ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 25th, 2004

Kanto ELT Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Beat Eisele, Chuck Sandy, David Paul, Rob Waring, Setsuko Toyama, Steven Gershon, more
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: 2003 marks the start of an exciting innovation -- the ETJ English Language Teachers' Expos 9-City Tour! Each Expo will have between four and eight rooms with concurrent presentations, and a very wide range of teaching materials on display.

Entering a New Era with Reflex Training
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Felix Puschkarski and Jonathan Lipschitz
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. For the January meeting, Felix Puschkarski and Jonathan Lipschitz will share their research results and ideas on how to jump-start language acquisition through the implementation of their 'Theory of Language Reflexes'.

Strategy-Based Instruction
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jerrold Frank
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: A combination of discussion and activities in a workshop format designed to illustate how strategies work and how teachers might be able to incorporate these methods in their classes.

Using the Oxford Reading Tree
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mayuka Habbick
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Children love to read stories and studies have shown that when using storybooks, students use more English in the classroom. By using the Oxford Reading Tree in your classroom, you take your students to a different world of adventure and imagination in English.

Raising Children Bilingually & Biculturally in Japan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Frances Causer
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will suggest ways of maximising your opportunities to bring up your children bilingually. The presenter will focus mainly on how you could do this by joining bunko, groups run by parents and volunteers for bilingual children.

The Future of English Education in Junior and Senior High School: Which Way Forward?
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Takahiko Hattori, Otsuma Women's University, and Tom Merner
Organization: Teachers College Columbia University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This panel discussion will consider the changing status of English education at the junior high and senior high levels. It will look at the pressures of the examination system on curriculum, the role of JETs and ALTS and the effects of the new elementary school reforms in international education.

Double M's: Creative English Through Movement and Music
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Nancy Earth & Augusto Osorio
Organization: ETJ Kagoshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Kagoshima ETJ is a group for teachers teaching English to children and junior high school students. .

"Conceptual Metaphors" and Figurative Language in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Fraser Gould
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi 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.