ELT Calendar

Wednesday, February 11th, 2004

Today is National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)

Oxford Kids' Club 'Reading is FUNdamental Tour'
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata (Co-Author, Let's Go), Setsuko Toyama (Co-Author, English Time), and many more!
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
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 Fukuoka
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Katherine McKay, Yoko Matsuka, Junko Yamanaka and Mayumi Tabuchi
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: 10:00 - Registration 10:30 - 11:20 Katherine McKay Songs to Get Your Students Speaking 11:25 - 12:15 Yoko Matsuka (MPI) English Education For Our Children's Future 12:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break 13:00 - 13:50 Junko Yamanaka Power Reading - Extensive Reading with Young Learners 13:55 - 14:40 Tatsuko Sueyoshi (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 .