picture album page 2 - the 3rd meeting of 2006
(pictures of the June meeting 2006 below)
May
What is Kamishibai?
| Kamishibai is a form of Japanese storytelling. It was popular in Japan from the 1930s becoming children's favorite pastime into the mid 1950s. The antecedent of kamishibai, "tachi-e" of which the literal translation is "standing pictures", consisted of paper dolls in their own stage which, manipulated by a storyteller, performed in the streets during the depression period in the early 1920s. The name "kamishibai" was adopted when an audience watching a tachi-e called it "kami(paper) shibai(theater)." Later, the "theater" was simplified by making illustrations of tachi-e dolls on sheets of paper. |
| Since children have found other means of entertaining themselves due to the development of technology, kamishibai storytellers are rarely seen these days in Japan. However, in recent years, there has been a revival of interest in kamishibai story telling among educators, especially primary school teachers. |
Taeko Okamoto is performing live kamishibai storytelling. She is an amazing storyteller.
Guest speaker: Taeko Okamoto
Date: May 27th, 2006
Title: Using "Kamishibai" in ESL/EFL Classrooms for Students of All Ages
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: AIU (Akita International University)
Room: B-103
11 people attended.
AKITA JALT meetings in 2006
picture album page 2 - the 4th of 2006
(pictures of the May meeting 2006 below)
June
"I'm going to give this presentation at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands next week..."
Guest Speaker: Mark Cunningham
Date: Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Topic: Using a "College Success" textbook
for university English students and on ways to use content in general
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: AIU (Akita International University)
Room: B-103
5 people attended.
more pictures
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Akita JALT
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