Category: MEES

  • MEES – 2016 Pre-Conference Dinner and Bento Information

    BENTO LUNCH BOX ORDERS

    We would like to start taking orders for prepared Bento lunch boxes for the conference. They will be 500 yen and prepared by our university’s own cafe staff. I have attached a photo of last years bento. Unfortunately, vegetarian bentos are not available.
    Please request your bento order with us by WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th.

    Be advised that there are no convenience stores / restaurants within walking distance of our campus, so please remember to bring something with you to eat if you don’t plan on purchasing a bento lunch. In this case, we recommend that you bring lunch with you on your way here in the morning so you don’t have to drive around during the hour lunch break.

    There are drink vending machines on campus.

    Also, complimentary coffee, tea, and snack food will be made available throughout the day.

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    PRE-CONFERENCE INFORMAL DINNER PARTY / NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

    Come and join us for a fun and relaxing dinner the Saturday evening before the MEES conference ! Make new friends and share ideas over some drinks & eats! Details are listed below, but we do ask that those planning to join us PLEASE LET US KNOW BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th so that we can confirm numbers with the restaurant (please also let us know if you prefer vegetarian dishes). Its the same spot for those who joined us last year.

    Thanks & hope to see you all there !!

    Date: Saturday, May 28.
    Time: 6:00pm~
    Place: La Plaza-tei, Hachinohe (らぷらざ亭 八戸) (Izakaya-style restaurant that specializes in local dishes !)
    Address: 13 Muika-machi, Hachinohe
    Fee: ¥2,500 (drinks not included) Vegetarian dishes are available for those that request in advance.
    Here is a link to restaurant home page with a google map:

    http://ra-plazatei.com/map.html

  • MEES – 2016 PRESENTER LINEUP AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

    Hello everyone !
    Just a little over a month to go before the 2016 MEES conference ! We want to thank everyone who submitted presentation proposals this year. We are proud to announce our full day’s lineup of seven presentations for Sunday, May 29th!

    Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Xreading.comwill also be at the conference to assist you with their great teaching resources and materials!

    Please check out the full conference schedule below. The lineup and full presentation descriptions are available at the MEES 2016 page.

    Conference Schedule

    09:00 – 10:00 Registration

    10:00 – 10:10 Opening Comments

    10:10 – 11:05 Plenary Session – Lesley Ito (Big Bow English Lab, Nagoya) ‘Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Strategies for Young Learners in EFL’

    11:15 – 11:55 Session 1 – Colin Mitchell (James English School, Hirosaki) ‘Motivation and Progression’

    12:05 – 12:30 Session 2 – Rob Peacock (Teacher Trainer, Oxford University Press) ‘Six Skills Study for Confident Communication with Stretch’

    12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break (bento available on site)

    13:30 – 13:55 Session 3 – Riaz Donaldson (Cambridge University Press) ‘Bringing Academic English to a Broader Audience with Unlock’

    14:05 -14:30 Session 4 – Paul Goldberg (Xreading.com) ‘The Benefits of Doing Extensive Reading Online with Xreading’

    14:40 – 15:20 Session 5 – Jason Hill (Hachimantai City BOE, Iwate) and Kathryn Akasaka (English Instructor in Iwate Prefecture) ‘Using Popular Culture to Create Interesting English Classes’

    15:30 – 16:10 Session 6 – Greg Anthony (Hachinohe Gakuin University) ‘All Fun and Games? Affecting Appropriate EFL Motivation in Young Learners’

    16:10 – 16:20 Closing Comments

     

    I hope to see you all there!

     

     

  • 2015 M.E.E.S Conference in Hachinohe this Sunday -Liveblog-

    10403355_1518863631712992_4516237316012140592_n Event Link: –>  https://www.facebook.com/events/725840544190755/

    That’s all for the live blog. It was an excellent day. See you all next year.

    Live blog – Jason Hill

    Update: May 31 – 3:50pm – Marc de Boer – We can be friends. Linguistics and English conversation. What can we come away with?  There is something to be said about implicit learning. Something everyone can learn.

    Update May 31 – 2:55pm – Chutatip Yumitani – Presenting on Scott Thornbury’s 7 ways of Looking at Grammar.

    Update May 31 – 2:00pm – Marc Jones  has started his presentation on the frustrations with secondary language learning theory and the assistant language teacher system.    Update May 31 – 12:10pm – Neil Conway, Neil Addison. Scaffolding poetry reading in University EAP Classes.

    Update May 31 – 11:15am – James Hobbs – What’s in a word. Mr. Hobbes  looks at medical English words and deciphers them for us.    Update May 31 – 10:15am – Plenary speaker. John Campbell-Larsen. Teaching the spoken language.     Update May 31 – 9:50am – Booths are set up. We are ready to go.    Update May 31 – 8:37am – Full schedule of speakers.    Update May 31 – 8:15am – We just arrived at Hachinohe Gakuin University. Only 45 minutes until registration. It’s a beautiful day.     Update: May 30 – 9:02 – After party at overtime sports bar in Hachinohe. A warm welcome for our guests and speakers.        Update: May 30 – 7:12pm – We are having a welcome dinner for guests and speakers at La Plazatei(らぷらざ亭). The food is amazing. Nice to meet everyone.    Update: May 29 – 12:00pm – This is my last update before the event. I will use this post to liveblog details as they happen. We hope to see you all there. Here is the schedule again: 09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:10 Opening Comments 10:10 – 11:05 Plenary Session 11:15 – 11:55 Session 1 12:05 – 12:45 Session 2 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 – 14:40 Session 3 14:50 – 15:30 Session 4 15:40 – 16:20 Session 5 16:20 – 16:30 Closing Comments