ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

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

Adventures in English: Effective activities for children's classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Katherine MacKay (Longman)
Organization: ETJ Kobe (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Kobe is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in the Kobe area. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.

Wrestling with Writing
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Tom Anderson
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Of the 4 skills, writing is perhaps the most time-consuming and least enjoyable for both teachers and students. Is it possible to engage our students in tasks that will change their negative perceptions and ability to communicate in written English? The presenter believes that the answer to this question is YES! Participants in this workshop will look at and engage in writing activities which are interesting and fun, and which build confidence.

Discovering the Joy of Play in Language Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Maria Lockhart
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tachikawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Too often Japanese students exit from high school having a limited grasp of the English language. Generally, in their language learning they have been passive participants.

English Games for Adults
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Olwyn McKay
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will focus on games and activities for use in classes for young adults to adults. Practical examples will be shown of how to motivate General English students with activities that are self-made or from ready-made sources.

Learning through Images & Actions
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Paul Shimizu, Intercom Press
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Paul Shimizu will do a presentation using only images and actions. There will be no reading.

Intensive English Training on the Web (IETW)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Nobuyuki Aoki and Tomoe Watanabe, Hiroshima City University
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: This talk will introduce Intensive English Training on the Web (IETW), a computer-assisted English learning program that the speakers have developed and carried out for the last six years.

Sharing Ideas Part 2
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: chapter officers
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: Details are unavailable, but this seems to be an idea-sharing meeting in which chapter officers share ideas that work well for them in their classrooms.