ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 14th, 2004

Kyushu ELT Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: several well-known speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The ETJ Expos are for all teachers, with presentations and materials for teaching kindergarten up through college students. The ETJ Expos will tour 10 major Japanese cities.

IIEEC Fukuoka Study Group November 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 Fukuoka 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.

ETJ Aichi November meeting: Intermediate Phonics
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Peter Warner, At Home English
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. Peter Warner of At Home English will discuss the role of phonics in EFL, and demonstrate methods and materials to lift EFL students beyond basic phonics skills into reading and writing double letter consonants and vowels.

Longman Teacher Training Tour, Tokyo
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: See www. longmanjapan.

ETJ Yamaguchi November Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Andrea Klym, Tomoko Asano and Makiko Ueki
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. Today's meeting will be in three parts: Teaching Phonics in Young Learners' and Older Learners' classes (by Andrea Klym) Fun Activities (by Tomoko Asano & Makiko Ueki) Group discussion.

IIEEC Christmas Workshop in Fukuoka
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Celebrate Christmas with a fun party that your students won't forget! Learn lots of activities, songs and stories to do with your students. Many innovative ideas.

University and College ELT Panel Discussion
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Kyoko Fujise, Greg Birch, and Yasuko Obana
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: What is happening in English classes in japanese universities and colleges?This panel discussion will focus on the current state of ELT at this level of education.

An Activity in a Communicative Language Classroom - Applying Research Methods of Pragmatics
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Sayoko Yamashita, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Professor Sayoko Yamashita will introduce eliciting methods of speech acts which are frequently used for data collection of pragmatics, and suggest some hands-on activities using one of the tools, so English instructors from JHS to college level can use it in their classrooms.