ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

Oxford Kids' Club 'Reading is FUNdamental Tour'
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama (Co-author, English Time), Carolyn Graham (Author, Jazz Chants; Composer, Let's Go, Tiny Talk), and many more!
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The 2004 Oxford Kids' Club Tour recognizes that reading is a fundamental aspect to successful language learning. The "Reading is FUNdamental" Tour brings together a group of influential educators to present ideas and activities on building reading skills to promote extensive reading as an effective tool in developing English language skills.

Longman Kids Tour 2004 in Kobe
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Tabuchi, Fumiko Toki , Katherine McKay and Yoko Horiuchi
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: 10:00 - Registration 10:30 - 11:30 Mayumi Tabuchi Cheer for English! Easy Drama for Fun Learning 11:35 - 12:35 Fumiko Toki English Rhythm Through Picture Books 12:35 - 13:20 Lunch Break 13:20 - 14:20 Katherine McKay Songs to get your students speaking 14:25 - 15:25 Yoko Horiuchi Fun Activity-Based Phonics 15:25 - 16:15 Book Display 16:15 - 16:25 Lucky Draw .

Longman Kids Tour 2004 in Nagoya
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Keiko Abe-Ford, Damien Pratt , Junko Yamanaka and Kimiko Hiramatsu
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: 10:00 - Registration 10:30 - 11:20 Keiko Abe-Ford Songs to Get Your Students Speaking 11:25 - 12:15 Damien Pratt (MPI) Communication Starting From Yourself 12:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break 13:00 - 13:50 Junko Yamanaka Power Reading - Extensive Reading with Young Learners 13:55 - 14:40 Kimiko Hiramatsu (MPI) Fun Activity-Based Phonics 14:45 - 15:35 Mayumi Tabuchi Cheer for English! Easy Drama for Fun Learning 15:35 - 16:15 Book Display 16:15 - 16:25 Lucky Draw .

Learner Autonomy through Newsletters
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Wade Carlton, Ibaraki University
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: In this presentation, Wade will show how he and his colleague, Joyce Cunningham, have taken a project for their 3rd year university students to a higher level by giving them more responsibility during all steps of the newsletter's production.

ELT Materials Use and Design: Problems and Resolutions
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Kenneth Biegel
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Kenneth Biegel will address some difficulties teachers often face while trying to find appropriate materials to use in the EFL classroom. He will suggest ways to solve these problems by utilizing published materials, or designing appropriate materials for specific situations.

Cooperative Development as a Medium for Teacher Development
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Andrew Boon
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The presentation will describe a teacher development program in which two teachers adopted the supportive and non-judgmental interactional environment framework of Julian Edge's Cooperative Development and worked together in order to raise awareness of and find new perspectives about their teaching.

Using Participation Points to Promote Participation
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Tamara Milbourn, Matsuyama University
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Students need to use a language in order to acquire it. However, foreign language teachers in Japan often have a difficult time encouraging their students to "participate", especially to ask and answer questions.

Sharing Ideas Part 1
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: chapter officers
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: Details are unavailable, but this seems to be an idea-sharing meeting in which chapter officers share ideas that work well for them in their classrooms.