ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 8th, 2001

LATEM Annual Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: LATEM is an annual, nation-wide Intensive Seminar series run by Little America Schools, based in Fukuoka. The school was founded by Helene Jarmol Uchida, a veteran English teacher from New York.

Teaching English in an EFL Context
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kensaku Yoshida
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Each country has its unique objectives for teaching foreign languages. In Japan, as is well known, getting into higher institutes of education is probably one of the most obvious objectives.

Integrating Skills for Success in Learning with Tapestry
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Lamond, Thomson Learning Japan
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will introduce the Tapestry series' approach to integrating language-learning and studying strategies with language skills development activities and show how this is achieved through the use of engaging materials on high-interest topics, learner-centered tasks, stimulating CNN® video, and optional web-based activities.

The Kinokuniya / Oxford University Press Jido Eigo Forum
Time: 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama, Richard Graham, and William Jasprizza
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The focus of this forum is on teaching children's classes. Ritsuko Nakata is the author of Let's Go (levels 1-6), and Setsuko Toyama is the author of English Time (levels 1-6).

Project Work for the University- Based Classroom
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Tomei, Kumamoto Gakuen Daigaku
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Tomei has been working with projects for university classes for the past 6 years and they have offered a number of rewards, both in terms of organization and curriculum.