ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 14th, 2001

Teaching Middle and High School Students
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Lamond, Thomson Learning Japan
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Lamond will conduct a workshop in which he will discuss how to teach middle and high school students. .

2 presentations: (1) Phonetics, (2) TOEIC Scores
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Larry Walker, (2) Gary Clendennen
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: This month's meeting will see presentations by two chapter members which should be of great interest to all. Larry Walker will present some ideas about the introduction of phonetics and some activities about using pronunciation which you can photocopy and use the next day.

Broadening Horizons: Exploring Gender Issues in the Classroom
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Kathleen Brown
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will cover both the theoretical and practical aspects of gender issues in the classroom. Our main focus will be on teaching materials and ideas useful for introducing gender-related topics.

Collaborative, Student-Centered Activity: Does it work in language classrooms in Japan?
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Miki Niiyama
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The present study investigated the effects of group activity in an EFL college writing classroom in Japan. Collaborative group activity like peer feedback is generally assumed to be difficult for Japanese students to perform because of their linguistic limitations and unfamiliarity with such student-centered tasks.