ELT Calendar

Saturday, January 17th, 2004

Nellie's Seminar Series 2004: Seminar 1
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Mark O'Neil (Cambridge University Press), Mayuka Habbick (Stellar Education), Jonah Glick (Longman ELT)
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The first seminar in Nellie's Seminar Series 2004 will feature three presentations as follows: 13:00 - 13:50, Colorful Language tasks for young learners Presenter: Mark O'Neil (Cambridge University Press).

Wonder Kids - Drama Activities for Young Children
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kristie Collins, DramaWorks Group
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: For Nagasaki JALT's first meeting of 2004, we welcome back Kristie Collins of DramaWorks Group and Josai International University, for perhaps her last appearance in Nagasaki before she returns to Canada! DramaWorks' Wonder Kids is an innovative new kids' program that makes both learning and teaching, easy and fun.

English Language and Culture Study through Jokes
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Scott Gardner
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: College students in a speaking/listening class spent part of their semester studying American and/or Western jokes. Students were expected to interpret and evaluate the jokes, and to draw what they could about the language used and the cultures that produced them, with the instructor's assistance.