


Schedule dates:
Abstract judgments due to authors 26 March 2010
Full conference papers due 3 May 2010 (5,000-7,000 words)

*All accepted conference papers will be published online in the iVERG
Conference Proceedings. Selected papers will be included in a special
edition of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.

PDF flyer available at
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8duprm>

## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Wed Feb 10 11:07:06 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:07:06 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Business English Special Interest Group -- a
	newly-forming JALT SIG
Message-ID: <20100210160706.1112372041@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

A new JALT SIG is forming -- the Business English SIG.

It is still early in the process, but there is a Facebook page up for
the forming SIG:
<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=306967101933>

Also early in the process is the planning for the "One-day Inaugural
Event" to publicize this new SIG.

So far, the date and location of the inaugural event are fixed:
Date:  5 June 2010 (Saturday)

Place: Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo
<http://www.tyg.jp/e/>

More details on the BE-SIG and its inaugural event will be available
shortly. Andy Boon, who is helping organize the SIG, asks interested
parties to please check the Facebook site or ELT Calendar over the next
few months.
<http://www.eltcalendar.com/>

For more information, please contact Andy at:
<andrew.boon at tyg.jp>.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair




From kcleary at me.com  Wed Feb 10 11:30:10 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:30:10 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Tokyo Chap'zine -- 15 February Deadline,
 Chapter goods for accepted submissions
Message-ID: <20100210163010.360911428@smtp.me.com>

Dear Chapter Members,

The February 15th deadline for submissions to the inaugural issue of the
Tokyo Chap'zine is rapidly approaching. Authors of all accepted
submissions will receive a Tokyo Chapter pen, folder, and a t-shirt with
the chapter logo. Submission details can be found at the chapter website:
<http://jalt.org/tokyo/chapzine/>

Best wishes,

Nick Jungheim
Tokyo Chapter Publications Editor
<chapeditor at gmail.com>




From kcleary at me.com  Sun Feb 14 18:15:57 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:15:57 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Seminar at the Tokyo American Center (2 March
 (Tue); apply by 23 February)
Message-ID: <20100214231558.1806713542@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

The US Embassy has a team that is promoting English language education
in Japan. They asked JALT to publicize an event they are holding through
The Japan Association of Overseas Studies (JAOS). The event should be of
special interest to those of us who have students who wish to study in
the US, especially at the university level or through the Fulbright Program. 

Please note that it appears that the program will be in Japanese.
Approximately half of JALT members are native speakers of Japanese, by
the way.

Date: 2 March (Tue)
Time: 4:00 to 6:20
Location: Tokyo American Center
<http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/j/amc/tamcj-map.html>

For complete information:
<http://www.jaos.or.jp/event/>

Admission is free, but is limited to 80 people (first come, first
served). To apply, please send an email message, by 23 February (Tue) to:
<jimukyoku at jaos.or.jp>,
with the subject of "?????????????" (Study in America
Seminar application).

The body of the message should have:
1. ?????? (Venue): Tokyo American Center
2. ???????) Your name in katakana:
3. ??? Institutional Affiliation: 
4. ??? Department:
5. ????? City:
6. ??????? Email address:
7. ????????????????Daytime telephone number:
8. ???????????????????? How you heard about the
seminar: JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching)
9. ??????????????????????????? What you hope
to gain from the seminar,  any questions you would like to ask:

For a detailed schedule of the speakers and panel discussion, please see
the official website:
<http://www.jaos.or.jp/event/>

Thank you and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

From kcleary at me.com  Mon Feb 15 08:28:45 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:28:45 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Seminar: Study in Britain (British Council,
	23 February)
Message-ID: <20100215132845.811834312@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

I'd like to alert you to an another seminar devoted to overseas study.
This one is sponsored by the British Council. 

Event: Study in Britain Seminar
Date: 23 February 2010 (Tue)
Time: 16:30 - 19:30

Admission is free, but seating is limited. It appears that the event
will be conducted in Japanese, for your reference.

To apply, please contact the British Council Tokyo by phone or email to
make a reservation.

Tel: 03-3235-8031
E-mail: <educationuk.tokyo at britishcouncil.or.jp>
Access to the British Council (in Iidabashi, Tokyo):
<http://www.britishcouncil.org/jp/japan-about-us-tokyo-centre-contact-
details.htm>

Information required for the application:
Event name: ???????? (Study in Britain Seminar)
Your name:
Telephone number:

For more information, please see the official notice below. The official
web page (Japanese only) may be difficult to access, as the address
includes Japanese characters which might not survive the email process:
<http://eastasia.britishcouncil.org/public/event.aspx?country=japan-
jp&eventname=???????????Q%26A&Event_I
D=b0f68008-57cf-43ce-8ef8-0639ab48ff36>

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Study in Britain Seminar ##

????????

???? 2?23????16:30 - 19:30

????????????????????????Q&A???????????
????????????IELTS??????????????????????
Q&A???????????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????????????
???????

???????
?????????????????????????????????????
??????????????????


????????????????????????????
???????????????????????

Tel: 03-3235-8031
E-mail: educationuk.tokyo at britishcouncil.or.jp
?? ???????????????????
???????1-2?
??? ????

## End ##

From kcleary at me.com  Mon Feb 15 17:22:16 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:22:16 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] GRIPS-TUJ Conference -- Website
 Content/Research Requests -- Hiroshima Conference Application Extension
Message-ID: <20100215222216.984814583@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We have three items to inform you about today.

(1) Event Announcement
The 'First Joint GRIPS-TUJ Conference "English-Based University
Education"' will be held on February 27, 2010 (Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm),
at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
<http://grips.ixspeed.com/>
<http://grips.ixspeed.com/schedule>

We publicized the Call for Papers for this conference and I am very glad
to see that several Tokyo Chapter members will be presenting at the
conference. Please see the website to get more information on the conference.

(2) Tokyo JALT Website
We are hoping to have more content on the Tokyo JALT website for you in
2010. Until now we have used our website as an archive for event
notices; we look forward to making it more useful for you. Please let me
know of any requests you have for web content.

For example, we can put requests for research collaboration or
participation on the website. Such material is not an announcement from
the Chapter, so we cannot send out a message devoted such such requests
on this announcements list. However, it would be great if we could help
support the efforts of our members to do research. Thus, we decided to
make a web page for such content.

One member has already given us a request for participation in a short
online survey on genres of reading and writing.
<http://jalt.org/tokyo/services/research.html>

(3) Deadline Extension for the Sponsored Presenter for the Hiroshima
Conference
We are hoping to sponsor a Tokyo Chapter member as a presenter at the
Hiroshima Conference. Please apply soon! The new deadline is 28
February. Please see the original posting in the mailing list archives
for details:
<http://jalt-tokyo.iplusone.org/pipermail/tokyojalt-announce_jalt-
tokyo.iplusone.org/2010-February/000165.html>

Again, the Tokyo Chapter officers will appreciate your feedback on
material to put on the website. Please use the contact form on the main
JALT website or send your feedback to me and I will pass it on to the
officers.
<http://jalt.org/groups/tokyo>

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair




From kcleary at me.com  Sat Feb 27 21:59:05 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:59:05 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Full-time position at Waseda;
	Part-time position at Tsukuba
Message-ID: <20100228025905.92558567@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

There are two job announcements to let you know about today.

(1) Full-time position at the Waseda University Center for International
Education
All the information available is in Japanese -- and apologies for the
short notice, the deadline is Wednesday, 3 March. For your reference,
this announcement was forwarded to me at work.
<http://www.cie-waseda.jp/studyabroad/detail/detail.php?nid=1098>
<http://www.waseda.jp/cie/index-e.html>

(2) Part-time position at the University of Tsukuba
I am glad to pass along this job notice, which was sent to us directly
by the school:

The University of Tsukuba is looking for a part-time English instructor
to teach "English Writing" for the academic year 2010. The teaching time
would be 140 minutes (70 minutes / each x 2 plus 15 minutes break in
between) on any day you can teach. If you are interested in getting
further information, please contact Professor Kinoshita at
<fkinoshi at sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>.
<http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/>

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Finally, I'll have a Tokyo Chapter event announcement for 29 March
(Monday) for you later today.

Hope all is well and talk to you soon,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair




From kcleary at me.com  Sun Feb 28 08:26:35 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:26:35 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Seminar by Dr. Gabriele Kasper
Message-ID: <20100228132635.1913215919@smtp.me.com>

Dear Members,

I am very pleased to let you know about a seminar we are having on 29
March (Monday). Dr. Gabriele Kasper kindly accepted our invitation, via
our Program Chair, to give a talk to Tokyo Chapter members. As you may
know, Dr. Kasper has been a plenary speaker at TESOL and is widely
published in second language studies, especially pragmatics-related areas.

Our official announcement of Dr. Kasper's seminar follows.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

## Seminar by Dr. Gabriele Kasper ##

JALT Tokyo Chapter is pleased to announce the following seminar which
will be conducted by Dr. Gabriele Kasper of the University of Hawai'i at
Manoa.

Title: "Talking Emotion in a Second Language"
Date: 29 March 2010 (Monday)
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Location: Waseda University Toyama Campus, Building 36, Room 3703

For further information about the room / location, please visit:
<http://www.waseda.jp/itc/av/toyama/top/36/36_3703a.html>
<http://www.waseda.jp/itc/av/toyama/>
<http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map02.html>

Fee: Free for JALT members; 1,000 yen for Non-JALT members.

RSVP: Space is limited for participation in this seminar. If you are
interested in attending, please contact Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska
(Program Chair) at:
<tokyojaltseminars at gmail.com>

Abstract:
As a topic in second language studies, emotions have been investigated
from a variety of perspectives: as "individual difference" variables, as
goal and process in language socialization, as matters of multilingual
speakers' competencies, or as experiences available through learner
narratives. This seminar examines emotion talk in a second language
through the lens of discursive psychology. By analyzing emotions as
interactional and rhetorical constructions, it becomes possible to show
how participants engage emotion talk to accomplish social activities
such as assigning blame, claiming and rejecting identities, and
defending their moral integrity.

A brief CV of Dr. Kasper is available here:
<http://www.hawaii.edu/sls/faculty/kasper/>

## End ##