ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

Fukuoka Study Group April Meeting
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.

Nagoya Study Group April Meeting
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher 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.

Blockbuster Methods for Teaching English Through Films
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mathew White
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Movies are an engaging source for language development. The presenter will share guidelines for: film selection, creation of materials designed to maximize opportunities for learning, and activities to be used in conjunction with films viewed either inside or outside the classroom.

Teaching Japanese Students Listening Strategies
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Hiroko Hagino, Ph.D., Waseda Unviersity
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: How can we accelerate the process of improving listening skills of Japanese students through classroom instruction? One answer would be to teach the students "how to fish"(listening strategy) rather than giving them "a fish" (specific knowledge).

Adapting Online Reading Materials
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: James Duggan
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Adapting their own materials can often help teachers to better meet the needs of their classes. The Internet can be a source of relevant, up-to-date, and interesting reading material that teachers can adapt into their class lesson plans.

English for the English Classroom (Seminar 2 of 5 Sundays)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Nagoya Centre
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This seminar is part of a communicative methodology course made up of five Sunday seminars, held fortnightly in Nagoya during the Spring term (11 April, 25 April, 16 May, 30 May, 13 June).

Teaching and Testing: A Debilitating Divide
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Randolph Thrasher, Okinawa Christian University
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Participants will be encouraged to rethink the role and nature of testing. Dr.

Schema Theory
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ian Pemberton
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will be divided into two parts. The first half will be used to explain schema theory (see below) and the second half will demonstrate how this theory can be applied practically to authentic news materials to enhance comprehension and language acquisition.

No Japanese! English Only!?
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Shingo Morito, Hyuga Gakuen Senior High School
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will demonstrate the integrated use of the communicative approach with grammar instruction. The presenter will also show from both cognitive and sociolinguistic perspectives that the use of Japanese and grammar teaching are not detrimental to improving learners' communicative competence and will make suggestions as to how to utilize both English and Japanese in the classroom.