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April 2008 Ibaraki JALT Presentation

Shaney — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:29:04 +0000

On Sunday, April 27th, the Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching will offer two presentations. All are welcome. There will be no charge. No pre-registration is necessary.

Date: Sunday, April 27
Place: Ibaraki Christian University, Hitachi Omika
Cost: Free
More info: http://www.kasei.ac.jp/jalt/

Morning Session (Part 1): 10:00 (Registration from 09:30)
Doing Culture Ethnographically/Study Abroad Programs
by Elaine Gilmour, Associate Professor, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University

This presentation examines what an ethnographic approach to teaching culture is, and suggests components for a community based ethnography course. We’ll also consider the point of such a course from the students’ perspective, by looking at questionnaire response data provided by students who have participated in Study Abroad programs during their university experience.

Lunch Break: 12:00-14:00

Afternoon Session (Part 2): 14:00
Actually Teaching Listening
by Alastair Graham-Marr, ABAX
Teaching listening effectively means teaching both phonology and knowledge of discourse. A working knowledge of the phonology of natural connected speech, elisions and liaisons, weak forms and reductions helps students with their 'bottom-up' decoding skills. Developing student knowledge of discourse, particularly of scripts (those discourses in English that tend to follow a set pattern) helps them with their 'top-down' predictive skills.

JALT Ibaraki chapter meetings are open to all interested in learning and teaching languages. Abstracts for the presentations and access information for the venue, as well further information for future events are available on the chapter website.

Feeling Homesick?

Shaney — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:33:34 +0000

Why not buy some furniture?

This is from the back of a truck seen in Tsukuba. There is another branch of this company in Tsukuba called Style Shop, a much better name if you ask me.

Goin’ Where the Wind Brows

Shaney — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:27:07 +0000

You'd think that if you were going to paint it on your vehicle, you would get someone to check it first.

6 Comments

At March 4, 2007, dimaks wrote:
suddenly i remember the song that goes like ..."born free... as free as the wind (pls. continue) :D
At March 4, 2007, Shaney wrote:
Yeah, it made me think of Bohemian Rhapsody.
"Anyway the wind ..."
At March 5, 2007, RrFish wrote:
OK, I give up. What kind of a car is that?!
My guess is that this is a moving stall....
Then again, if this is a moving stall, that logo can be problematic.
At March 5, 2007, Shaney wrote:
Ha ha! It's the Koushin Hanya mobile! It was parked outside Q't on Sunday, selling super-long curry churros.
At March 6, 2007, RrFish wrote:
Thanks Shaney! That pic's been bugging me since Sunday, so I feel better now. LOL

Did you try the churros?
At March 6, 2007, Shaney wrote:
I didn't actually try the churros. I had a taco from the van beside the "browing" van instead.

I’m Not Making This Up

Shaney — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:21:51 +0000

This is not an April Fool's joke. One of my friends found this coffee in a vending machine at a local research institute. I took the picture with my very own camera.

1 Comments

At April 11, 2007, dimaks wrote:
haha.. now i dont know if coffee should make me depressed or what

JALT-Ibaraki Chapter December Meeting

RrFish — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:04:00 +0000

The Alien Times received the following information.
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全国語学教育学会
The Japan Association for Language Teaching -JALT-

Ibaraki Chapter December Meeting

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Program Ⅰ
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Featured Speakers:
First presentation (12:00 - 12:50):

Another NVC - Nonviolent Communication
- Both Verbal and Nonverbal

Jim D. Batten
Ibaraki Christian University
Second presentation (13:00 - 13:50):
Classroom Feedback Systems

George MacLean
The University of Tsukuba
Third presentation (14:00 - 14:50):
Translations Studies - An Update

Jeroen Bode
The University of Tsukuba

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Program Ⅱ
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Short Presentations (15:00 - 16:00):

Moving Music Center Stage for Young ESL Learners!
by Deborah Murao
A Model TEFL Internship Program for Japanese Universities by Clay Bussinger

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Program Ⅲ
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Chapter Business Meeting(16:15 - 17:00):

Sunday, December 13, 12:00 – 17:00
at
Mito Shimin Kaikan, Room 305
(Doors open from 12:00 a.m. No pre-registration required!)

JALT Members: Free Non-Members: 500 yen　 Students: Free
JALT Ibaraki chapter meetings are open to all interested in learning and teaching languages. Abstracts for the presentations and access information for the venue, as well as further information for future events are available on the chapter home page.

http://ibarakijalt.blogspot.com/

. . . and afterwards join us for the
Annual Chapter Year-End Party
Starts at 5:30 p.m.! At Drunken Duck

Support the Chapter Book Fair!
Donate your unwanted books – and get used books for 50 yen!

Reform your kitchin

RrFish — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:14:28 +0000

Photo taken near the JR Ushiku Station

I was waiting at stoplights last night, and saw these E-words. If “table were” the only “innocent mistake” I saw, I wouldn’t have snapped this picture!

Translations of Letters from Japanese Elementary Schools

Shaney — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:59:11 +0000

One of the teachers at Tsukuba International School recently found a very good resource on the Chiba International Center website (http://www.mcic.or.jp/e_index.htm). In addition to many other interesting documents on the site, there is a page with translations in six languages (English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai) of various letters that are sent out by Japanese schools.

http://www.mcic.or.jp/otayori/

If your children are enrolled in a Japanese elementary school, you might find this page useful in helping you decipher the letters that come home with your child.

Tsukuba Japenglish – 1

Daddy B — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:29:00 +0000

Engrish.com has been on top of my bookmarked websites for many years, and not surprisingly, Tsukuba is also awash with its own version of Engrish. With camera in hand, one needs only a few hours in Tsukuba Center and its environs to capture some of the best and most hilarious Engrish in Japan.

This week, allow me to begin a series on Tsukuba’s own Japenglish with this photo below:

I never knew that in Matsushiro there’s a place where you can specifically buy pigs. Check out the Matsushiro Shoppig Center!

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Feel free to contribute to this series. If you’re not a contributing blogger, please send your digital photo to me (tpbnt(a)yahoo(dot)com) and I will be glad to post it for you -- with your byline, of course!

4 Comments

At July 29, 2006, Shaney wrote:
Has the "shoppig" center opened up again in Matsushiro? Is it different from Foro?
At July 29, 2006, Daddy B wrote:
Ooooops! Sorry, I can't answer this one. I just took this photo while waiting for the bus.
At July 30, 2006, herb wrote:
hmmm... i've been thinking of getting a pet for quite some time. maybe i should buy a piglet then. hehehe
At August 2, 2006, party proposer wrote:
funny- ^^
I saw flesh juice on the menu.

Tsukuba Japenglish – 2

Daddy B — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:31:00 +0000

If you're in trouble with your spouse, or worse, with the law, there's no better place to go. Here, you'll be incognito, surrounded by the perfect ambiance for a sumptuous Japanese-style meal.

Make no mistake: it's not your best hiding place, it's your ONLY hiding place.

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Located at Sakura Technopark, beside BookOff.

What a Pity!

Shaney — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:48:09 +0000

If you were going to go all the trouble of making a product, don't you think you'd run the name of your product past a few people before making the decision to use it?