Join is for our first event of 2018!

My Share, followed by New Year's Party

We are happy to announce that our first meeting of 2018 will be a an opportunity to learn from fellow Nagasaki NANKYU members through a series of short presentations on a variety of ELT topics. Admission is free to all!

Following this, we will move on to celebrate the New Year with dinner at a local restaurant. Details are still being confirmed, so keep an eye out for further information. Cost will be around ¥4000.

To RSVP for the dinner, please contact Karen at kwassuikaren2006@yahoo.co.jp

Meeting details
Topic: My Share presentations by Nagasaki NANKYU members
Date and Time: Saturday, 27 January 2018 – 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 2-11 Dejimamachi, Nagasaki
Fee for JALT members: Free
Fee for one-day members: Free
Contact or Queries: Email contact form

2017 October 22 | John Wiltshier | Good Education Versus Gamification, Who wins?

John Wiltshier

Why do our students, spend so much time gaming, tweeting, clicking, liking, uploading texting? As teachers we can critically observe students’ online activities to determine what — if anything — can be utilized for good education.

In this presentation, I will present 6 principles that make online games, apps and internet-use so compelling – even addictive – and invite you to draw parallels to what you do in your classes. What this reveals may well surprise you!

2017 February 25 | Eric Hagley | Bringing the World to your English Classroom via Online Exchange.

Eric

Nankyu Nagasaki welcomes Professor Eric Hagley of Muroran Institute of Technology on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Nagasaki International University from 10am to 12pm. After, Eric will travel to Fukuoka for an encore presentation.

Virtual Exchange (VE) has many benefits for foreign language teachers and their students but it is still not easily accessible to the mainstream. Students in English as a foreign language classrooms often have few opportunities to physically interact with other users of English. VE gives them virtualmobility, enabling them to participate in a global community. In this presentation the author introduces a large scale VE which includes over 1500 students from 5 countries in a VE via a Moodle platform. Students interact online in English as a lingua franca. Exchanges are carried out over 8 week periods. Outcomes from the project, sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, will be outlined using data gained from questionnaires, text analysis and student feedback. Details of how this method of VE could bring it into mainstream, ensuring VE can become a part of any English communication class throughout the world, if the teacher so wishes, will be outlined in addition to an outline of problems that can eventuate and ideas for incorporating the VE into classroom practice. Those attending will also be able to participate in a quick workshop so that if they want to join the exchange from April 2017, they will be able to.

2016 July 10 | Marc Helgesen | Let's Get Physical

Nankyu Nagasaki welcomes Professor Marc Helgesen of Miyagi Gakuin Women's University on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Nagasaki Dejima Koryu Kaikan from 2pm to 4pm.

When we site for 20 minutes, blood flows downward o the feet and legs. Standing and moving for just one minute triggers a 15% increase of blood (and therefore oxygen) to the brain. That's one reason to get students up and out of their seats regularly. There are many more. This session will look at brain-science reasons and ways to have students moving their bodies, while moving their English abilities up at the same time.

2015 December 5 | Andy Boon | Two Fabulous Presentations (and a Bonenkai!)

"Teaching is all about
making the teacher redundant,"
Boon, 2015 December 5
Chapter Meeting Presentation

Investigating the world outside: Students as researchers

Project work can be a powerful means of empowering students to take their learning beyond the borders of the classroom, to examine the world outside, to seek answers, and suggest change. This workshop will examine the process of engaging students in semester-long projects from equipping them with the necessary research tools to having them deliver the end-product via various media in the final class. It will also describe students’ reactions to the overall learning experience

2015 October 18 | Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto | Creative teaching for 21st century learners

Creative teaching for 21^st century learners

Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto

There’s a lot of talk these days about including 21^st century skills in language classes. What are these skills, and do they have any place in a language class where teachers have limited contact time, and the priority is, still, to teach English? In this workshop, teachers will learn teaching techniques to help their learners become strong English users and also critical and creative thinkers. By making every moment of class time count, teachers can help students succeed – on exams and in future jobs. Teachers can build both the traditional four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and the 21^st century 4Cs (communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking) in every class.

2015 August 8 | Matthew Cotter | Kinesthetic Learning - Finding a Balance

Matthew Cotter

This was an excellent presentation that was not to be missed.

The presentation began by outlining some principles of kinaesthetic learning. Matt then gave examples from his own past experiences as a self-identified kinaesthetic learner and as a teacher of different age ranges and types of students. In the second half of the presentation, Matt had everyone on their feet as he demonstrated some techniques to incorporate more physical movement into the learning process. The presentation culminated with an example Maori lesson using kinaesthetic learning.