ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

2005 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Nagoya: Rhythm and Reading: Classroom Fun for the Very Young
Time: 9:45 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Carolyn Graham, Charles Vilina and Kathy Kampa, Craig Wright, Patrick Jackson, Setsuko Toyama, Kevin Churchley
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
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.

Longman Kids Tour 2005 in Kobe: An English Celebration
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Aleda Krause, Akiko Seino, Mitsuyo Ohta, Katherine MacKay
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo 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.

Longman Kids Tour 2005 in Sendai: An English Celebration
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mari Nakamura, Eunice Miyashita, Ali Taylor, Megumi Takemura
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi 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.

Introductory Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (Tokyo)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This one-day course in teaching elementary school children has these components: 1. How do children learn? 2.

Maruzen Kids' Club English Teaching Materials Fair
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Euan McKirdy
Organization: Macmillan LanguageHouse
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Lots of great presentations all day! The Macmillan LanguageHouse presentation is from 3:00 to 4:30 and is entitled Building Blocks: Having Fun While Building a Strong Foundation.

Kyoto ETJ February Meeting: Building a better curriculum
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Open Panel Discussion
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.

International Students' Day
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Students from Other Countries Studying in Japan
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: In the first part of today's event, we have invited several students from various countries around the world to speak briefly about life in their homeland or about their experiences living in Japan.

Classroom Management
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Chris Perry
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: This roundtable will provide a forum for discussing problems with classroom discipline. Regardless of subject matter, level, or institution, all teachers face the administrative difficulties of lateness, absence, and student apathy and contrariness.

Shakai Hoken Forum Hosted by the General Union
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Open Forum
Organization: GU (the General Union)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This is an open forum discussing the Employee's Health and Pension Fund (Shakai Hoken). If you work in Japan, you may be entitled to coverage even if you aren't currently receiving any! Hosted by the General Union.

The Business Side of Teaching English
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various Eikaiwa School Owners in the Niigata area
Organization: ETJ Niigata (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Interested in opening your own school? Come and join ETJ Niigata's panel of school owners and learn the secrets of running a successful school. We will be discussing a variety of topics related to operating an English school, including:Setting up a School (Location, Licenses, etc) Setting Fees Scheduling Advertising and Promotion Collecting Tuition Taxes and Bookkeeping Hiring Teachers and Staff Do's and Don'ts .

How is CLT viewed and implemented by high school teachers of English?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rieko Nakajima
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Since Monbu-kagakusho introduced the idea of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in the Course of Study, nurturing practical "communicative competence" has been emphasized in the Japanese secondary English education.

Classroom talk in children's classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Naoki Fujimoto-Adamson
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: This session will look at the kind of talk that occurs between teachers and children in English language classes. Naoki Fujimoto-Adamson will raise your awareness of the type of communication that is necessary to enhance learning.

PowerPoint: How to use it. How to use it better
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Anthony Crooks (Miyagi University of Education)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This session will introduce Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software as a teaching and presentation tool. No previous experience with it is necessary.

Practical Tips for Teaching Kids
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Panelists: Larry Dodds, Liz Parke, Ann Mayeda
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Three panelists will give a practical, hands-on presentation on teaching children from preschool through the elementary grades. Games and activities that can be used in small classes then adapted for larger classes will be introduced.

Teaching Returnee Children
Time: 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Mielke
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Returnee children, or Japanese children who have lived abroad and have returned to Japan, can sometimes be a challenge for English teachers due mainly to a lack of resources that can meet returnee children's unique needs.

Encouraging English Enthusiasm through the use of Team Teaching in Kagoshima City
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: KAJET Prefectural Representative Ms. Sam Farmer and AEA Mr. Todd Hakuraku
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: For many junior & senior high school students, their first and most constant source of access to a foreign native-English-speaking teacher is the school ALT.