ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 6th, 2004

ETJ Certificate in Teaching English to Japanese Students
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Maurice Jamall, Rob Waring, Alastair Graham-Marr, Mark O'Neil
Organization: ETJ Certificate Course (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This course has been designed to address the needs of teachers in Japan. All ideas derive from classroom research, and trial-and-error experience in various kinds of Japanese teaching situations.

9th Annual Conference of the JALT CALL SIG: Human Issues in Computer Assisted Language Learning (HCI/CALL) (day 2 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Speakers TBA; call for papers due March 3, 2004
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: Second day of the 9th Annual Conference of the JALT CALL SIG. Pre-registration (conference deadline 5/5 Golden Week) includes access to Friday Workshop (subject to availability), along with conference presentions, workshops, poster exhibition, JALT SIG information desks, commercial displays and presentations, etc.

Music as a Global Language for Interactive Communication
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Keiko Abe-Ford
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Put away the textbooks and let the music inspire the children! Children learn the essential conversational elements of English through singing and sharing their natural joy.

Using Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Jim Smiley
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Jim Smiley offers two talks: Kanji Through Associative Learning. Smiley introduces an associative, learner-centered, and extremely fun way of learning kanji.

ETJ Fukuoka June Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Allan Michaels of Fukuoka International School, and others
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ETJ Fukuoka, the local chapter of the English Teachers in Japan welcomes all teachers to the June meeting. Speakers will present some games such as memory games that they use daily as classroom activities.