From kcleary at me.com Tue Mar 2 10:28:18 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:28:18 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JSPS Seminar on Internationalization -- 6 March 2010 Message-ID: <20100302152818.81728560@smtp.me.com> Dear members, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is holding a symposium at Tokyo Institute of Technology on Saturday. The symposium is entitled "University Internationalization within Global Society: Recommendations for Internationalizing Japanese Universities". The event will have simultaneous Japanese - English translation. Sorry for the short notice, but if you are interested in attending please register by midnight, Thursday. Admission is free, but you have to register, as seating is limited. For more details, please see below. With best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## "University Internationalization within Global Society: Recommendations for Internationalizing Japanese Universities" ## Date: 6 March 2010 (Saturday) Time: 13:00 - 16:10 Venue: Tokyo Tech Front (TTF), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama Campus Access: Map: Information: [Japanese] [English] Registration Form: ## End ## From tokyo.grant at gmail.com Tue Mar 2 10:59:41 2010 From: tokyo.grant at gmail.com (Tokyo Chapter) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:59:41 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Announcement: Selected Presentation for the Hiroshima Mini-Conference Message-ID: <2060ca851003020759r19d86cb2o7ba0fac530e94b96@mail.gmail.com> Dear Tokyo Chapter members, Thank you for your interest and participation in the Tokyo Chapter Grant for the JALT Hiroshima Chapter Mini-conference. We received several entries, and all were excellent. Many thanks to those who sent in their applications. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Peter Cassidy has been selected as the recipient of the grant via a blind-review process. Mr. Cassidy will thus be representing Tokyo Chapter at the Hiroshima Mini-conference on March 28th, 2010. We are glad to be able to support his presentation, and are looking forward to his report, which will be published in the Tokyo Chap'zine after the conference. We'd also like to tell all members to keep your eyes open for future chapter offerings and consider submitting to the the Chap'zine! Sayoko Yamashita President, Tokyo Chapter on behalf of the JALT Tokyo Chapter Grant Selection Committee ## Title and Abstract for the Selected Presentation ## a. *Title of the presentation*: Respecting L1 Use in L2 Learning: Maintaining Creativity and ?Social Development b. *Presentation Abstract:* Through a videotaped study of pre-kindergarten Japanese children within an L2 learning context, it was determined that re-directing children away from using their L1 not only stifled their ability to socialize optimally, but also affected their creativity. ?Tangible quantitative evidence revealed through this block play study, in unison with the qualitative analysis of thirteen TESOL graduate students, was the catalyst for a revealing survey that brings to light the need for policy change with regards to language use in young learner L2 classrooms. ?The presentation will consist of video footage, the survey analysis, as well as a look at alternatives to re-directing children away from using their L1 in an L2 learning environment. ?The presentation should empower audience members to discuss how L1 only policies for pre-K classrooms may in fact stifle language development, limit optimal social development, as well as negatively affect creativity. ## End ## From kcleary at me.com Wed Mar 3 10:31:05 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:31:05 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] UNU Symposium: Perspectives on University Performance Evaluation Message-ID: <20100303153105.1483877432@smtp.me.com> Dear Members, United Nations University is holding a two-day seminar on evaluating university performance, 15-16 March (Monday and Tuesday), at its Tokyo campus in Shibuya. >From the event notice: >But while there is a clear need for objective performance measures, >there is much debate concerning what dimensions of performance to >measure, how to measure them, and how this relates to the mission of the >university and the concerns of its various stakeholders. Most seriously, >use of inappropriate measures may have the effect of driving the >development of higher education in undesirable directions. Admission is free, but you need to register. For more information: To register: Access: Hope this is of interest to you or someone you know, and I hope you are having a great week! With best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair From kcleary at me.com Sat Mar 6 05:53:33 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Room Change, Additional Registrations Possible for Dr. Kasper's seminar (29 March 2010) Message-ID: <20100306105333.750536974@smtp.me.com> Dear Members, I hope you are having a good weekend. I'd like to let you know that we have a new room, with a larger capacity, for Dr. Gabi Kasper's seminar, since over 30 people have already pre-registered. The seminar will now be held in Room 32-225 (Building 32 Room 225). Please visit the below site for further information on the new room: . Room 225 accommodates 50 people, so we can accept 15 more registrations. If you are interested in attending please register as soon as possible! By the way, notice of the room change has already been emailed to all registrants; for your reference, the amended event notice is appended below. Thank you again for your support of Tokyo Chapter events! With best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## Seminar by Dr. Gabriele Kasper -- New Room ## 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, Room 32-225 (Building 32 Room 225). For further information about the room / location, please visit: . 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: 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: ## End ## From kcleary at me.com Mon Mar 8 08:41:34 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:41:34 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JUSTEC 2010 Call for Papers Message-ID: <20100308134134.806002283@smtp.me.com> Dear colleagues, A kind Tokyo Chapter member, who is one of the organizers of the 22nd Annual Japan-U.S. Teacher Education Consortium (JUSTEC 2010), sent us notice of the Call for Papers for the event. JUSTEC 2010 will be held from 22-25 July. Please see official notice below for details, such as the website address, which has more information on the Call for Papers. And please keep the good information coming! With thanks and best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## JUSTEC 2010 ## Dear Previous and Future JUSTEC participants: We are happy to announce JUSTEC 2010 from July 22nd to 25th, 2010, hosted by Tamagawa University, Tokyo. JUSTEC 2010 is a special convocation, as it marks the beginning of a renewal for JUSTEC, and JUSTEC 2010 is supported by the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo and by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. In addition, the JUSTEC 2010 Forum is supported by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education, and 4 other City Boards of Education (Machida, Inagi, Kawasaki, Sagamihara), as they consider JUSTEC to be highly beneficial not only for scholars but also for their in-service teachers. Participation is open to all members of the education community: college /university administrators and faculty, education students, and PK-12 administrators and teachers. The call for proposals has begun and proposals need to be submitted as an email attachment to the following address no later than April 25, 2010: All of the above information about JUSTEC 2010, as well as registration and hotel information, is on the JUSTEC homepage: In addition, we have attached the announcement flyer in both English and Japanese. Please share these with your colleagues. Featured Keynote address: Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith John E. Cawthorne Endowed Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools Director, Ph.D. Program in Curriculum & Instruction Lynch School of Education, Boston College Best wishes to you all -- we hope to see you there! Sincerely, The JUSTEC Governing Board members ## End ## From kcleary at me.com Wed Mar 10 09:42:32 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:32 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] IASCE Call for Papers; 29 March seminar nearly full Message-ID: <20100310144232.1916073646@smtp.me.com> Dear members, Our Program Chair, Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska, has just given us notice of a Call for Papers at IASCE. For details, please see the information appended to this message. [1] Also, we now have over 50 people registered for Dr. Gabi Kasper's March 29th seminar. Please be sure to register if you plan to go! We would also ask that you please let us know if you have registered and discover that you are not able to go after all. At the rate registration is going we may have to set up a waiting list for late registrants. [2] Thank you and best wishes, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair [1] IASCE Call for Papers The International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE) will hold its international conference in this November 25 to 27 at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Paper proposals and early-bird registrations can now be processed on the website. Please visit the following site for further information: [2] 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 If you are interested in attending, please contact Megumi Kawate- Mierzejewska (Program Chair) at: For more information, please see the original message or visit the list archives for February: ## End ## From kcleary at me.com Fri Mar 12 09:25:03 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:03 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Education Fairs at the Embassy of Canada Message-ID: <20100312142503.361963761@smtp.me.com> Dear members, You may be aware that the Embassy of Canada is a strong supporter of language education and language teachers in Japan. I just found out that the Embassy is having education fairs on 24 March and 25 March (Wed & Thu). The fairs are designed for students but I am sure that teachers would be welcome to get information for their students. The relevant information is below. With best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## Education Fairs at the Embassy of Canada ## Are you interested in studying in Canada? Then come to our education fairs in spring and fall! Our fairs cater to the needs of students at various levels. Whether it's K-12, summer school, ESL, college, undergraduate or postgraduate, these fairs are an opportunity to find the school in Canada that is just right for you. You can talk to representatives directly and ask questions. Date and Time: Wednesday, March 24, 3 p.m. -- 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25, 3 p.m. -- 7 p.m. Venue: Embassy of Canada 7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8503 Admission: free Enquiries: canada2010 at canada-ryugaku-fair.com Those who attend the fair will receive an original notebook as a gift! ## End ## From kcleary at gol.com Thu Mar 18 09:31:00 2010 From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:31:00 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Nakasendo Conference Call for Papers (deadline 28 March 2010) Message-ID: Dear members, I'd like to let you know about a JALT-sponsored conference that is in its third year and is becoming quite popular -- the Nakasendo Conference. This year's Nakasendo Conference will be held on 20 June (Sunday), from 10:00 to 17:00, at Tokyo Kasei University (Itabashi-ku, Tokyo). Access: Keynote speakers are Prof. Masaki Kobayashi of Kanda University of International Studies and Prof. Marcos Benevides of Oberlin University. Official information on the Nakasendo Conference can be found here: The Nakasendo call for papers is open until 28 March. Full details and instructions are on the website, in a pdf file: Thank you and best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair From kcleary at me.com Mon Mar 22 11:00:28 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:28 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] 4th Annual ECAP Conference (30 May, Sunday) Message-ID: <20100322150028.315630952@smtp.me.com> Dear Members, The organizers of the 4th Annual ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) have just released official information on this year's conference. We have promoted ECAP each year that it has been held and have had a display table there, too. It's a great conference! To get an idea of what ECAP is about, please see the information archived at this website (currently the website has the archived data from 2009) and the information below, which was abstracted from the official notice. If you would like to receive more information on ECAP, please send a message with "ECAP details" in the subject line to Cambridge University Press at the below address: . Finally, I would ask that you please mention that you received the information from Tokyo JALT, as we were again asked to promote the conference. Thank you and best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## ECAP 2010 (30 May 2010, Otemachi, Tokyo) ## 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 On-site registration: 3,500 yen 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. This year's three themes and keynote presenters are: - Creating Learning Opportunities, William Snyder, Teacher's College, Columbia University - Why Do Good Learners Learn?, Masaki Kobayashi, Kanda Gaigo University - Building Student Motivation by Being the Change We Wish to See, Chuck Sandy, Chubu University ECAP organizers: Daily Yomiuri, ABAX, British Council, Columbia University Teacher's College, Cambridge University Press ## End ## From kcleary at me.com Wed Mar 24 11:19:12 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:19:12 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] ER Colloquium at JALT2010 Message-ID: <20100324151912.414808641@smtp.me.com> Dear members, Here is a message from the Extensive Reading SIG (ER SIG). For information on the ER SIG, please visit their website: . The SIG formed just a couple years ago and is now one of the largest SIGs in JALT, as Extensive Reading is becoming very popular in Japan. With best wishes, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## ER Colloquium at JALT National Conference, 2010 ## Call for Papers for the ER Colloquium at JALT National Conference, 2010 Deadline: 23rd April, 2010 The JALT ER SIG invites proposals from researchers in Extensive Reading or Extensive Listening to speak at the biggest ER event at the 2010 JALT National Conference "Creativity: Think outside the box" in Nagoya, November 19th-22nd. We are adopting a new format this year so the presenters will be able to see each others' presentations. Each presenter will have five minutes to speak to the whole audience. At the end of several five- minute sessions, presenters will break out and listeners will be able to ask any of the presenters more about their topic. Hopefully this will combine the focus of large presentations with the freedom of a poster session. Please send applications, or any questions, to Applications should include: 1. Your name 2. Your affiliation 3. A title 4. An abstract of around 50-100 words. Applicants may submit more than one topic. This may allow the organisers to make the colloquium more cohesive. ## End ## From kcleary at gol.com Thu Mar 25 03:41:18 2010 From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:41:18 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] New Room for Dr. Gabi Kasper's Seminar (29 March, Waseda) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We would like to announce that we now have a new room, with a larger capacity, for Dr. Gabi Kasper's seminar, since over 60 people have already pre-registered. The seminar will now be held in Room 32-224 (Building 32 Room 224). Please visit the below site for further information on the new room: For further information about the location, please visit: We look forward to seeing you all on March 29th at the seminar (19:00-20:30). Warm Regards Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska Program Chair From kcleary at me.com Thu Mar 25 09:55:18 2010 From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:55:18 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Keio Academy of New York Bilingual Summer Program Internship (2 April) Message-ID: <20100325135518.967324586@smtp.me.com> Dear colleagues, Tonight we have an interesting opportunity for Japanese college students to pass along to you. Keio Academy of New York (affiliated with Keio University) runs a Bilingual Summer Program, and will hire some interns from Japan. Travel to and from New York and housing during the program is included for these interns. The program will be held from 24 July to 8 August. Full details are available at the link below (.pdf); abstracted details follow this message. Although most of us will not begin classes before the deadline for applications (2 April) you may know of a student or two who may be interested in applying to be an intern or being a participant in the program. Thank you and best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## Keio Academy Bilingual Summer Program 2010 Internship ## PERIOD OF INTERNSHIP: - July 24, 2010 - August 8, 2010 (plus an orientation session on July 4, 2010) POSITION: Summer Program Intern HOURS: Full-time, residential (in addition to extended hours for chaperoning and supervising activities) SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE [Japan-based Interns] On-campus housing with free cafeteria privileges, round-trip transportation between Narita and Keio campus as a chaperone, travel insurance and extra meal stipend. INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION: Qualifications: - Excellent command of English - A good team worker in a multi-cultural group - Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced program environment (please see the .pdf for more information: ) APPLICATION: Send a cover letter in English (include your areas of interest, please be specific) and resume (include contact information for your reference) to Keio Academy Summer Program Office at . Subject line: Internship Position Deadline: 2 April If you have any questions, send an e-mail to the Keio Academy Summer Program 2010 Administrative Office at ## End ##