ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

Longman Week Seminars
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Michiyo Mitamura, Ali Taylor (Longman ELT)
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: A special feature of Longman Week (September 13 - 18) are the seminars held on September 17 and 18 (Friday and Saturday). September 18 will feature two presentations as follows:Time:1:30-2:30Title: Language Planning - A Tool To Use FirstHandPresenter: Michiyo Mitamura (Longman ELT)Target: High School to University Language: English & JapaneseContent: Language Planning (LP) gives learners tasks to think about what they want to say and how to say it.

Elementary School English & Introducing a New Textbook Series
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Tom Merner
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation looks at new trends in elementary school English in Japan. In addition, the presenter will introduce a new textbook currently being developed for elementary school English lessons.

English in the Elementary School
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Tom Merner
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Tom Merner will follow up his 2002 presentation in Kitakyushu by explaining what English education at the elementary level is all about, in the eyes of MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, www.