ELT Calendar

Sunday, August 31st, 2003

Childrens' Storytelling Through Kamishibai
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Taeko Okamoto
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Taeko Okamoto, currently an ESL consultant working in the USA, will give a talk on the practical use of Japanese "kamishibai" as a means to tell English stories to people of all ages.

Adapting Traditional Children's Songs for Classroom Use
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: John Grant
Organization: ETJ Kagoshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Kagoshima ETJ is a group for teachers teaching English to children and junior high school students. The August meeting is a combination presentation and workshop.

World English - What is it and should we teach it?
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: A roundtable discussion
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: The August meeting will be a discussion on World English. As always the discussion will go wherever the participants take it, we will as a minimum touch on these questions: What are the various varieties of English, how are they defined, and who owns them? Is there a single variety of English that can be styled as World English? Do our students need to know this or should they learn a particular variety such as American, British, or Australian? There is no pre-reading for this discussion but you might think about the subject so that you can add you ideas and questions to the discussion.