ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

The Road To Reading (Hiroshima)
Time: 9:50 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Tabuchi; Lesley Ito
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: The Longman Team invites you to participate in their nationwide initiative to promote successful early reading in Japan. From introducing first readers to designing your own Graded Reading Program, join the Longman Summer Skills Tour 2005 for directions to The Road To Reading.

The Road To Reading (Shinjuku Tokyo)
Time: 9:50 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Mitsuyo Ohta; Hamish Buchan
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The Longman Team invites you to participate in their nationwide initiative to promote successful early reading in Japan. From introducing first readers to designing your own Graded Reading Program, join the Longman Summer Skills Tour 2005 for directions to The Road To Reading.

An Overview of Japanese English education from the Meiji period to the present
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Gregg McNabb
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: English education in Japan is sometimes incorrectly stereotyped as a static state of grammar-translation, coupled with the memorization of grammatical minutiae in order to pass The Entrance Exam.

English Games for Kids Classes
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Round Table Workshop
Organization: ETJ Niigata (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: From small Eikaiwa classes to large primary school classes, teachers of children are always looking for new game ideas. We offer you an afternoon of round-table idea sharing.

Phonetic Features of British, American & Indian TV Newscasters' Speech and Responses of Listeners
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Nidumolu Syamala, CIEFL (India)
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: This study deals with phonetic features of TV newscasters� speech from the BBC, CNN, and Doordarshan (DD) and responses of the Indian students to these newscasts' intelligibility.

Creating Learning Communities Through Reading and Portfolio Assessment
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Barry Mateer, Tamagawa University
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: A working definition of reading must include a problem-solving process. Such an approach can be initiated by each student writing one question which comes to mind while reading.

Teaching English to Elementary School Children: The Steiner Way
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Jaffke (Visiting Scholar: Hiroshima University)
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will introduce some ideas from Steiner Education which can be applied to teaching English to children. Several theoretical aspects will be dealt with.