ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 27th, 2001

JALTCALL2001 Conference - The Changing Face of CALL: Emerging Technologies, Emerging Pedagogies (day 2 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Over 85 presentations during the two day conference
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Ohta City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: The second and last day of the CALL SIG's 6th annual conference. (The CALL SIG is the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group of JALT.

Dramatizing in the Classroom: Using Drama Techniques to Enhance Your Classes
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Shimizu Akiko and Mary Burkitt
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Shimizu Akiko and Mary Burkitt of the Iwate JALT chapter will discuss ways to use drama techniques in the classroom, for children through adults. Refreshments will be served.

Games and Activities for Children and Junior High Students
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: ETJ Odawara (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Share ideas, discover games and activities, meet other teachers. .

Conversational Storytelling in the Language Class
Time: 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Speaker: Bob Jones
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: (First of three presentations today) Whenever people gather for social interaction, stories of amusing incidents, friends' misfortunes, personal triumphs, etc.

The Three Keys to Unlocking Culture: Perception, Perception, Perception!
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ray Donahue, Nagoya Gakuin University
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Increasingly, second language educators must unlock the mysteries of culture for their charges. Cultures differ according to their preferred styles or strategies of communication.

TBA
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Robert Kirkpatrick, Prefectural University of Kumamoto
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: TBA. .

Using Self-Access in a Japanese Junior High School
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Raymond Wong
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will include an account of the introduction of a mini self-access system at Nishiyama Junior High School in Sendai, to be followed by an open forum about learner autonomy, self-directed learning, and how the introduction and use of self-access in Japanese secondary schools can complement the current syllabus and cater more effectively for the students' different learning styles and needs.

Classroom Management and Activities
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: ETJ Kagoshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Kagoshima ETJ is a group for teachers of children and junior high school students. This meeting features discussions on classroom management, followed by several mini presentations of activities that work well in classrooms of young learners.

Storytelling in the ESL classroom
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Sean Gaffney, Nagoya City University
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: (Second of three presentations today) While textbooks and other classroom activities play an important role in language teaching, the language presented is often contrived since its primary purpose is learning the language function or grammar point being presented, not communication.

Developing Discourse Competence Through Storytelling
Time: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Paul Doyon, Asahi University
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: (The third of three presentations today) In this presentation, the presenter will focus on developing discourse competence (cohesion and coherence) through the medium of telling stories.