ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 16th, 2001

Japan's Sakoku Defense Against English
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Marshall R. Childs
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: If English endangers Japanese language and culture, how can Japan defend against it? In Japan the defense against English is subtle: a technique perfected in the centuries since Admiral Perry's rude entrance.

Content-Based Language Instruction Methods
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Albert Evans, Erin Livingston, and Sylvan Payne of Miyazaki International College
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: Content-Based Language Instruction (CBI) methodology provides a rich, challenging context within which to develop instructional techniques. The presenters will demonstrate classroom activities of high utility whether one is working within a "classic" CBI situation or taking a "content-lite" approach.

Introducing Public Elementary School English and the Monbusho Handbook
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Organization: Kumamoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Short description: Amid much confusion, concern, and worry, English instruction is about to officially become one of the options for the new "Period for Integrated Studies" in the Japanese public schools.