Ibaraki JALT

Register here   (open until Saturday, April 15) Cost:  Free  Morning Session -- Cancelled Lunch Break 12:00 - 13:30 Afternoon Session 13:30 - 15:30 Title: Renaissance of Nature-New Year of 300 Million Throughout the Middle East Presenter: Abdollah Dodangeh Abstract Now-Ruz (New Day), is an ancient Persian New Year celebration that dates back 3000 years. It has been a Zoroastrian holy celebration for the new year and the birthday of Zoroaster. Nowruz Celebration has Religious and Secular dimensions. Both have evolved significantly over various societies. The one with the extension of observance, the other with the accumulation of charming poetic tradition. The celebration is the astronomical beginning of the spring season on March 21, with the commencement of the Vernal Equinox/Spring Equinox, known as春分の日in the Japanese calendar, which is traditionally considered the celebration of the victory of spring over winter; light over darkness; and love over hate. Nowruz is nowadays celebrate

  Register here   (open until Friday, Feb. 10) Cost:  Free  Morning Session 10:00 - 12:00 Presenter: Prof. Masatoshi Shoji, Shokei Gakuin University Part 1: Talking About Death Part 2: Death Café Abstract In Part 1, I will talk about how important it is to talk about death. In Part 2, I will organize and facilitate Death Café to talk about death with all participants. At a Death Café, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives' according to Death Café. Links: Death Café: < https://deathcafe.com/ > A new vision for death and dying: The Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: < https://youtu.be/dRqjkIPMBhw > Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life: < https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/value-of-death > Biography Masatoshi Shoji is a language teacher of both English and

Dear Colleagues from JALT Ibaraki Chapter,   As we have had the pleasure to announce in the last months, the CEGLOC FD Committee of the University of Tsukuba in collaboration with the JALT Learner Development SIG and the JALT Ibaraki Chapter will hold the 5th CEGLOC Conference “Autonomous and Interactive Practices in Language Learning” on December 3, 2022, online.   Overall Conference Information The conference program is now available online: https://b24-n3d8tg.bitrix24. site/2022events/5thCEGLOC- Conference/   Sign-up is necessary for both presenters and participants by November 25, 2022: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1FAIpQLSe3nN- 7fVh35SzPENVXe4W73NIsJO0MrgoMH mF5XWzgVSW-UA/viewform   NEW: “Learner Development Collaborative Zone” Additionally, this International Conference will run, in parallel to the main event, two workshops called the “Learner Development Collaborative Zone”. These workshops are looking for contributions from students and teachers.   The organization of th

Ibaraki-JALT will be co-sponsoring the following presentation with JALT OLE (Other Language Educators) SIG. If you are interested in participating in the event, please register at the Multilingual Café website listed below. Date: September 21, 2022 Venue: Zoom Meeting Presenter: Naoko Ochiai Presentation Title: Mediation to Help Hearing-Impaired Students Learn German About the Multilingual Café: meet and chat in your favorite language. The languages available depend on those attending the meeting (for example French, German, Spanish, Thai, Hungarian, and many more). https://tinyurl.com/MultilingualCafeOLE Bertlinde Vögel, Gabriela Schmidt, Margit Krause-Ono JALT OLE-SIG officers For more information see: OLE SIG HP  https://sites.google.com/view/jalt-olesig/multilingual-caf%C3%A9 Cost for JALT Members:   Free Cost for non-JALT Members:   Free Looking forward to meeting you in the Multilingual Café!

  Ibaraki-JALT will be co-sponsoring the following presentation with JALT OLE (Other Language Educators) SIG.   If you are interested in participating in the events, please register at the Multilingual Café website listed below. Date:   July 27, 2022 Venue:   Zoom Meeting Presenter:   Abdollah Dodengeh Presentation Title:   Persian and English Language  - - - - - - - -  Information re Multilingual Cafe - - - - - - - - - About the Multilingual Café: meet and chat in your favorite language. The languages available depend on those attending the meeting (for example French, German, Spanish, Thai, Hungarian, and many more). If your friends want to join, this is the sign-up form: https://tinyurl.com/MultilingualCafeOLE Looking forward to meeting you in the Multilingual Café!   Bertlinde Vögel, Gabriela Schmidt, Margit Krause-Ono JALT OLE-SIG officers For more information see: OLE SIG HP  https://sites.google.com/view/jalt-olesig/multilingual-caf%C3%A9 -    - - - - - - - - - -

  Date:   Saturday 23rd April  from 2 pm Event:   Buzz Green Day, Gifu Chapter Event Co-sponsored by Ibaraki Chapter Presenter from Ibaraki Chapter: Deborah Grow In memory of the beloved JALT member and friend, Buzz Green, Gifu JALT is hosting a half-day event on April 23, 2022. The event will host an array of presentations with an emphasis on young learners and ALT-related topics, two areas of teaching dear to Buzz's heart. Presentations will be 30 mins long. This is the schedule, zoom address and charity link . There may be some slight alteration ( to the My Share)   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Py3SckfycwZ2Xy5R5UbveUoiiUtsi34YPTutoFACpos/edit?usp=sharing   The following is the schedule of Deborah Grow’s presentation. She is a member of the Ibaraki Chapter.   Room B   3:00-3:30 Presenter:   Deborah Grow   Title:   “Little ones LOVE what they know” Abstract:     Little ones LOVE what they know. Teaching very young learners can feel daunting because it seems that y

Date and Time:   Wednesday, March 30, 2022 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Venue:   Online ZOOM meeting Presenter:   Martin Pauly Presentation Title:  Sign language—Why I Like It  Presentation Summary :  A short overview of Sign Language and the presenter’s experience using it will be offered. Presenter’s Bio: The presenter is retired from Tsukuba University of Technology, Division for the Visually Impaired.  He is currently teaching at the University of Tsukuba, Tsuchiura Nursing School and Koyo Gakuen.  In his younger days he was a guide runner for blind athletes. - - - - - - - - - -        **To participate in the Multilingual Café, go to the following site and sign up:   https://tinyurl.com/MultilingualCafeOLE 　( We will send you the link one day before the meeting.)  ** More details are shown at the OLE SIG   homepage:    https://sites.google.com/view/jalt-olesig/multilingual-caf%C3%A9  ** Also, you can find the information at JALT calendar: 　 https://jalt.org/event/other-language-ed