ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

Annual Ibaraki Chapter Retreat and Miniconference (day 1 of 2)
Time: 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Featured speaker: Curtis Kelly, Osaka Gakuin University
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Daigo City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: This is the Annual Ibaraki Chapter Retreat/Miniconference. The featured presenter, Curtis Kelly, will give a presentation on both Saturday and Sunday.

Poster Presentation Session - Materials for Classroom Activities
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Local poster presenters
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture
Short description: This session is a practical session aimed at getting several members to design a poster to present their own materials or teaching idea. A poster might typically be about eight A4 sheets mounted on a cardboard poster sheet with diagrams/texts arranged in a way that provides a rationale and examples of the materials.

Nagoya Players - What The Butler Saw
Time: 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Nagoya Players
Organization: Nagoya Players
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This will be performed Saturday, June 18, 2 and 7 p. m.

Teaching strategies and classroom materials for TOEIC
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Uenaka and Seiko Korechika
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: The TOEIC test appears to be gaining in popularity each year but some teachers do not know very much about it or how it can be approached. In the first half of the talk the presenters will share their experiences of teaching TOEIC focusing on various classroom strategies, and highlighting some key problem areas (for example, teaching for the test versus 'normal' teaching).