ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 28th, 2002

Peace as a Global Language Conference(day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Over 50. See the conference web site for details.
Organization: Peace as a Global Language Conference
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Linguists, language teachers and other educators, researchers, activists, and students are teaming up for a conference in central Tokyo. See the conference site for details at www.

Seminars for English Language Teachers (Nellie's Seminar Series)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: TBA
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 topic titles will be announced later.

Making your English Lessons More Communicative
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Hywel Evans, PhD. London University
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tachikawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This presentation will be in workshop format with demonstrations to make it clear why the communicative approach is most effective. Those interested in English teaching at the secondary and tertiary level are warmly welcome.

American Headway
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Julian Warden of Oxford University Press
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: Julian Warden will present a demonstration lesson based on this series of American English coursebooks to show how teachers can get the most from them.

Task-Based Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jason Moser
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Jason Moser will discuss task-based learning based upon a recent research project and how and why he uses student journals to support this methodology.

DramaWorks presents PopStars and Star Taxi
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Theo Steckler and the DramaWorks Team
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The DramaWorks team, authors of textbooks Star Taxi (2000) and PopStars (2002), will do a presentation using a new method for teaching EFL using drama techniques.

The Corpus Linguistics Approach to Language Teaching: Trends, Directions, and Challenges
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Naoko Taguchi
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Recently there has been a growing interest in the use of language corpora and computer analysis tools for second language education. This presentation discusses recent developments in the field of corpus linguistics, particularly its applications to TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language).

Covenant Players: A Drama Workshop
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kurt and Cathy Purucker
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Covenant Players is a professional theater company specializing in communications. Covenant Players fields touring troupes throughout the world.

Kinokuniya/Oxford University Press Jido Eigo Seminar
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama and Tom Merner
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This second annual four-city tour, co-sponsored by the Kinokuniya Bookstore chain, will address the "sogotekina gakushu" educational reforms and feature bilingual presentations by Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama and Tom Merner.