ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 16th, 2005

Tohoku ELT Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: several well-known speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: The ETJ Expos are for all teachers, with presentations and materials for teaching kindergarten up through college students. The ETJ Expos will tour 10 major Japanese cities.

Officer Meeting
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Everyone attending
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: We will talk about the programs for 2005. Any Shizuoka chapter members are welcome to this meeting.

Japanese University Students' Stereotypes of Chinese and American Foreigners: A Quantitative Study
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Christopher J. Long (Sophia University), Hisako Otsuka, and Naoki Ikeda
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: The presenters will discuss findings from a study of Japanese stereotypes of foreigners. Two groups listened to the same voice in Japanese.

Okinawa Chapter General Board Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: 2005 Chapter Executive Board
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: This will be a general board meeting. Events on the agenda include: 2004 executive reports and financial statement; 2005 budget proposal; 2005 planning session and Q&A.

Using computer technology (Afternoon Workshop 1 of 5)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Nagoya Centre
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This workshop is part of a communicative methodology course made up of five Sunday afternoon workshops, held fortnightly in Nagoya during the Winter term: 16 January (topic: Using computer technology), 30 January (topic: Assessment and evaluation), 13 February (topic: Teaching speaking), 27 February (topic: Using textbooks effectively), 13 March (topic: Exploiting team teaching).