Otemae University Institute of International Education International Symposium on Cultural Familiarity in EFL Education.

This symposium and workshop on the role of local and global culture in the EFL classroom will be held in early December and will feature presentations from Dr. Stephen Krashen and Dr. Gerry Yokota.

The organisers are seeking submissions for presentations (30-minutes) and workshops (1 hour). The deadline for presentation proposals is Sunday, 15 September, 2019.

You can find more information about how and where to submit your presentation/workshop proposals at the link below.

https://www.otemae.ac.jp/english/gotemae/53/

Student Poster Presentations Welcome

Student Poster Presentations will be held, and university students are welcome to present or attend.

Speaker:　 Dalia Anavian

Date: Sunday, September 22, 2019

Time: 15:30-19:00

Venue: A kitchen near Nishinomiya Kitaguchi (to be announced later)

Fee: 2000 yen per person

Language:English (Assistance in Japanese)

This is a member outreach event.

SIETAR members can bring one non-member. (If the SIETAR member has more than one non-member friend, it is ok to register them as well. If the SIETAR member does NOT have a non-member friend, it is still ok to register. SIETAR will assist in these cases.)

This is a first-come-first-served event, so register ASAP by contacting Donna Fujimoto (fujimotodonna@@gmail.com) or signing up at the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/persiancooking

Music in our brains–a universal human characteristic

• Speaker:　 Dr. Amanda Gillis-Furutaka
• Date: July 28, 2019 (Sunday)
• Time: 14:00-17:00
• Venue: Takatsuki Shiritsu Shogai Gakushu Center, 3F Room 1 (10 minutes from JR Takatsuki station, 8 minutes from Hankyu Takatsuki-shi station) 高槻市立生涯学習センター 3階 Room 1. JR高槻駅より徒歩10分; 阪急駅高槻市駅8分
• Fee: Free for members and students; 500 yen for non-members. No preregistration required.
• Language: English
• Social event (optional): Dinner after the session at a restaurant nearby. Reservations for dinner required by July 24th.
• Contact: fujimotodonna@@gmail.com

Description of the program

We are the only species on the planet that makes music. Moreover, all human societies make music of some kind. This is because music is hardwired into the human brain, just as language is. In this workshop we will examine what music is, and explore the ways in which our brains “hear” and respond to various kinds of music: both music that is familiar and music from other cultures. We will also look into the differences between recorded and live musical performances and discuss ways in which music is an integral part of our daily lives. My aim is that by the end of the workshop, we will all consider ourselves truly “musical” and appreciate the effects that music can have on the brain, providing numerous benefits to our overall wellbeing.

Profile of the speaker

Dr. Amanda Gillis-Furutaka is a professor of English and British Culture at Kyoto Sangyo University. She became fascinated by the findings of neuroscience when she first started working on her PhD in Music and has continued to explore recent discoveries about various aspects of the brain and how they can be applied to daily life. She is Program Chair of the JALT Mind Brain and Education SIG and a regular presenter and contributor to the SIG’s monthly magazines called Think Tanks.