ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 11th, 2004

Nagoya Study Group July 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.

Redefining Classroom Assessment Alternatives to Testing
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Gregory O'Dowd, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will lead a hands-on workshop on alternatives to traditional testing practices. He will give an overview of traditional assessment methods and question whether these actually measure student learning and achievement.

ETJ-Okayama First Meeting
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Adam Turnbull and Ted Ekerling
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Okayama will hold its first meeting on July 11, 2004 (Sunday) from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon) at the Sankaku Building In Okayama City on the second floor.

ETJ Aichi July meeting: A New Challenge to English Learning in Japan
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Rieko Takagi and Naoyuki Takeda
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu and Mie. Rieko Takagi, a Kumon teacher trainer, will discuss English education and the kind of teaching needed in Japan, after a brief explanation of Kumon teaching materials by Naoyuki Takeda.

Lesson Planning (Morning Workshop 1 of 5)
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Nagoya Centre
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This workshop is part of a communicative methodology course made up of five Sunday morning workshops, held fortnightly in Nagoya during the Summer term (11 July, 25 July, 08 August, 29 August, 12 September).

Learning to Read; Reading to Learn (Iidabashi, Tokyo)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Ali Taylor, David Thompson and Alastair Lamond (Longman); Fumihiko Dosaka (Shukutoku Yano Senior High School)
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Four experienced presenters provide an all-you-need-to-know guide on using Readers. Once Upon a Time.

ETJ Yamaguchi's First Meeting: Sharing Ideas
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: ETJ officers
Organization: ETJ Yamaguchi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ is a group for teachers teaching English to children and junior high school students. This is Yamaguchi ETJ's first meeting, so if you teach English to young students, your attendance will help support this new group.

Teaching to the Extremes: Senior Citizens and Babies
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Linda Donan
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Do you have really "senior" senior citizen English classes or really young baby classes that you just don't know what to do with? Come watch this experienced teacher and school owner demonstrate her techniques for baby classes 18 months and up, and senior classes 65 years and older.

Kyoto ETJ July Meeting: The Dynamics of Teaching Phonics
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Yuki Okura (Matsuka Phonics Institute) and Chuck Kayser
Organization: ETJ Kyoto (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Kyoto-ETJ is a support group for English teachers teaching children up through middle school in Kyoto Prefecture. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.

Local Innovations in Public School English Language Teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Elizabeth Knight, Yokohama Board of Education
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Knight has in-depth experience working for the Yokohama Board of Education and supervising the JET program in this area. She will discuss some of the innovations that she has seen in language teaching and give insights into some of the recent changes that are occurring in the teaching of English in public schools.

Self-Evaluation as a Tool for Learner Development
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mary Christianson and Heidi Evans Nachi
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Whether your classroom style is more teacher-fronted or more learner-centered, you can easily make room in your lessons for students to engage in critical self-reflection.

Learner Training (Afternoon Workshop 1 of 5)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Nagoya Centre
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This workshop is part of a communicative methodology course made up of five Sunday afternoon workshops, held fortnightly in Nagoya during the Summer term (11 July, 25 July, 08 August, 29 August, 12 September).

My Share: activities that work
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: K. Tanaka, G. Gray, T. Friedrich, & K. Shioiri
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Four teachers share lessons that they found success in their teaching situations. 2:15-2:40 Teaching Japanese using artwork to advanced learners, by Kimiyo Tanaka.

Tokushima JALT July Meeting
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Kevin Watson
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: Details are unavailable, but may be available here at a later date. Tokushima JALT asks that you contact Noriko Tojo for further details.