ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 18th, 2001

Activities and Phonics
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Sharon Abe, Stephen Brivati
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan) Aichi Chapter is a group for teachers of children up through the high school level in Aichi, Gifu and Mie. The November 18 meeting features two presentations:Sharon Abe: Planning Extra-Class ActivitiesStephen Brivati: Teaching Phonics at the Elementary School LevelSeating is limited to 50, so ETJ Aichi asks that you please pre-register by contacting Aichi's Joshua Myerson.

Nellie's First Annual ELT Workshop Extravaganza
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Marc Helgesen, Greg Cossu, Roger Barnard, Keiko Abe-Ford, and others
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Presentations by many ELT professionals and displays by all the main ELT publishers. Browse the newest course materials and learn how to use them effectively.

Study Group meeting
Time: 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: IIEEC is a teacher training organization for teachers of young learners. IIEEC emerged in response to the requests by teachers for specific training in how to teach.

The Language Of Literature
(JACET Kyoto Seminar 2001, day 2 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mick Short, Akira Kawabata, Nozomi Hayashi, Barbara Hyde, and more
Organization: Kansai Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Today's speakers and topics includeMain Speaker: Mick Short, University of Lancaster UK, "Corpus Stylistics: Speach, Thought and Writing". Akira Kawabata, Ashiya University, "Literary Text as an Educational Foundation".

Planning Your Conference Visit (and chapter elections)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: various
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: This chapter meeting will be used to discuss the upcoming conference in Kitakyushu and for the election of next year's chapter officers. We will also be asking some of the chapters' members who will be presenting in Kitakyushu to practice their presentations for us this day.

Using Target Language in Beginner Learner Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Liam Morgan, University of Technology, Sydney
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Fostering The Relationship Between Teaching, Research And Change: This paper will describe a collaborative action research project involving six teachers of foreign languages in Sydney secondary schools.

Stimulus Based Teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tessa Woodward
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Stimulus based teaching is a generative framework which can be applied to any learning/teaching stimulus be it a verb list, a potato, a coursebook or a photo and which saves planning time and gets the most out of any material.

Measuring School Achievement as Part of the Development of the Educational System of the Philippines in the 21st Century
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Raul C. Laborte, Emilio Ramos National High School, Davao City, the Philippines
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: Laborte will share his experiences teaching English at a high school in the Philippines. His students range from twelve to sixteen.

Beyond Intuition: Getting Started in Action Research
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Anne Burns, Macquarie University in Australia
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Interested in action research but not sure what it is? Uncertain about how to start an action research cycle? Want to know more about techniques for data collection? In this workshop, we will discuss some of the characteristics and processes of action research, and how it is different from other types of research in language education.