ELT Calendar

Thursday, February 12th, 2004

Tokyo Study Group February 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.

Oxford Kids' Club 'Reading is FUNdamental Tour'
Time: 9:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama (Co-author, English Time), Paul Riley (OUP ELT General Manager)
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Nagano City, Nagano 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.

Oxford Kids' Club 'Reading is FUNdamental Tour'
Time: 9:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Carolyn Graham (Author, Jazz Chants; Composer, Let's Go, Tiny Talk), Alison Watts (OUP ELT Consultant)
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 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.

A Box of Delights: Stories for Extensive Reading
Time: 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Jennifer Bassett
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Stories have been told since time began, creating alternative realities to help us interpret our own world. Jennifer Bassett will demonstrate how reading good stories, at the right level, is a stimulating and rewarding part of learning a language.

A Box of Delights: Stories for Extensive Reading
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Jennifer Bassett, Series Editor, Bookworms Library
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Stories have been told since time began, creating alternative realities to help us interpret our own world. Jennifer Bassett will demonstrate how reading good stories, at the right level, is a stimulating and rewarding part of learning a language.

Graded Readers and Extensive Reading in ELT
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Nick Bullard (Publishing Manager, Oxford Graded Readers)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Extensive reading with graded materials gives students the opportunity to see a communicative use of language learned in a more formal setting. In this talk, Nick Bullard looks at how such materials are best introduced to a class.

Determining Your Working Personality
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Ann C. Sado
Organization: Foreign Executive Women
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Team Tyrant or Peacemaking Player? Find out at the FEW February meeting, where marketing and cultural specialist Ann Sado will discuss ways to determine your working and negotiating personality type.

Bill's Bag of Reading Tricks: Bridging the gap between Intensive and Extensive Reading
Time: 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM
Speaker: Bill Bowler (Series Editor, Dominoes Graded Readers)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Build student motivation before reading. Use different activities to check comprehension, activization of vocabulary, and student response.

Analysing Language for Teaching (Day 3 of 5 Thursdays)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This course is made up of five evening seminars, held fortnightly in Tokyo during the Winter term (15 January, 29 January, 12 February, 26 February, 11 March).