ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 26th, 2004

Peace as a Global Language Conference 2004 (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: call for papers due March 15th, 2004
Organization: Peace as a Global Language Conference
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Linguists, language teachers and other educators, researchers, activists, and students are teaming up for a conference in central Tokyo. See the call for papers at www.

What Makes a Successful Language Learner?
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: James Matchett, Hokuriku University in Kanazawa
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: In this presentation, we take a look at various factors that make up successful language learning. These factors, among others, include language aptitude, attitudes and motivation, the language learning environment, anxiety levels, the role of the teacher and language learning strategies.

ETJ-Okayama September Meeting
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: General discussion
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: For ETJ Okayama's second meeting, we are planning on discussing organizational structure and goals for our local organization. If possible, we would like to set up our committee.

Phonics in the young learner classroom
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Jim Doyle, Katherine MacKay, Mitsue Hoshihara
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.

Learning Styles in the Classroom: Yours and the Students'
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Catlin Hanna, Christine Winskowski
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Learning happens all the time and in many different settings. While we are always learning, we do not all learn the same way.

Are Your Kids Salivating?
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Steve Wright
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The natural desire to make sense of the unknown is such a powerful force in everyone's lives. .

Building Grammar Programs into the Writing Curriculum of a LowerIntermediate Writing Class
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Peter John Wanner, Ph.D.
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This paper explains how the Flesh reading ease scores can be used to gauge, monitor and help improve writing skills of English college students. Over the past ten years, reading ease scores have been introduced in various programs such as grammar check and reading fluency calculations in Microsoft Word.

Planning Your Lessons the Pie-Chart Way
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Lesley Ito
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Lesley Ito, co-owner of 'Sunrise English School' in Nagoya, will present on her simple and easy-to-use "Pie Chart" system for consistently creating high quality, balanced lesson plans and for keeping a manageable record of what has been taught throughout the year.

Kyoto ETJ September Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Jim Doyle, Zoo Phonics
Organization: ETJ Kyoto (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Kyoto-ETJ is a support group for English teachers teaching children up through middle school in Kyoto Prefecture. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.

Top Up Communication
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Alastair Graham-Marr highlights the importance of developing both top-down and bottom-up processing skills to help students develop their communicative abilities.

TOEIC test-taking techniques
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Keinichi Fukuzawa
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Keinichi Fukuzawa, a local TOEIC expert in the Suwa area, will give a talk about his TOEIC test-taking experiences and offer tips on how to improve your score.

The Non-Native English Speaking Teacher in the Oral Class
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ataua Aoki, Hitoshi Eiguchi, Michiko Masui, Toyoko Schimidt
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Some people assume that oral language classes such as English conversation should be taught by NESTs (Native English Speaking Teachers). However, Non-NESTs have strengths that are sometimes overlooked.