ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 25th, 2001

Haiku Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: David McMurray
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: We are in for a very special afternoon as David McMurray, famous haiku artist from Fukuoka and past JALT National President and Treasurer, will be here to conduct a haiku workshop.

Day One: Strategies for Successful First-Day Classes
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Malcolm Swanson, TLT Editor and Kinki University
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: The first day with any class is arguably the most important, for it is here that both learners and teachers make most of their decisions about how much they will involve themselves in that course.

Two presentations
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Yayoi Akagi (2) Simon Capper, Joe Lauer, Joel Harris
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Two presentations: (1) A Cultural Analysis of the English and Japanese Languages Applied to English Language Learning, and (2) Local authors' workshop.