ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 30th, 2001

The Other Hokkaido: Gender, Diversity and Minorities (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Speaker: Over 40 speakers from nine different countries
Organization: Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: In cooperation with JALT Hokkaido, GALE (Gender Awareness in Language Education) has teamed up with EASH (East Asian Studies Hokkaido) for an international, interdisciplinary conference.

Activities, Songs, & Chants for Children
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Robert Habbick, Oxford University Press
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Robert Habbick demonstrates and lets us try activities, songs, and chants that work for children's classes. He will also provide a book display of Oxford University Press materials for members to view.

LATEM Annual Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima 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.

What is Extensive Reading with Graded Readers
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Jeff Herman, Oxford University Press
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will demonstrate in complete detail the reasons for and the practical implementation of Extensive Reading with Graded Readers. We will then venture into reading extension activities to show how out-of-class reading readily leads to in-class oral communication.

Teaching Children Miniconference
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Katherine Mackay, Yukie Kawaguchi, Tom Merner and more.
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This mini-conference is held in conjunction with the Teaching Children SIG. Visit the website at http://asia.

Teaching Children Miniconference
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Katherine Mackay, Yukie Kawaguchi, Tom Merner and more.
Organization: Teaching Younger Learners Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This mini-conference is held in conjunction with the Kobe JALT chapter. Activities That Work for Children, Katherine Mackay (Pearson Education).

Adapting CALL to a Wide Range of Learner Levels and Learning Styles
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Cheryl Martens, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Martens will present how to adapt web-based language activities and CD-ROMs to suit your teaching needs, as well as how to create your own web-based language activities through freeware.

Triumphs and Catastrophes in the Language Classroom: Some Cultural Considerations
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Peter Simpson MA (TESOL)
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: In this presentation, Peter Simpson will address verbal communication and its cultural implications on our students. Through his own experiences with success and failure, Peter will elaborate on cultural (in)sensitivity in the classroom.

Getting Students to Express Themselves
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Derek Mackrell, Thomson Learning
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gunma City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Learning a language provides special challenges for all students. This presentation shows how to use the learner-centered task-based approach to encourage active communication, getting students to learn by doing.