ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 9th, 2002

Seminars for English Language Teachers (Nellie's Seminar Series)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Oliver Bayley, Derek Mackrell
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The three presentations in this month's Nellie's Seminar Series are: 13:00 - 14:00Games and Songs: Practical Activities for Teaching English Longman ELT Consultant (speaker TBA) 14:30 - 15:30Making Magic with Storybooks Oliver Bayley, Oxford University Press 16:00 - 17:00 Getting Students to Express ThemselvesDerek Mackrell, Thomson Learning Nellie's Seminar Series events fill up, so making a reservation is a good idea.

Teaching English Through Storytelling
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Steven Morgan
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Students become natural storytellers when made consciously aware of narrative structure and the five basic plot stages. Steven Morgan will detail specific activities for building such awareness, including those from oral and visual approaches.

English in Elementary Schools: What Will It Mean for Secondary School Teachers?
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Kensaku Yoshida, Sophia University and Tom Merner, Japan College of Foreign Languages
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Please join the Kitakyushu JALT chapter for a talk on how changes to the elementary curriculum may affect English education in secondary schools. The speakers will share their knowledge and experience from working on Monbukagakusho committees to revise English education.