EVENT #1
Date: SATURDAY EVENING, June 23rd, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Place: L-Plaza, Kita 8 Nishi 3, 3rd Floor
Cost: Guests Y500, JALT members free
How to Motivate your Students and Get them Talking in English
Presenter: Mark De Boer
Abstract: There are many different methodologies of teaching, but many don't work. Using a different approach, with fresh new activities based on sound research, Mark De Boer will share how he has achieved success in his own school. Mark will introduce the V-Task — a teaching method designed to help create autonomous learners in the classroom which is based on the Vygotskian Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) concept.
This presentation will outline the V-task and how it can be used in the classroom as an alternative methodology. This is a hands on workshop, where you the teacher will be able to try the activities and see why Mark has had such success in his school. The activities are task-based, fun, inspiring, and encouraging, working with the class as a group and each individual as an integral part of that group. We hope to see you there.
Bio: Mark De Boer is a Canadian living in Iwate Prefecture. He has been in Japan for about 10 years, owns his own school, primarily teaching young children. Currently he is completing an MA in TEFL/TESL focusing on education for young learners.
EVENT #2:
Date: Sunday, June 24, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Place: Hokkai Gakuen University (3rd Floor, Building 6, above subway)
Cost: Guests Y500, JALT members free
'Ancient Cobblestone Stained with Lifeblood' and Other Speech Contest Titles to Avoid
Presenter: Joe Booth, Sapporo Gakuin University
Abstract: It can be endlessly debated whether or not English speech contests are an educationally worthy endeavor. Regardless, they are a ubiquitous factor in the Japanese English education system. This presentation aims to bring participants, with a little help from their students, through the process of writing, practicing, and competing in speech contests.
In the first stage, Conception and Development, we will discuss what kind of speech topics are appropriate, as well as how to guide students through the process of putting their ideas into a coherent and meaningful speech. In the second stage, Preparation and Delivery, we will talk about a range of communication skills, like pronunciation or body language, that are inherent to giving speeches, as well as how to direct students ultimately to a successfully delivered speech.
The content of this workshop will be based on the presenter's own experience working with several dozen high school speech contestants over a six year period, but it is hoped that workshop participants will contribute their own ideas throughout the presentation so that we can all benefit from one another's knowledge. We will also have a chance to put into practice the concepts learned during the various phases of the workshop.
スピーチコンテスト やるべきこと、駄目なこと
スピーチコンテストに参加する、または参加させるということが英語の上達につながるかどうかということに関しての議論は尽きませんが、とにかくスピーチコンテストが日本の至る所で行われていることに違いありません。
そこで、今回のプレゼンテーションでは、原稿作りから、リハーサル、本番に至るまで、スピーチコンテストで成功するために、どのように準備していけばいいかということについて議論します。
まず、原稿作りに焦点を当てます。どんな主題にするか、どのようにして学生（生徒）の考えをまとまった説得力のある文章に作り上げていくかについて議論します。そのあと発表にどのように備えていくべきか、発音や身振り手振りなどのコミュニケーションに関する技術指導、また最終的に成功へ導くための指導方法の議論へと移っていきます。
今回のプレゼンテーションの内容は６年に渡る豊富な経験を元にしたものです。それに加え、参加者にも積極的に発言してもらい議論の発展に大いに貢献してもらおうと考えています。また発表の間にも学んだことを実践してもらう機会を作り、有意義な時間となるようにしたいと思っています。
皆さんのご参加お待ちしています。
Bio: Joe Booth is a teacher at Sapporo Gakuin University, as well as at Hokusei Gakuen University and Hokusei Gakuen Girls' High School. He received his master's degree in ESL education from the University of Massachusetts, and has enjoyed being a teacher in the United States and in Japan since 1992.
