ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 10th, 2005

The JACET 44th Annual Convention. Theme: Exploring the Evolving Goals of English Education (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Call for papers due Feb. 19, 2005
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Machida City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is the final day of the JACET convention. Please see the first day for more details.

English for Young Learners
Time: 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Mayuka Habbick, Shelagh Rixon, Jim George
Organization: Macmillan LanguageHouse
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Teaching English to children is a specialised field that is stimulating and rewarding. Its true importance is finally being realised in Japan, and new ideas and theories are constantly being introduced.

Annual Beach Party and BBQ
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: It's a party!
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Bring your family! Bring your friends! Lower your affective filters and try a more communicative approach! Wear sunscreen! Food and drinks are on us, while supplies last.

AIU Travel Service Club Research Trip to Thailand
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: AIU Travel Service Club members and advisors
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: AIU Travel Service Club will describe their volunteer/NGO research trip to Thailand in March 2005. This description will include: their language, culture, and monetary preparations; their impressions; and what they learned about Thailand and NGOs.

Examining Friends: Using Genre Analysis to analyze TV Scripts
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Raymond Stubbes
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Interested in livening up your lessons by bringing TV programs such as Friends into your classroom? Curious about Genre Analysis and what it has to offer you as a language teacher? Want to learn about another useful and free text analysis resource available on the Internet? In this presentation, Raymond Stubbe will briefly review the concept of Genre Analysis, then demonstrate how practically any piece of text, Friends TV scripts in this instance, can be lexically analyzed using the free internet site www.