Professional Development through Collaboration

KYOTO JALT MASH '09 SCHEDULE

  9:30 -  Registration

10:00 -  Welcome and "Early Bird Meishi Lottery"

10:15 -  Poster Session 1 - "Talking about practice in the Classroom"

            Jennifer Spiegel, Connect to the Computer Generation with ELT
            Misato Azuma - Using Reflective practice within teaching
            Himiko Osayama, Learning Strategies for Vocabulary Tests 

                                        Used by Students in The Seventh Grade
            Kim Bradford-Watts, Fast and Furious Surveys
            Vick L. Ssali, Back to Basics: Empowering Freshmen Writing

                                Classes

   

            Alternate: Steven Herder, Reconsidering Input/Output in the

                             JSHS context

11:45 -  Lunch (BYO and enjoy the company)

12:30 -  20-Minute Presentations (plus 10-min Q&A)

            David Svoboda, Oral Testing: "Easing the Pain"
            Joe Siegel, Evaluation of Materials for Young Learners
            Jean-Paul DuQuette, EFL in  "Second Life": Potential and

                                Pitfalls

 
 2:00 -  Feedback Circle

 2:30 -  Reflection and Refresh

 
 3:00 -  Poster Session 2 - "Talking about theory for the Classroom"

            Iain Dandy, A Research Study: Examining my own Work

                              Environment
            Michael Iwane-Salovaara, "What is Microgenetic Analysis?”
            Julian Pigott, Models of Motivation in the Classroom
            Wakana Takai-MacLean, Using L1 to Learn L2: Adult Learner's

                                                    Class
            William Baber, "If the Shoe Fits...A Japan-appropriate Teaching 

                                     Model for Adult Learners"
  
4:30 -  Wrap-up

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