ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

ETJ Aichi Three Presentations: Fun Activities, Classroom Management, and Make Your Own Storybook
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Yoko Takano, Chris Williams and Linda Donan
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 May workshop, Yoko Takano will share her fun activities and the ways of making them student-centered.

Teaching English to Children: ACET 2005 May Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Tomoko Hirakawa
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: A typical ACET meeting includes various volunteers sharing songs, classroom games, activities, and various teaching methods that have proven successful in teaching English to children.

Collaborative Learning Through Debates
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Chantal Hemmi, British Council
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: This session is a hands-on workshop on the language of debates. Chantal Hemmi will show how the language of debates could be practiced using a game that incorporates topics of interest to students.

Some methods of teaching English that have developed in Japan after World War II
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Kiyoshi Shioiri, Shinonome College
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Four major methods of teaching English have risen in post-war Japan; eigo de kangaeru (thinking in English) by Toru Matsumoto, shikan rodoku (reading out loud) by Masao Kunihiro, kangaeru eigo (English through thinking) by Michihiro Matsumoto, and contrastive analysis between English and Japanese in historical order.

Outdoor Language Learning: An Alternative Learning Environment
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Terry Fellner, Himeji Dokkyo University
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: As language teachers continue to search for optimal teaching methodologies, learning environments and classroom techniques for their students, it is surprising that one learning environment that is so accessible to educators and students has been thus far largely ignored: that known as the out-of-doors environment.