ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

IIEEC MAT Method 2-day Seminar (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 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
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker: IIEEC Trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Osaka City, Osaka 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.

Play-ful communication! Pop Stars/Drama In the Classroom Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kristie Collins, Drama Works Group
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: DramaWorks presents StarTaxi and PopStars, the innovative EFL books that make both learning and teaching easy and fun. The stories are told in 20 scenes of simple yet authentic dialogues and can be used as a complete course or as supplementary material.

My Share
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Richard McMahon, Kenneth Biegel and others
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Richard McMahon, Kenneth Biegel and others will present and lead discussions on various topics directly relevant and applicable to the EFL classroom including presenting different opinions, critical thinking, finding appropriate materials, and developing useful innovations suitable for specific teaching needs and contexts.

Workshop: Teaching Let's Go with Upper Graders
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC Trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: How should you start LET'S GO with 4th, 5th, or 6th graders? This is one of the questions IIEEC trainers often get from teachers. If you are starting a new class with upper graders, this workshop is for you!.

Adapting American Headways For All Classrooms
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Julian Warden, Oxford University Press
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: The focus of Julian Warden's presentation will be on the adapatability of the textbook American Headways (OUP) into junior high school, high school, and university classrooms.

Using Music in the Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew Meyerhoff, Okinawa Christian Jr. College
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: There are several key ingredients needed to turn a song into a good classroom chant. Meyerhoff will discuss these ingredients and demonstrate with participants doing chants during the session.

Call for Papers Due June 15th (Sunday)

Korea TESOL Conference
Call for papers due: June 15th (Sunday)
Event Dates: October 18th (Saturday) - October 19th (Sunday), 2003
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