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ACTFL 2004/ November 19-21, 2004 / Chicago Hilton Hotel
NCJLT–Sponsored Sessions Focusing on Japanese

Friday, Nov. 19
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Classroom Environments for Student-Centered Content-Based Instruction (Naoko Fukutani, Eriko Yoshigai, Kazuo Tsuda)

The Transfiguration of Online Teaching (Satoru Shinagawa, Yasuhiro Omoto)

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Improving Listening Skills with Interactive Web-Based Systems (Keiko Schneider, Jouji Miwa, Misao Kozuka)

Making Holidays Relevant (Susan Tanabe, Chiemi Hanzawa)

4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Learning Speech Acts by Sub-titling: Web-Based Multimedia Learning Tasks (Masako Douglas, Gregory Kamei)

Technology in the Classroom: Media-Based Materials Made in Japan (Susan Schmidt, Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Valerie Minakawa, Anita Beiker, Jaci Collins)

6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
Understanding English and Japanese Development Among Heritage Speakers of Japanese (Setsue Shibata, Hiroko Kataoka, Yasuko Koshiyama)

Kanji Blocks: Offline Teaching Tools for Kanji Compounds (Miho Aoki, Yoko Collier-Sanuki)

Saturday, Nov. 20
8:15 – 9:30 a.m.
Connecting Japanese Language, Directions, and Culture for Young People, Part 1 (Mary Taguchi, Mark Adams)

Development of Self-Directed Learning Materials Based on Needs Analysis (Noriko Fujioka-Ito, Takako Nakakubo)

10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Connecting Japanese Language, Directions and Culture for Young People, Part 2 (Mary Taguchi, Mark Adams

Placement Practices at the College Level: How Are Students Placed? (Suwako Watanabe, Noriko Iwasaki, Misumi Sadler)

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
NCJLT General Meeting

4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Adventures in Japanese I – IV (Hiromi Peterson, Naomi Hirano-Omizo)

Issues Regarding Japanese Teaching at Community Colleges and Adult Schools (Shingo Satsutani, Hiroko Furuyama)

6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
Sensei Online: Five Years of Grass-Roots Professional Development Online (Keiko Schneider)

Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness: Outcome-Based Curriculum Development (Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, Yo Azama, Joanna Hollis)

 


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