HAMAMATSU CHAPTER
Welcome to JALT Hamamatsu!
Sunday, September 12th, 1:30 - 4:00
Getting Published: Tips from an author's perspective - Diane H. Nagatomo
PDF Available here! 
This is a practical workshop that will help participants understand what elements are necessary to create publishable university EFL textbooks for Japanese university students. The presenter will draw upon her experiences gained over the past fifteen years to lead a discussion concerning issues such as developing and maintaining relationships with editors and publishers, working with co-authors, developing materials that fit students’ interests and abilities, and most importantly, creating materials that fit the expectations of Japanese university English teachers, who teach the majority of tertiary EFL classes in Japan. Workshop attendees are also encouraged to bring their ideas and materials to the presentation for discussion.
Diane Hawley Nagatomo, associate professor at Ochanomizu University, has been living and teaching in Japan for more than 30 years. She has authored and co-authored a number of EFL books for Japanese university students and for the general public.
- Location: Hamamatsu ZaZaCity Palette 5F
- Fee for JALT members: Free
- Fee for one-day members: 1,000 yen
Help JALT National cut travel costs
Our new National Director of Treasury, Kevin Cleary, is looking for ways to reduce JALT’s operating costs. However, he wishes to avoid imposing a top-down policy, because JALT functions primarily, and best, as a grass roots organization. Mr. Cleary wishes to put together a project team that will examine JALT’s travel costs with an eye to reducing them while maintaining JALT’s extraordinary ability to bring together language teaching professionals from around Japan.
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If you do, please notify him at treasury@jalt.org
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Hamamatsu JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) is open to any and all language teachers in the Enshu area. Please feel free to drop in to any of our meetings. For more information on how to join Hamamatsu JALT, please take a look at our PDF file downloadable here.
