ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 29th, 2004

Nagoya IIEEC 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: 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.

Longman Kids Tour 2004 in Osaka
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Katherine McKay, Yoko Matsuka, Keiko Abe-Ford and Kimiko Hiramatsu
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: 10:00 - Registration 10:30 - 11:20 Katherine McKay Power Reading - Extensive Reading with Young Learners 11:25 - 12:15 Yoko Matsuka (MPI) English Eduction For Our Children's Future 12:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break 13:00 - 13:50 Keiko Abe-Ford Songs to Get Your Students Speaking 13:55 - 14:40 Kimiko Hiramatsu (MPI) Fun Activity-Based Phonics 14:45 - 15:35 Beat Eisele Cheer for English! Easy Drama for Fun Learning 15:35 - 16:15 Book Display 16:15 - 16:25 Lucky Draw .

"Conceptual Metaphors" and Figurative Language in the EFL Classroom
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Fraser Gould
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Native English speakers use an average of 4 metaphoric expressions per minute of natural conversation, yet figurative language is generally overlooked by EFL textbooks.

ETJ Chiba Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Anne Takata, Yuco Kikuchi, Nanette Park
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Chiba is a group for teachers of children up through middle school. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.