ELT Calendar

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

One-Day Certificate in Teaching English to Children (Sapporo)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Many thousands of teachers have attended David Paul 's One-Day Certificate course and many thousands have come away excited and re-energized about teaching English to children.

Language Learning Histories: A writing workshop for teachers with stories to tell
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Martha Clark Cummings
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: This workshop is for anyone who has a language learning story to tell. Through a series of exercises, using the techniques of published writers, the presenter, who writes fiction and non-fiction, will guide the participants through the writing and sharing of their stories.

What makes a successful school?
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Charlie Richards
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Charles Richards has been running his own school, 'The Learning Tree', for 8 years. He will open his presentation by defining his understanding of success with regard to an English school and then share ideas on: establishing a school, attracting customers, making a sale, retaining customers, maintaining standards, and looking to the future, with regard to single owner schools.

Feminist Pedagogy in the ESL/EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Reiko Yoshihara
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Reiko Yoshihara will discuss feminist pedagogy and ESL/EFL. She argues the theory of feminist pedagogy, introduces the genealogy of feminist pedagogy, and finds an intersection between feminist pedagogy and TESOL.

ETJ Ishikawa Group 9th Workshop: Learning English - From Ears or From Eyes?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Fumie Takasaki
Organization: ETJ Ishikawa (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop for English teachers of young learners, Ms. Fumie Takasaki, an English instructor at a public elementary school and a school owner, is going to give four brief presentations full of practical teaching ideas.

A lesson in Chinese (and Discussion)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jacky Young and Tom Warren-Price (Ikue Gakuen High School)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Learning interactive beginner Chinese the teacher-led way. Also some cultural considerations and a recipe for Jacky's delicious home-made Chinese dumplings.

Student-centered classes and Balancing multi-level classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Catherine Littlehale and Chuck Kayser
Organization: ETJ Kyoto (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: The April meeting will start with a 30-minute Game Jam, followeb by a 45-minute presentation on student-centered rather than teacher-centered classes.

A Manuscript and Illustration Exchange
Time: 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: All writers and illustrators welcome
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Writers and illustrators, bring a picture book dummy, copies of a children's or young-adult manuscript, or illustrations to share for constructive feedback.