ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 12th, 2001

CUE 2001 Conference: Developing Autonomy (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:15 AM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: over 40 speakers over 2 days
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Day one of the CUE SIG's two-day annual conference. The CUE SIG is JALT's College and University Educators Special Interest Group.

Essential Internet Activities for the Language Classroom: Four Lessons Learned from Experience
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Nathan Edwards, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: This presentation is based in part on articles lesson plans which appeared in Recipes for Wired Teachers: Practical Ideas by Teachers for Teachers, published by the CALL SIG.

Phonics
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Lynda Yoshida
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Lynda Yoshida will demonstrate how to teach children to strengthen their reading skills using the phonics method. She will also discuss how the method enables children to read and write further and eventually become independent learners.

Using American and British Movies and TV Programmes for Learning English and Its Culture
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Lyudmila Fudzikata
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The best way of learning English for non-native speakers is doing it through extensive recording of, listening to and watching of certain American and British movies and TV shows.