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Saturday, April 20th, 2002
Children's English Book and Resource Fair
Time:
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker:
Organization: Jelly Beans Educational
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: This materials exhibition focuses on materials for children's English lessons, and are ideal for classroom and home use. This exhibition is held in association with Tuttle Publishing, who has generously supplied a range of gifts for those making purchases.
Motivation in the Language Classroom
Time:
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Keiko Sakui
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This presentation reports research findings of teachers' perception of motivation through teacher interviews and classroom observations. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate a complex picture of motivation while employing many opportunities for us to discuss the related issues to raise our awareness of this important construct.
Seminars for Parents and English Language Teachers of Children (Nellie's Seminar Series)
Time:
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Tibor Lucskai and Emi Ueno, Apricot
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Nellie's Seminar Series events generally have three presentations, each one an hour long. Nellie's Seminar Series events fill up, so making a reservation is a good idea.
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 language learners.
Who Needs Needs Analysis?
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Kathleen Brown
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: What is needs analysis and what are its uses? Who should be concerned with a needs analysis? Current research on needs analysis can inform the decision-making process at the classroom, curricular and institutional levels.
