ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 13th, 2003

IIEEC MAT METHOD 2-Day SEMINAR in Nagoya (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainers
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Here is your chance to learn how to get your students to communicate in English by getting the students to talk 80% of the time in class! Learn how you can teach sentences using both questions and answers, all the basic tenses with actions, reading and writing and more with amazing results.

Study Group meeting: Teaching Illnesses & Writing Summer Postcards
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: 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.

English Proficiency Tests for Young Learners
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Lesley Ito and John Raby
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.

2003 LATEM Seminar for Elementary School Novice Teachers
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: LATEM (Little America Teaching English Methods) was developed by Helene J. Uchida to teach English in an experiential, fast-paced and challenging way.

Motivation Research
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Terry Wacholz
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will share the results of his study of freshman students using role-play, looking at both the English proficiency and reported motivation of the experimental group and the control group who did textbook exercises.

IIEEC Fukuoka Reading & Writing Workshop Level 1
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will show how children can master the difficult sounds of the English language in a short period of time through the MAT METHOD using gestures and a sound subtraction system with fun activities which will activate the students and make reading and writing a fun session.

Group Brainstorming on ELT Problems, Ideas & Successes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: All Who Come!
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Join us for a lively discussion on problems, successes and ideas for improving our language teaching both as a large group for items relative to all levels and then breaking into smaller groups based on the types of students whom we teach.

Academic Writing and Advancing English Language Learning: Criterion Online Writing Evaluation and LanguEdge Courseware: TOEFL 2005
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska, Educational Testing Service/Temple University Japan
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: This presentation introduces Criterion Online Writing Evaluation offered by Educational Testing Service (ETS), the maker of the TOEFL test. Version 2 of the Criterion software offers teachers and students instant scores and 38 categories of linguistic feedback including discourse competency.

Ideas for Teaching Children
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mark Thompson, Paul Shimizu
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Fukuoka is the local chapter of ETJ, the group for teachers of children up through junior high school. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.

2003 LATEM Seminar for Elementary School Veteran Teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: LATEM (Little America Teaching English Methods) was developed by Helene J. Uchida to teach English in an experiential, fast-paced and challenging way.

Annual Okinawa JALT Beach Party
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: All current and potential members
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Okinawa JALT members and their families as well as others interested in the support of quality language education in Okinawa are invited to attend our annual JALT beach party.

My Share
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Gary Baird, Makiko Kanno, Matthew Vatta, Masaki Nogami and Tamara Milbourn
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Five local teachers will present successful classroom activities. Gary Baird, who works at various elementary schools in Imabari, will describe some techniques and activities that can be used in the elementary school classroom to facilitate effective language acquisition.

Using Videos and Movies in the Classroom
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: David Moreton
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: TBA; return later or contact Noriko Tojo. .

Call for Papers Due July 13th (Sunday)

JALTCALL2003
Call for papers due: July 13th (Sunday)
Event Dates: October 4th (Saturday) - October 5th (Sunday), 2003
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