ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 15th, 2002

Living and Working in a Multicultural World (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:20 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Communication Association of Japan
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: The Communication Association of Japan will hold its 32nd Annual Convention on June 15th and 16th (Saturday and Sunday), 2002, at Eichi (Sapientia) University in Amagasaki, Hyogo.

JALT Hokkaido Annual Language Conference (day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: 35 presentations over two days
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The theme is Language Learning, Research and Technology. There will be about 35 presentations including presentations on; leading discussions using video clips theater games for English classes, designing a virtual reality English program, global English education, vocabulary building, small group workshop learning, improving reading skills.

Current issues in Task-Based Language Teaching
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Michael Long, University of Hawaii Manoa
Organization: Kansai University
Location: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will provide a brief overview of the six stages in the design, implementation, and evaluation of a genuinely task-based language teaching program: needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials design; methodology and pedagogy; testing; and evaluation.

Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This seminar looks at the research findings on vocabulary teaching and learning with a pedagogical focus. The aim of the seminar is to examine principles, procedures, and techniques that are supported by research and to develop familiarity with these through problem solving, materials production, performance, and discussion.

Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition
Time: 2:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Catherine Doughty, University of Hawaii Manoa
Organization: Kansai University
Location: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will address a number issues concerning attention to form in second language teaching. What is focus on form? Much misunderstood in the literature, "focus on form" will be defined and contrasted to approaches to language teaching that emphasize only meaning or only structures.

Two Presentations:
1. Narrative Studies to Enhance Teacher Development,
2. Self-study, Logs and Learning to Learn English
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ian Nakamura, Ellen Head and Eiko Okumura
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Narrative studies to enhance teacher development, Ian Nakamura: One of the central questions in continuous professional development is: What kind of research matters to teachers? The presenter will report on what he has learned in the process of constructing a narrative of a learner based on data collected from a series of interviews and journal entries.

Using Multi-Media in a Classroom Setting
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Malcolm Swanson, Nigel Stott and Paul Collett
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: Malcolm Swanson will start by showing what teachers could be doing with digital video in their classes with a minimal outlay of funds and equipment.

Call for Papers Due June 15th (Saturday)

Korea TESOL International Conference
Call for papers due: June 15th (Saturday)
Event Dates: October 5th (Saturday) - October 6th (Sunday), 2002
Overview: