ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

Kyoto JALT 2003 PANSIG Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Featured speakers J.D. Brown & Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii, and Bob Gibson; many other conference speakers
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: See day 1 of this conference for details. .

Days of the Week
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.

Elementary School English: Teaching Through Songs and Games
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Richard Graham, Genki English
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 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.

Speaking of Kids
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Harrington
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Part 1 of this 2-for-1 workshop-style presentation will cover developing public speaking or presentation skills using an easy-to-follow approach that can benefit even lower level students from Junior High to Adult.

To be announced
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: To be announced
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: To be announced. .

Quality of Life in the Language Classroom: Why it matters and what we can do about it
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Dick Allwright, Lancaster University, England
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: In the first part of the workshop participants will learn how the quality of life in the language classroom is threatened in a number of ways, and consider how important it may be to try to do something about it.

Japanese Proverbs & English Proverbs
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Noriko Tojo
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: Each participant will receive two sets of proverb cards. .