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SIETAR Kansai (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)

November 2014 Program

Topic:   The SIETAR Student Fair

Date:  November 16 (Sunday)　14:00 pm-17:00 pm (13:30 presenters)

Presenters: Students from several universities in Kansai

Venue:  Kwansei Gakuin University, Umeda campus Room 1004 (10F)    5 min. from Hankyu Umeda Chayamachi Exit, 10 min. from JR Osaka  Midosuji exit, or 7 min. walk from Midosuji Subway’s Umeda exit and 4  minutes from Nakatsu Station exit.    (19-19 Applause Tower, Chaya machi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0013)    http://www.kwansei.ac.jp/kg_hub/access/index.html

Fee:  Free for SIETAR members and students    500 yen for non-members

Language:   English and Japanese

Social:  People are welcome to come to dinner after the session at  a reasonably priced Asian restaurant, the Monsoon Cafe.     (¥2,000 without drinks) (http://www.monsoon-cafe.jp)

Reservations are required by November 5. Contact: fujimotodonna@gmail.com

 

Description:

Last year the SIETAR Student Fair was so successful, we received many requests for another one in 2014. So, this November we are giving the stage to students from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kansai University, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Ritsumeikan University and others. Students will share their experiences with volunteer work, service learning, and study abroad programs. Come and see what activities university students in the Kansai area are engaged in, and bring your friends, classmates, colleagues, and family members. This is a great opportunity to support our young participants.

Speaker:       Jon Dujmovich

Date:             October 26, 2014 (Sunday)　　

Time:            14:00-17:00

Venue:          Namba Shimin Gakushu Center  (Osaka City Municipal Lifelong     Learning Center – Namba Branch), (O-CAT 4F,  Tel  06 6643-7010)

                       Link to meeting location: http://www.osakademanabu.com/namba

Fee:        Free for members and students; 500 yen for non-members and one-day JALT members

Language:  English

＊Attention SIETAR Kansai members: the venue is different from our usual

places (It will be in Namba).

 

Description of presentation:

Language educators often speak of using techniques and activities appropriate for each stage of language learning. But when it comes to incorporating cultural learning in language lessons, there is usually very little consideration given to the learners’ developmental stage of intercultural learning. The consequences of ill-matched activities can lead to reaffirmed or deeper cultural misunderstandings, and little or no growth in intercultural competency. In this workshop the presenter will demonstrate and discuss how to incorporate culture-based activities into the ESL/EFL classroom according to the learners’ intercultural developmental stage, age, language ability, and other factors. All activities and techniques demonstrated are grounded in intercultural communications theory and methodology coupled with ESL pedagogy. The presenter will provide opportunities to experiment with ideas and activities in a participatory workshop format while demonstrating how the activities can be adjusted for learning stage appropriateness. Participants will be able to incorporate the ideas and activities from this workshop into their classes, and immediately apply them to their lessons.

Profile of Presenter:

Jon Dujmovich is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Letters, Contemporary International English Dept. at Aichi University, Toyohashi. In 2008 Jon was awarded a grant to design and implement an English language intercultural communications pilot course for third year junior/high school students in Shizuoka Prefecture with the aim to prepare them for “international classes” in high school, for increased intercultural contact, and for study abroad. Prior to that Jon worked in the corporate world as an intercultural trainer and language instructor for Matsushita National/Panasonic Overseas Training Center and Excel International.

Speaker:            Dr. Cornelia Dragusin ( Ethnomusicologist)

Date:                  July 13, 2014 (Sunday)　　15:00-17:30

                            (Dinner after the session at a Thai/Balinese restaurant.

                             Reservations for dinner required by July 10.

                            Contact fujimotodonna@@gmail.com)

Venue:                Takatsuki Shiritsu Sogo Shimin Koryu Center, 3^rd floor

                            Room 3）
　　                       (1 minute walk from JR Takatsuki Station)  

　　　　　       　Tel.0726-85-3721
　　　　　　        http://www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp/db/kurasu/images/koryu.gif

Fee:            Free for members and students;  500 yen for non-members

Language:    English

 

Description of presentation:

Both Ladakh and Kumaon are Northern Indian districts lying on the main axis of the great Himalayan range. Both of these areas are populated by descendants of Tibetan ethnic groups. This lecture will summarize the geographical, economic and cultural differences and similarities between these two “pearls of the Silk Road.”  The session will also highlight the secular and Buddhist musical traditions of the two ethnic groups. One main focus will be a look at the Kumaoan “festival of the evil flower,” a unique traditional event that is held only once in twelve years.

Profile of Presenter:

Dr. Cornelia Dragusin started her music and piano education when she was five years old and continued her studies at the Bucharest Conservatory of Music, Romania, followed by the Amsterdam University of Music, the Netherlands. She holds a B.A. in Music Research from the Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand, an M.A. in Piano Performance and Music Education from  Amsterdam University and a PhD in Ethnomusicologic Research from the Australian National University in Canberra.

 

Her research covers the festival music in Nepal, Ladakh, Gharwal and Kumaon, the role of music in New Japanese Religions, folk and dance music in Dacian Romania, children’s songs and lullaby in the Dutch song tradition, and the complex aspects of stage fright of performing musicians. Her current interests include the preservation of endangered dance and music traditions in marginal and minority groups, and she also plays the taiko drums.