2013 All-Kansai JALT Bonenkai-Pub Quiz at the Blarney Stone Irish Pub in Umeda

2013 All-Kansai JALT Bonenkai-Pub Quiz

at the Blarney Stone Irish Pub in Umeda

{Pub Quiz questions are posted in the Comments below.}

A poetic invitation (literally):

'Tis the mid- of December and all through Kansai,
Language teachers'll have fun at the JALT bonenkai.

It's on Dec. 14th, from 6pm to 9:
We'll talk, we'll drink, we'll have a good time!

It's pay as you go, to join us for free,
In a non-smoking area, no rsvp.

'Tis a quiz format this time, at the local Irish pub,
So drop by for some questions, drinks, and Blarney Stone grub.

From 7-8pm: 25 queries on JALT if you can, and 25 more on Kansai/Japan,
How many can you answer? --Give it a try, man!

Come with your own group, to challenge and thrive,
Or make a team of 3-4 when solo you arrive.

With prizes for everyone, we're all winners here,
But it's more about bragging rights, and chatting over a beer.

It's a great chance to make- new friends and network,
And with a live rock band after, you could even twerk!

So please join our fun, which as JALT-ers we'll make,
As we say sayonara to the Year of the Snake.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Date and Time: Saturday, 14 December 2013 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

This year's all-Kansai JALT year-end party is taking place at the Blarney Stone Irish pub in Umeda, and will include a Pub Quiz from 7-8pm, and followed by the ever-popular Tardy Boys live band playing classic rock music covers.

It'll be a friendly match-up amongst Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka JALT chapter members, with questions about both JALT and the Kansai area in general. Come with your own teams of 3-4 people, or come solo and join with others to make a team upon arrival.

Food and drink will be pay-as-you-go, and the area will be non-smoking. It's sure to be a great time.

Location: 

The Blarney Stone Irish Pub - Umeda, 6F Sonezaki Center Building

Guide to Location: Link to meeting location

Fee for JALT members: Free admission

Fee for one-day members: Free admission

http://jalt.org/events/osaka-chapter/13-12-14

An Evening with Elka Todeva at Satoyama Dining restaurant in Osaka/Umeda

After JALT2013, you hopefully "had your fill" of presentations, but you still have to eat on Tue. night, so please join us for...

An Evening with Elka Todeva at Satoyama Dining restaurant in Osaka/Umeda

Date and Time:
Tuesday, 29 October 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Speaker: Elka Todeva of SIT Graduate Institute

Join us for a relaxing evening over dinner with Professor Elka Todeva of the SIT Graduate Institute, and one of this year's Featured Speakers at JALT2013.

Meet at Satoyama Dining restaurant on the 17th floor of the Hankyu Terminal Building.

RSVP to osakajalt@yahoo.com by Monday, Oct 28, so we can be sure to reserve enough seats.

Elka Todeva holds a doctorate in English applied linguistics and a master’s degree in British and American literature, English linguistics, and simultaneous interpretation. At SIT Graduate Institute since 1993, she teaches and does research in the areas of second language acquisition, English applied linguistics, critical pedagogy, language analysis, multilingualism, teacher cognition, and ecological approaches to teaching. A native of Bulgaria, Elka began working in the US as a visiting Fulbright scholar. Her publications include The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism: Personal Narratives and Researchers’ Perspectives (Mouton de Gruyter, 2009), three ESL textbooks, two English dictionaries, and numerous articles on language acquisition and learning, English linguistics, discourse, brain-friendly teaching, multimedia, and reflective practices.

For more about Elka, please see http://www.sit.edu/graduate/5454.htm

Details of her presentations at JALT2013 can be found at http://jalt.org/2013/schedule.php

Saturday, Oct 26, 4:15 - 5:45
Grammaring: A probe into its theory and practice

Sunday, Oct 27, 5:00 - 6:00
Gifts along the journey: Milestones in ELT

RSVP to osakajalt@yahoo.com by Monday, Oct 28, so we can be sure to reserve enough seats.

Location:
Satoyama dining restaurant, Hankyu Terminal Building 17F, (near Hankyu Umeda)

Guide to Location: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/k593000/map/

Fee for JALT members:
1500 yen for dinner buffet + 500 yen for nomihodai

Fee for one-day members:
2500 yen for dinner buffet + 500 yen for nomihodai

Osaka JALT AGM dinner meeting at Oven Oven Italian restaurant in Umeda

Osaka JALT AGM dinner meeting at Oven Oven Italian restaurant in Umeda

Date and Time: Saturday, 19 October 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Our Annual General Meeting is a low-key time for regular members and potential members to meet with our chapter officers to reflect on the past year and discuss plans and the general business of the chapter. Everyone is welcome.

Oven Oven is a very reasonably priced, relaxing and cozy old-style family run Italian restaurant in an early-20th Century building tucked in the heart of Umeda just across from the Hilton and around the block from the Outback Grill. It's a one-minute walk from Nishi-Umeda subway station exit 10, 4 minutes from JR Osaka station, or 5 minutes from Umeda Midosuji station. Here's a map: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/k060301/lang/en/map

RSVP to osakajalt@yahoo.com so we can reserve enough seats. If you have any trouble finding the place, please call us at 080-3789-6394.

Location: Oven Oven Italian Restaurant

Guide to Location: Link to meeting location

Fee for JALT members: Free entry (plus dinner cost)

Fee for one-day members: Free entry (plus dinner cost)

Osaka JALT Chapter Officer Nominations -- deadline Oct. 13

Please click on Editorial link above for more info.

Schedule for Tech-Day +Plus 2013 mini-conference on Sept. 28

Please visit http://tdp.osakajalt.org/ for presentation abstracts & speaker bios.

Click on the schedule to open a window to print it out.

Please download and post up the poster below: