The Japan Association for Language Teaching
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Sunday, 25 October 2009 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Autumn Potpourri: Job-Hunting,
Corpus Linguistics, and
Curriculum Design
Speakers:
Doug Meyer, Matt Smith, Gerald Williams, Jonathon
Aliponga, Jonathan Watkins, Craig Gamble, Michael
Wilkins, and Eugene Vakhnenko
This event will have three presentations. Doors open at
12:45.
1:00-1:40 Douglas Meyer - Job-Hunting Workshop
The present-day language teacher needs much more
than a university degree and a winning smile. Drawing on
his own experiences and those of participants in this
interactive workshop, he'll offer tips and ample resources
to help sharpen your skills and improve your chances of
landing the job you're looking for.
Doug Meyer has been teaching EFL in Korea and Japan
since 1995, currently at Momoyama Gakuin High School
in Osaka. He recently completed his MA in the Temple
University Linguistics program. He is Publicity Chair for
Osaka JALT and Coordinator of JALT's Job Information
Center.
1:50-2:50 Matt Smith - Words, Types and Patterns: an
Investigation
This presentation suggests an approach to grammar that
does not rely on syntactic trees or exhaustive
categorisation of parts of speech and clauses. Instead,
using only the most simple coding, words are analysed by
their behaviours and the patterns that they typically
create. By applying this approach, words can be
categorised into 'families' for a more organic and
authentic description of language. Participants will
engage in concordancing tasks with genuine corpus texts
to investigate and evaluate this approach.
The presentation will include a brief description of how
this approach is being applied to the analysis of the
Chubu PASEO Learner Corpus.
Matt Smith received his MA in Applied Linguistics from
the University of Birmingham. He has been teaching in
Japan for nine years, currently at Chubu University in
Aichi prefecture in both the Humanities department and in
the Preparation for Academic Study in English Overseas
(PASEO) programme. His areas of interest include the
lexical approach to language description, written
discourse analysis, and the study of super corpora and
learner corpora for better informed teaching practices.
3:10-4:50 Gerald Williams, Jonathon Aliponga, Jonathan
Watkins, Craig Gamble, Michael Wilkins, and Eugene
Vakhnenko - Integrating Part-time Instructors in a
Coordinated Curriculum
English courses are compulsory at university. After six
years of required English courses, it is unsurprising if
unsuccessful students show a lack of interest in English
upon entering university. Part-time instructors are often
given little direction and support to determine what to
teach and how to positively affect students' overall
English learning. This seminar will introduce a
coordinated program with a focus on, first, structures that
aim at improving student English level and, second, the
role of part-time instructors. The presenters will do a short
introduction on each segment, followed by discussion
from the participants. The segments will include using
English, dealing with homework, and socializing, among
other things.
Gerald Williams is Chair of the Department of English
Education at Kansai University of International Studies,
Amagasaki, Hyogo.
Jonathan Aliponga is Program Coordinator in the
Department of English Education at KUIS.
Jonathan Watkins, Craig Gamble, Michael Wilkins, and
Eugene Vakhnenko
are part-time lecturers in the Department of English
Education at KUIS.
5:30-7:30 Dinner, drinks, and further discussion will follow
the presentations at Satoyama dining restaurant http://r.
gnavi.co.jp/k593000/ on the 17th floor of the Terminal
Building (near Hankyu Umeda station). All you can eat
dinner buffet is 2,480 yen, and with all you can drink add
1,050 yen. If you're unable to attend the afternoon
sessions but would like to join us at the restaurant, please
contact us before Sunday 10/25 at osakajalt@yahoo.com
so we can reserve you a seat.
Location:
Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center, 5F,
Umeda's Eki-mae Dai-2 Building, across the street from
the Hilton and the Maru building. Tel: 06-6345-5000.
Link to meeting location
Fee for JALT members: Free
Fee for one-day members: 1,000 yen, Students: 500 yen
Autumn Potpourri: Job-Hunting,
Corpus Linguistics, and
Curriculum Design
Speakers:
Doug Meyer, Matt Smith, Gerald Williams, Jonathon
Aliponga, Jonathan Watkins, Craig Gamble, Michael
Wilkins, and Eugene Vakhnenko
This event will have three presentations. Doors open at
12:45.
1:00-1:40 Douglas Meyer - Job-Hunting Workshop
The present-day language teacher needs much more
than a university degree and a winning smile. Drawing on
his own experiences and those of participants in this
interactive workshop, he'll offer tips and ample resources
to help sharpen your skills and improve your chances of
landing the job you're looking for.
Doug Meyer has been teaching EFL in Korea and Japan
since 1995, currently at Momoyama Gakuin High School
in Osaka. He recently completed his MA in the Temple
University Linguistics program. He is Publicity Chair for
Osaka JALT and Coordinator of JALT's Job Information
Center.
1:50-2:50 Matt Smith - Words, Types and Patterns: an
Investigation
This presentation suggests an approach to grammar that
does not rely on syntactic trees or exhaustive
categorisation of parts of speech and clauses. Instead,
using only the most simple coding, words are analysed by
their behaviours and the patterns that they typically
create. By applying this approach, words can be
categorised into 'families' for a more organic and
authentic description of language. Participants will
engage in concordancing tasks with genuine corpus texts
to investigate and evaluate this approach.
The presentation will include a brief description of how
this approach is being applied to the analysis of the
Chubu PASEO Learner Corpus.
Matt Smith received his MA in Applied Linguistics from
the University of Birmingham. He has been teaching in
Japan for nine years, currently at Chubu University in
Aichi prefecture in both the Humanities department and in
the Preparation for Academic Study in English Overseas
(PASEO) programme. His areas of interest include the
lexical approach to language description, written
discourse analysis, and the study of super corpora and
learner corpora for better informed teaching practices.
3:10-4:50 Gerald Williams, Jonathon Aliponga, Jonathan
Watkins, Craig Gamble, Michael Wilkins, and Eugene
Vakhnenko - Integrating Part-time Instructors in a
Coordinated Curriculum
English courses are compulsory at university. After six
years of required English courses, it is unsurprising if
unsuccessful students show a lack of interest in English
upon entering university. Part-time instructors are often
given little direction and support to determine what to
teach and how to positively affect students' overall
English learning. This seminar will introduce a
coordinated program with a focus on, first, structures that
aim at improving student English level and, second, the
role of part-time instructors. The presenters will do a short
introduction on each segment, followed by discussion
from the participants. The segments will include using
English, dealing with homework, and socializing, among
other things.
Gerald Williams is Chair of the Department of English
Education at Kansai University of International Studies,
Amagasaki, Hyogo.
Jonathan Aliponga is Program Coordinator in the
Department of English Education at KUIS.
Jonathan Watkins, Craig Gamble, Michael Wilkins, and
Eugene Vakhnenko
are part-time lecturers in the Department of English
Education at KUIS.
5:30-7:30 Dinner, drinks, and further discussion will follow
the presentations at Satoyama dining restaurant http://r.
gnavi.co.jp/k593000/ on the 17th floor of the Terminal
Building (near Hankyu Umeda station). All you can eat
dinner buffet is 2,480 yen, and with all you can drink add
1,050 yen. If you're unable to attend the afternoon
sessions but would like to join us at the restaurant, please
contact us before Sunday 10/25 at osakajalt@yahoo.com
so we can reserve you a seat.
Location:
Osaka City Municipal Lifelong Learning Center, 5F,
Umeda's Eki-mae Dai-2 Building, across the street from
the Hilton and the Maru building. Tel: 06-6345-5000.
Link to meeting location
Fee for JALT members: Free
Fee for one-day members: 1,000 yen, Students: 500 yen