ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Kanagawa ELT Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: several well-known speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa 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.

ETJ Aichi January Workshop: 'TELL: Express Yourself' and 'Stop "teaching" your pre-schoolers!'
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Kako, Nicola Oshima
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu and Mie. For the January workshop, Mayumi Kako will share ideas to get young learners telling about their own opinions through activities, while Nicola Oshima will show her successful methods with 2-3 year olds, 4-5 year olds, and 5-6 year olds.

What is Kamishibai?
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Hitomi Igumi, Stellar Education
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: KAMISHIBAI (Japanese picture story show) is a great tool for storytelling which can help motivate your students while stretching their imagination. Your students will easily understand the story by using their own senses and knowledge.

Technology for Communication
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Maribel Florez
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop the presenter will demonstrate how to use a computer to motivate students, increase communication and control the pace of lessons in the English class.

Getting Large University Classes to Communicate
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Bo Causer (Junshin High Scool / Kagoshima University)
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Eikaiwa for 50. .

Jalt Kagoshima Shin Nen Kai
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Speaker: It's a party!
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Come along to our start of the year party and meet up with other teachers over a great Chinese Meal. Make some new friends, catch up with old ones and lets talk about improving English in our part of Japan! Seating is limited to 30 people so please make your bookings early.