Chapter Events for 2007"

For further information on our chapter programs, contact: Martin Pauly, Program Chair

Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007
Event: Ibaraki Chapter All-day Meeting

Speaker: Kevin Knight, Lecturer, Career Education Center, Kanda University of International Studies
Presentation Title (for Morning): (1) Motivating Learners Through Pain and Pleasure
Presentation Title (for Afternoon): (2) Global Workforce Development through Business Internship Program at Kanda University of International Studies

Place: Tsukuba Gakuin University, Tsukuba (Meeting Rooms No. 3 & 4, Fourth Floor)

For the direction in Japanese, go to: [[交通案内図] & [近隣マップ]]
For the direction in English, go to: [Getting to Tsukuba Gakuin Univeristy]

Also, you can print a poster [in doc format ] and [in doc format(in Japanese - 日本語版) ]

Entrance fee: Members: Free, Non-members: 500 yen
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Morning Program:

9:30--Registration
10:00-12:00 (Featured Presentation)
(1) Motivating Learners Through Pain and Pleasure

One of the key difficulties in motivating Japanese language learners is the
paradigm which they may have about language learning. At Kanda Gaigo Career
College, a number of unique and effective techniques adapted from the
corporate training field and original in creation were used to change this
paradigm, resulting in increased learner confidence, motivation, and
performance. This presentation will involve the audience in specific
activities that have been used to create this paradigm shift.
-- I can be fluent? Prove it!
-- Which is stronger--pain or pleasure?
-- Controlling your fear!
-- English is "air"!
-- Linking pain to not speaking English
-- Linking pleasure to speaking English
-- What % of English is words?
-- "Jankenpon" in action!

Afternoon Program:

Time: 14:00 - 16:00 (Featured Presentation)
(2) Global Workforce Development through Business Internship Program
at Kanda University of International Studies

Given the rapid changes taking place in the world today, students are
facing an increasingly competitive environment upon graduation when they
enter the global workforce. Kevin's Company was created as an alternative
to traditional internship programs in Japan where a student-intern's
responsibility and exposure to the English language may be limited or
nonexistent. Kevin's Company is the name of a yearlong business internship
program offered through the Career Education Center of the Kanda University
of International Studies (KUIS) in Chiba, Japan to second and third year
undergraduate students. The presenter will describe Kevin's Company and
global workforce development, and the participants will discuss the
effectiveness of a practical approach to learning English.

14:15-17:00 Chapter Business Meeting.
Continuous Book Fair
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Future Chapter Meetings (Temporary schedule)


**December Meeting and Year-end party**
Date:  Dec. 2nd or 9th
Presenter:  Steve Brown, JALT president
Place:  Mito Shimin Kaikan
The Bonenkai will be in a nearby restaurant.