ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 18th, 2003

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

Days of the Week
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: 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.

Little America and Oxford English Education Event: Games and Events for English Young Learners
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Uchida, Charles Vilina
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Oxford University Press and Little America are happy to announce that they will be joining forces to make a special presentation in both Nagasaki and Hiroshima for teachers of English to children.

ETJ Certificate in Teaching English to Japanese Students
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Maurice Jamall, Rob Waring, David Paul, Marc Helgesen
Organization: ETJ Certificate Course (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: So many internationally-recognized training courses introduce theories and methodology which come out of European or North American teaching situations.

Annual Potluck Picnic
Time: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: none; bring something!
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: All are welcome to attend and to invite guests. Please bring something to eat and drink.

I Say "Tomayto", You Say "Tomahto": Exploring Variation in Language
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kathleen Yamane
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: As the song suggests, we all speak dialects. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the linguistic nature of regional speech varieties and applications for the classroom.

26 Basic Things any EFL Teacher of Children Should Know
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Setsuko Toyama will demonstrate 26 basic ideas and activities that have been successful in her classes: Ways to teach the Alphabet, fun Board games, activities to teach Colors, Do's and Don'ts in lesson planning, pros and cons on giving students English names, and more.

Lesson Planning & Activities Workshop
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: Teaching basic sentence patterns including how to ask questions as well as answering them can be done in easily using picture cards and activities that will get your students speaking out naturally without knowing they are practicing English! Learn how to use cards effectively with lots of activities.

Using Movie Scripts, Lyrics, and Pictures from the Internet
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Rich Porter, Mie University
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will demonstrate how to access and use movie scripts in the classroom. Attendees will receive a list of websites that will allow them to see the wide array of movies represented.

Exploring Our Teaching through Action Research: Process, Examples, Limitations
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jerry Gebhard, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Organization: Teachers College Columbia University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The first half of this seminar will be a lecture on action research. The lecture begins with a brief historical account and the original intended purpose of action research.

Misunderstanding Talk: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Interaction
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Misunderstanding is not the doubtful privilege of nonnative speakers but a regular occurrence in interactions between competent interlocutors. Nevertheless, more limited access to communicative resources and sociocultural knowledge makes interaction more vulnerable to various kinds of trouble.