ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 12th, 2002

Testing and Evaluating SIG Conference (TESEV) 2002 (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
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 J. D.

CUE 2002 Conference: Curriculum Innovation (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 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.

Bilingual Development Forum (BILDF) 2002 (day 2 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.

Study Group meeting
Time: 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: IIEEC is a teacher training organization for teachers of young learners. IIEEC emerged in response to the requests by teachers for specific training in how to teach.

Study Group meeting
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: IIEEC is a teacher training organization for teachers of young learners. IIEEC emerged in response to the requests by teachers for specific training in how to teach.

Out of the Hat: Challenge, Choice, Chance and Children
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Chris Hunt
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Challenge, choice and chance and three words that begin with 'ch'. Children is a fourth.

Anthropological Linguistics
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Japan Anthropological Linguistics Association
Location: Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This year's JALA (Japan Anthropological Linguistic Association) Conference presentations are all in Japanese. Several speakers will deliver 30 minute presentations.

Read with Me and I Will Read: Activities that Work with Elementary School Children
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama and Julian Whitney
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Both presenters have been using picture books as a teaching resource for a number of years and have found them to be motivating and enjoyable. They will describe a three-stage process for using picture books in the English classroom.

Teaching English to Children
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: see web site for details
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: A typical ACET meeting includes various volunteers sharing songs, games, activities, and various teaching methods that have proven successful in the classroom.

Making the Most of Your English Language Textbook: New Ways to Bring ELT Materials to Life
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ivan Sorrentino, Cambridge University Press
Organization: Kanazawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Short description: This presentation looks at the many different problematic areas in vocabulary such as pronunciation, collocation and register, with particular attention given to classic pitfalls for the Japanese student.

Intercultural Instruction Ideas & Motivating Projects
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Scott Bronner of Waseda University's Center for International Education
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The speaker will present a number of cultural simulation and interactive teaching ideas based on books from Intercultural Press and his experience teaching an intercultural communication course.

Public Directives in Japanese and American English: Implications for L2 Learners
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Carol Rinnert
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: This presentation is based on pragmatic analysis of more than 700 public directives (e. g.