ELT Calendar

Sunday, December 8th, 2002

The Fundamentals of MAT (IIEEC MAT Teacher Training Seminar, session 1 of 4)
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is the first of 4 sessions in this seminar series. Here is your opportunity to learn how you can get your students to communicate through the most talked method in Japan today, the MAT(Model, Action, Talk) Method.

Bonenkai Year-End Party with Hokkaido JALT
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: It's a party!
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Hokkaido JALT's annual End-of-Year Turkey Potluck Party! You bring the food and JALT will provide the drinks. .

Potpourri Meeting (three presentations)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Matsumoto Toyoko, Hirouchi Hiroko and Michael Skelton
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This special afternoon features three talks by three presenters. Double Object Construction and the Verb.

Annual My Share / Year End Party
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: All participants are welcome to share classroom ideas
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Come and enjoy Nagoya JALT's annual "my share" event in which members share teaching ideas with each other. A bonnenkai party (year-end party) will be held afterwords.

Activities for Communication in English
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kanae Noda and Corazon Kato
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: This bilingual presentation will deal with how Japanese and foreign teachers work together in an unique program called ACE, a short-term English program for elementary school children run by the Seki Municipal Council, Gifu Prefecture.

American Headway
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Julian Warden
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Julian will talk about the new textbook series American Headway and introduce various activities. .

Drama-tic Improvements to English Teaching Using Drama
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Kristie Collins of The DramaWorks Team
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The DramaWorks team, authors of textbooks Star Taxi (2000) and PopStars (2002), will do a presentation using a new method for teaching EFL using drama techniques.

How to be an Amigo!
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Keiko Umezaki
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Keiko Umezaki will discuss the life of Brazilians in Japan, especially in Suwa area: their language, their culture, their interest, their problems, and so on.

My Share: Sharing Activities from Our English Language Classrooms (followed by Bonenkai)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Various Omiya JALT Chapter Members
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Omiya JALT Chapter's annual tradition continues as various chapter members share activity and lesson ideas from their personal repertoires. Have something of your own to share? Contact Omiya JALT Chapter.

'It was fun! So what?': A Critical Analysis of the Role of Fun in Children's ELT
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: John Wiltshier, Sendai University
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: "Fun" must be the most overused and misused term in Children's ELT. Nothing is inherently "fun", just as nothing is inherently motivating.