ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 11th, 2002

Bilingual Development Forum (BILDF) 2002 (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Bilingualism Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Practical and Theoretical Aspects of Bilingual Development and Education. This is part of the 2002 Pan SIG conference.

Testing and Evaluating SIG Conference (TESEV) 2002 (day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Keynote speech: J.D. Brown of the University of Hawaii, and 14 presentations
Organization: Testing and Evaluation Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Testing and Evaluation in the 21st Century features a special keynote speech by James Dean Brown of the University of Hawaii, one colloquium on institutional testing, 14 other presentations on testings, and assorted poster sessions.

CUE 2002 Conference: Curriculum Innovation (Day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: The CUE SIG is JALT's College and University Educators Special Interest Group. Curriculum Innovation is the 3rd CUE mini-conference, part of the 2002 Pan SIG conference.

Seminars for Business English Teachers (Nellie's Seminar Series)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Roger Barnard, Jonah Glick, Mark O'Neil
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. This month's topics focus on business classes: Roger Barnard (Oxford University Press): Speaking tests for low-level business classes, Jonah Glick (Longman ELT): Task-based communicative activities in business texts, Mark O'neil (Cambridge University Press), Creating the conditions for language learning.

Genki English Teacher Training Seminar
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Richard Graham and Will Jasprizza, Genki English
Organization: Jelly Beans Educational
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Learn ways to make your kids have fun, enjoy English and become really excited about all the possibilities English offers! How to make your kids quiet, or loud, curing katakana accents, getting them motivated and wanting to speak more! Richard and Will from Genki English will introduce tried and tested, fun games, songs and activities to get elementary school aged kids interested in English, and the world! A Q&A session will follow.

Peace Love and Pragmatics
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Guest
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Everybody would like their teaching to contribute to better human relations and mutual understanding. But how can we achieve this end without sounding preachy or abandoning our main role as teachers, that is, teaching language.

Genki English Teacher Training Seminar
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Richard Graham and Will Jasprizza, Genki English
Organization: Jelly Beans Educational
Location: Sendai-shi City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Learn ways to make your kids have fun, enjoy English and become really excited about all the possibilities English offers! How to make your kids quiet, or loud, curing katakana accents, getting them motivated and wanting to speak more! Richard and Will from Genki English will introduce tried and tested, fun games, songs and activities to get elementary school aged kids interested in English, and the world! A Q&A session will follow.

Homework -- A Panel Discussion
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Patricia Kasamatsu, Erika Matsui, Tony Ruiz, Andrew Zitzmann
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Like many things our teachers and parents made us do, homework is never particulalry enjoyable though deep down you know it's got to be good for you.