ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 20th, 2003

How to Review
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker: IIEEC Trainer
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. The monthly IIEEC Study Group meeting welcomes all teachers who are interested in improving their teaching techniques and getting students to ask questions as well as answering them.

Introductory Certificate in Teaching English to Children, one day course
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul, author of Finding Out, Communicate, and more.
Organization: eigoTown
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is a one-day certificate course in teaching English to elementary school children. Trainer David Paul is the author of Finding Out, Communicate, Songs and Games for Children, Discover English, Discover the World, and Discover the Universe.

Two parts: 1. Communicative Games and Warm-ups; 2: "The First Class of the Term"
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Part 1: Conrad Matsumoto; Part 2: Lori Haga, Kazushige Cho, Cyndi Peterson, and Azusa Kibushi
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Part 1: The new school year is upon us. Are you ready? Do you want to liven up your classroom with fun games and warm-ups that your students will love? The activities demonstrated can be used in junior high, high school, university, and adult classrooms.

Impact Values: Critical Thinking and Real Debate
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Junko Yamanaka
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Junko Yamanaka, co-author (with Richard R. Day) of Impact Issues and Impact Topics, discusses how teachers can encourage critical thinking and real debate in their classrooms through the new Longman title, Impact Values.

Visual Aids: Tools for Classroom Activities
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Sharon Abe
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: While most activities in the classroom can be done without them, visual aids can make activities more interesting for students and can help in reinforcing what the students are learning.

Teaching Junior High Students
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC Trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Let's get your students out of the "exam hell" and have them learn "Living English" through conversation and fun activities. In addition you will learn how to teach grammar points such as the comparatives, present perfect, conjunctions, etc.

Genki English: Elementary School English
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Richard Graham, Will Jasprizza
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: The presentation will discuss the Monbukagakusho guidelines for English at the elementary school level and how to implement those guidelines in a fun, motivating way.

Student Responsibility for Learning: Increasing Student Participation
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Timothy Kelly
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Many students learn to respond to questions but are either reluctant to or unable to ask questions or initiate interaction in English. This presentation will demonstrate easy classroom methods for getting students to generate English, not just for practice but also for genuine communication.

Classroom Activities to Motivate JHS Students
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mark & Rohini
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This workshop on activities to motivate junior high school students contains lots of activities that can also be used with lower-level adult students.

Foreign Children in Japanese Schools
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Panel Discussion
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Himeji JALT is happy to welcome five members of the Himeji community who will discuss the experiences of their children in Japanese schools. The panel chairwoman will be Masae Matsumoto.

Learning from Movies & TV Programs: Do's & Don'ts
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Lyudmila "Linda" Fudzikata
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: An English-speaking environment can be created in Japan without going overseas, through extensive recording, listening, and watching of American and British movies and TV programs -- .

Back to School Bonanza-Teaching Exchange
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: various speakers
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Back to School Bonanza! Various members of the Gunma chapter of Jalt will share their favorite teaching ideas or lesson plans. Participants are invited to exchange teaching materials and used books.

Effective Approaches to Teaching English and International Cultural Exchange to Elementary School Students
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Sarah McAlister
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Sarah McAlister will be presenting hands-on ideas on how to teach English songs, games and chants to teachers of elementary school children. Her main theme is international cultural exchange in the classroom.

Productive Pressure - Motivating Students and Tired Teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Don Maybin, Shonan Institute of Technology
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: The participants will study how to sensitively apply "productive pressures", such as team-based activities, to stimulate learners (and teachers!) in an EFL/ESL class.

World Englishes: Convergence or Divergence?
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Organization: Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: There are many intellectuals in Great Britian today who are worried about the future of the English language. It is very interesting, however, to note that these worries are of two different kinds.