ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Osaka - Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kathy Kampa and Charles Vilina, Yoriko Taniyama, Oliver Bayley and Yukari Harrison
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The Oxford Kids' Club Tour 2006 - In conjunction with the Daily Yomiuri 50th Anniversary. Join authors and teacher trainers Kathy Kampa and Charles Vilina (Magic Time), Oliver Bayley(Potato Pals/ Dolphin Readers) Yukari Harrison (Let's Go) and Yoriko Taniyama (The Oxford Reading Tree) as they show you how to put great ideas for Reading, Songs, Chants and Lively Communication for a wide range of student ages into practice in This tour also sees the launch of the Third Edition of Let's Go - Japan's most popular course for kids! Admission is free.

Teacher Development Intensive Course - Getting your students to Speak
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: British Council
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This course will give advice on how to set up and run a variety of controlled speaking activities and freer speaking activities, where the learner has greater freedom to use all the language he/she has.

One-Day Certificate in Teaching English to Children (Sendai)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi 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.

The Longman / Maruzen Kid's Tour in Nagoya - A Magical English Journey
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Akiko Seino, Lesley Ito, Aleda Krause, Junko Yamanaka
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Coming to Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture! Japan's most popular Kid's Tour is back. Not to be missed, the 2006 Longman Kid's Tour 'The Magical English Journey' comes packed with everything the busy kids teacher needs.

Enhancing Language Learning Awareness: An Orientation Workshop for College Students
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Steve Brown, National JALT President
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Learners in colleges and universities are often left to their own devices when it comes to furthering their English studies outside the classroom. Having emerged from an exam-passing approach to get into the college or university, many of them are not quite sure how to set about improving their English, or even of what works (or doesn't work) for them.

Culture Content-based English Materials and the Necessity of an Integrated English Curriculum among Junior and Senior High Schools and Universities.
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Asako Kajiura of Asia Pacific University, Beppu
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will be in Japanese. The education ministry estimates that all university applicants will be accepted by universities throughout the country in 2009, and educators are concerned about the decline of university education.

The Environment in the Balance: Jury Role-play in the Classroom
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Barry Keith, Gunma University; Yoko Munezane, Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen; Charles Varcoe, Kaisei Junior and Senior High School
Organization: Teachers College Columbia University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: From 2009, a jury system will be launched in Japanese courts. Under the new saiban-in system, six randomly selected citizens will work as lay judges alongside three professional judges to try serious offenses.

Having and Using Standards
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yayoi Aoki
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: The speaker will introduce some widely applicable lesson plans, or "standards". She will demonstrate how they can be used with students of various ages and different ability levels, in a range of class sizes, with only small changes made to these lesson plans.