ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Nellie's ELT Workshop and Book Fair 2005 in Kanazawa
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Short description: At the Nellie's Workshop and Book Fair 2005 in Kanazawa there will be displays from various well-known publishers, the latest in ELT materials and children's items available at a 15 per cent discount, and a chance to take part in the many workshops being held by Japan's leading ELT professionals.

Kyushu ETJ Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: a lot of speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Bringing All English Teachers together! The Kyushu ETJ Expo is one of the major events of the year for English teachers in the Kyushu region. There are presentations on teaching children, adults, junior/senior high school students, and much more.

5th Immediate Method Autumn Workshop (day two)
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: Scott Brown, Stephen Richmond, and more
Organization: Research Group for Teaching Conversation in Japan
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Please see day one for a description. .

Electronic Dictionary vs. Paper Dictionary: How Differences in Dictionary Interfaces Affect English Language Learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Natsue Nakayama
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Recently, handheld Electronic Dictionaries (ED) are becoming popular in Japanese schools. On the other hand, there are still some teachers who doubt the effects of an ED and recommend the use of Paper Dictionaries (PD).

Asian Englishes - English Learning and Japanese Modern Girls
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kyoko Fujise (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa)
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: In this session Professor Fujise will talk about how young women in the Meiji Era studied English and the motivation for doing so. This fascinating topic will describe how women who learned English were thought to be ideal wives for elite male university graduates at that time.

Effective Training (Presentation in Japanese)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kyoko Sonomoto, Kagoshima Junshin Junior High School
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: All the teachers in English education always want their students to know that English is fun and to understand what they are learning. However, sometimes teachers get frustrated when they feel they cannot convey their enthusiasm to their students? Through her 24-year-experience as an English teacher, Kyoko Sonomoto came to realize that the first step for successful teaching was making a heartful bond between a teacher and her/his students before he/she actually starts teaching.