ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 12th, 2005

Longman Kids Tour 2005 in Okayama: An English Celebration
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Aleda Krause, Beat Eisele, Mayumi Tabuchi, Akiko Seino, Mitsuyo Ohta
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Join our team of experienced Authors and motivating Teacher Trainers for these very special seminars. We guarantee you a fun day learning the very latest methods and activities to keep children educated and entertained.

12th Annual IBC Conference on Communication and Culture in the Workplace
Time: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Several speakers.
Organization: International Business Communicators
Location: Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture
Short description: The 2005 IBC conference theme is "English that Works!", and will be held on February 12th in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture at The University of Aizu.

How to Teach Learning Strategties in the Classroom
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: John di Stefano
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: Learning strategies have been hot in second language acquisition, and for good reason. Research shows that using strategies makes learning easieer, faster, more enjoyable, and more effective.

Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tim Murphey
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: How can we help students in our classes form supportive and cohesive groups? Group dynamics is probably one of the most � if not the most � useful subdisciplines in the social sciences for language teachers.

Affective Processes in Second Language Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Canada)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: For a complete description, see Dr. Peter MacIntyre's lecture listing for February 19th at TUJ's Osaka campus.

JII Monthly Meeting and Discussion Group
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Group discussion
Organization: Japan Intercultural Institute
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: February's discussion meeting will focus on the Intercultural Change Orientation (ICO) Profile. This is a psychometric instrument which helps intercultural learners better understand their reactions to the demands of working or living in intercultural environments.

2005 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Tokyo: Rhythm and Reading: Classroom Fun for the Very Young
Time: 6:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Speaker: Carolyn Graham, Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Oxford University Press is delighted to announce their premier event for teachers of young and very young learners: the Oxford Kid's Club Tour. This year the tour will be held at a record number of seventeen venues and runs from February 11 - 27.

Multiple Intelligences Theory and the Second Language Classroom
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Addressing individual differences in the second language classroom is an important factor in lesson planning. Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences may serve as a way to address these differences.