ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 2nd, 2002

The Certificate in Teaching Japanese Students
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring, Maurice Jamall, David Paul, Curtis Kelly
Organization: ETJ Certificate Course (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: So many internationally-recognized training courses introduce theories and methodology which come out of European or North American teaching situations.

Nice Talking With You!: Conversation Strategies and Timed Conversations
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tom Kenny, of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Tom Kenny, of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, will talk about how the practical speaking activity, timed conversation, motivates learners to practice real social conversation and keeps them speaking English only longer.

One Person / One Language
Raising Bilingual Children
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Andy James
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: One person/one language is a theory that was developed about 70 years ago and it goes like this: if two parents with different native languages speak only their native language to the child from birth, then the child will learn both languages and learn to distinguish between the languages more quickly and effectively than by any other methods.

Panel on Extensive Reading
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Beniko Mason, International Buddhist University and Sakai Kunihide, Denki-Tsushin University
Organization: Scientific Education Group
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The panelists will talk on some extraordinary results that are being observed in their classrooms where students and adults, after only a few months' Extensive Reading mainly in graded readers, have started to enjoy full-blown paperbacks, including Harry Potter books, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Sidney Sheldon tomes.