ELT Calendar

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Putting Reading and Listening Online
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Gordon Luster, Language Education and Research Network, Inc. (L.E.A.R.N.)
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: These days, many people do a lot of reading and listening on their computers or cell phones. In this presentation, former Ibaraki JALT member Gordon Luster talks about why he decided to use these new media to make reading and listening practice more convenient for language learners.

Hokkaido JALT Bonenkai Party
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: All Members
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: This is a pot-luck dinner so it's a time to share with all your friends your favorite family holiday dishes. Every dish will be a surprise and maybe we will be lucky or maybe not, that is the fun of a pot-luck party.

Introducing Self-directed Learning to College Students
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Marc Sheffner
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Marc Sheffner will describe a three-tiered approach to introducing autonomous language-learning to university English majors. What were the reasons for trying this, how is it implemented, what are some of the difficulties? The presentation will also include the potential of the Internet for web-publishing for students and for communicating with students outside of class.

My Share and End of year party
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Give your fellow teachers a year-end gift of a My Share Swap. Please bring 25 photocopies of an interesting lesson, technique, organizer, game, or other resource to exchange.

Short and Simple: Discussion, Presentation, and Debate Activities for Low-Level Learners
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Charles LeBeau
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Charles LeBeau, best selling author of Speaking of Speech, Discover Debate, Getting Ready for Speech, and the new Discussion Process and Principles, will present for the first time in Shikoku.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Asia
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yoshiki Imagawa
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: The main focus of this presentation is on primary school English language education in Korea, Taiwan and China. This presentation will discuss when children start learning English, how they are taught, what qualification is required to teach at this level, an so on.