ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Kanto ELT Expo (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: several well-known speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
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 Nagoya October Study Group 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.

Executive Board Selection Meeting
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Hamamatsu JALT members will select the board members for the upcoming year. .

21st Hokkaido Language Conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Tom Merner (Featured Speaker)
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: An academic conference with several streams of presentations addressing all levels of language teaching from primary through tertiary. The featured speaker will address the issue of English teaching in elementary schools and related activities.

Topic-Based Teaching
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen McAtamney of Nagisa Koen Elementary School
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: A workshop and ideas exchange on the area of topic-based teaching at elementary school. .

Welcome to the World of English Immersion!
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mark de Boer, Iwate Association of Schools
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Can you imagine what it would be like to learn English in a natural setting, using materials that are designed to teach students in North America? Kids through to Jr.

English Games and Short Activities
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mary Hughes
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Teachers spend a lot of time planning and facilitating lessons; however, sometimes lessons don't go as planned. Therefore, teachers should have a plethora of ideas in case lessons finish sooner than expected, or for whenever a quick change is needed.

IIEEC Effective Techniques & Activities Workshop in Nagoya
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Learn how to make a lesson plan and distribute the parts of your lesson effectively. Learn new techniques for teaching questions and answers so that your students will be interacting with each other.

Language Teaching and Teaching Materials
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Greg Goodmacher
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Greg Goodmacher, from Shinshu University in Matsumoto, believes that teachers must take a hand in the design of teaching materials. However, many teachers are inexperienced in regards to creating their own materials and to adapting course books.

Bringing Storybooks to Life
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Melinda Kawahara, Lizzy Lizard's English House
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Melinda will provide ideas for using storybooks for teaching English vocabulary and sentence patterns, both in the classroom and at home. .