ELT Calendar

Thursday, November 27th, 2003

Tokyo Study Group meeting
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
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.

Rules, Patterns and Words: A Pedagogic Description of Language
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Dave Willis
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Dave Willis will show how grammar and lexis, contrary to traditional notions, are indeed related. He will look at the implications of this interrelationship for language teaching.

New Directions in the Teaching of English
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Jack C. Richards
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: In association with JALT Chapters at Yokohama, and Kobe, and OUP, Gifu JALT welcomes Jack C. Richards as part of the 2003 JALT Conference's Four Corners tour.

Passport or Excess Baggage? Current Concerns in Socio-Cultural Training
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Simon Greenall
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This talk will examine what and how to teach a socio-cultural syllabus strand in a multi-syllabus course design, and why. It will focus on socio-cultural training: at lower levels, in monocultural groups, to develop an awareness of the learner's own cultural identity.

Computers and English Education: the Paradigm Shifts
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Bill Gatton, DynEd Japan
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: Technology has always made big promises. But the promises come true only when the technology respects its consumers and the values of society.