December's meeting:

December 18, 2005 2.30-5.00 in room 453 in Building 5 of Aichi University.

Speaker: Steve Brown (JALT National President)

In this presentation, Steve Brown described and evaluated an orientation program for incoming students in the English Department of a women's junior college. The program was aimed at fostering students' awareness of their own learning styles, and also at alerting them to alternative approaches to learning English.

Steve showed some of the approaches used in the program - participants were actively involved! He also shared ideas for ways in which this kind of program might work in other contexts and institutions.

Steve Brown is a Professor at Konan Women's University in Kobe. He has been teaching in Japan for 20 years and before that in the UK and Kuwait. He is interested in autonomy in language learning and has been Coordinator of the Learner Development SIG, as well as serving as Site Chair and Programme Chair at recent national conferences.

From 5.30 we held our annual bonenkai end of year party at the Hotel Associa, Toyohashi. Here, Chapter President, Christopher Mefford, welcomes members:

Read about last month's meeting.