ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 28th, 2001

Fukuoka JALT's Annual Book Fair
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: 21 presentations and workshops
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The largest annual event in Kyushu is coming again! FREE ADVICE Get top-quality advice about the texts that are best for your classes. WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS Presentations all day, in English and in Japanese, starting from 10:00.

How Language Teachers Can Benefit From Second Language Acquisition Research
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Keiko Okada, Hokkaido Tokai University
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Okada's research bridges the gap between research and classroom curriculum. .

Course Development
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Hunter, Elin Melchior, and Gillian Sano-Giles, Komaki English Teaching Center/Ohio University
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: In order to teach a course well, the concerns facing both student and teacher need to be brought into perspective. This workshop presents and gives participants the chance to use a course development outline which provides a simple template for recording and organizing level, focus, goals and activities.

Enhancing Perceived Value in the Language Classroom. From Apathy to Autonomy in Language Learning
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Raymond Doyon (Asahi University) and Brad Deacon (Nanzan University)
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The speakers using anecdotes from their own lives and classrooms will introduce the concept of "Perceived Value" and demonstrate techniques on how a teacher can shift students' perceptions, and in turn, create autonomy out of apathy in the language classroom.

Religious Philosophy and the English Language
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Paula Stapley, GEOS Language System
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will give a presentation on the above mentioned topic, focusing on Kirkegore, Nietzsche, Sartre, etc. in terms of English language instruction and acquisition.

The Pleasures of Poetry - New Australian Voices
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Gilbey, visiting professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's College
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: How long since you treated yourself to an afternoon of poetry? David Gilbey, whose collection of poems Under the Rainbow was published in 1996 while he was here in Sendai for a year, and who includes poetry in his current Australian Studies course at Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, will present a reading, with commentary, of recent Australian poetry from some of the best contemporary Australian writing published.

Interactive Dictation: Integrating the Four Macro Skills
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: P. Charles Brown, Ibaraki University
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: Using the principles of communicative language teaching/learning and of collaborative learning, the presenter will lead a workshop-style session in which the participants will be involved in exploiting the 4 macro-skills as well as integrating grammar through various activities culminating with the much maligned dictation.