ELT Calendar

Saturday, December 8th, 2001

Global Issues "My Share" Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Bring your own ideas to show others -- all are welcome!
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Note the new venue this month. For Nagasaki JALT's ninth and final meeting of the year, we would like to invite everyone to bring any ideas or plans on how to deal with content-based classes centered on the theme of Global Issues - for example, human rights, peace education and social problems.

Kids' English Workshop 3
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Takeko Itakura, Keiji Uehara and Charles Vilina
Organization: Center for the Study of English Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This workshop includes:English Teaching: From elementary to junior high schoolTakeko ItakuraMini Pronunciation ClinicKeiji UeharaWorkshopCharles Vilina, author of Magic Time & English Time, Oxford University PressOUP books are available at a 10% discount.

The Many Uses of Journal Writing
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Christine Casanave, Keio University
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Part of TUJ's Distinguished Lecturer Series. Note that each seminar is actually 2 days long, apx.

Early English Education -- Problems and Visions
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Ishihama Hiroyuki, Seirei Joshi Tandai
Organization: Tohoku Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Ishihama will lead this symposium on the problems and visions of early English education. (nb: The title is a translation from Japanese; please contact Tohoku JACET for full details.

Task-based Language Teaching and Learning: A Sociocultural Perspective
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rod Ellis
Organization: Kanto Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Please contact JACET for full details. .

Reverse-engineering communication tasks
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Craig P. Lambert, Kitakyushu University
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The speaker will introduce an approach to planning sequences of communication tasks that require learners to become personally invested in their learning.