ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 17th, 2002

Nellie's Annual Workshop and Book Fair 2002: Tokyo
Time: 9:40 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Greg Cossu, Aleda Krause, Ritsuko Nakata, more
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Workshop presenters include Greg Cossu, Aleda Krause, Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama, Keiko Abe-Ford, Steve Gershon and Charles Rogers. The workshops will feature presentations on both children's and adult materials from some of the top ELT professionals in Japan.

Teaching for Christmas
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Linda Donan, plus additional members' ideas
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This workshop is devoted to Holiday Lesson Plans, with a few party ideas thrown in as well. Linda Donan will present several activities for Teaching For Christmas, including why teachers should teach their EFL students about Christmas, and then we will have the chance to try out some of her Christmas crafts ourselves! In addition, some other members of ETJ-Aichi will bring in their own ideas to explain and share, and we will have the opportunity to find out more about these ideas.

Christmas Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: IIEEC is a teacher training organization for teachers of young learners. In this Christmas Workshop, you'll learn lots of Christmas activities, Christmas songs and Christmas stories and other innovative ideas that you can do with your students to make a fun Christmas party in English.

Vocabulary and Grammar as Foundations for Reading Instruction
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Dr. William Grabe, Northern Arizona University
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: In discussions of reading research and its implications for instruction, the roles of vocabulary and grammar are often minimized. William Grabe leads a workshop that highlights the importance of these two neglected areas, and explores ways that they can be taught usefully in support of reading skills development.

Chapter Officers Elections
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Chapter members
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Don't miss this chance to voice your opinion! . .

Methods of Using Content-Based Instruction
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kirby Record
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Dr. Kirby Record's presentation demonstrates methods of using content-based instruction with low-intermediate to advanced students.

Innervoice, Time, Planning and Practice
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Marc Helgesen, Miyagi Gakuin Women�s College
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Whenever you have a conversation, you are really having two: one with the person you are talking to and one with yourself. At times, this innervoice is simply a monitor (Does he understand what I am saying? Does she agree with me? Do I need to say more?) At other times, it is almost a totally different conversation (You [to a colleague]: Hi.

Cat's Feat: From Practice to Principle in Task Design and Task-based Learning
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Jane Willis, Aston University
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Willis will show how a series of communication tasks can be generated from one theme and demonstrate their use in class. She will illustrate activities which provide a focus on vocabulary, lexical phrases and grammar within the context of the task, and then summarise the principles and learning theories that support task-based learning(TBL).