ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

Fukuoka Study Group June Meeting
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 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.

Learning to Read; Reading to Learn (Matsumoto City in Nagano)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Ali Taylor (Longman); Nobuyuki Maeda (Longman); Trev Landles (Luna International); plus Special Guest.
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Please join a host of talented and experience presenters for an all-you-need-to-know guide on using readers. Learning to Read; Reading to Learn: Readers in the Young Learners Classroom.

Online and Onsite - The American ESL Classroom (presentation 1 of 2)
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Mary Brooks
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will share her reflections on teaching language and educating language teachers in online/onsite environments. While teaching a totally online course is still a bit unusual, designing a hybrid course, using online features in a traditional classroom, has interesting possibilities.

Current Affairs Using Newspapers
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Toshihiro Yamanishi, Tomakomai National College of Technology
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Newspapers are a great resource for background on current affairs. Using newspapers at school provides students with a lot of information about this modern society in which they live.

Teaching Phonics in a Large Class
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kyoko Sonomoto
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: This phonics workshop is followed by "meet the presenter" with tea, coffee and light refreshments . .

Surmounting the Suprasegmentals (presentation 2 of 2)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mark Landa
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: This workshop presents a combination of techniques for addressing ESL students' basic needs in pronunciation while engaging them as whole learners. The audience will participate in demonstrations for introducing stress, rhythm, and intonation to multilevel classes.