ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Sendai "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."
Time: 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Yoko Muro, Miki Sakai
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: The Oxford Kids' Club Tour 2006 - In conjunction with the Daily Yomiuri 50th Anniversary. Join presenters Yoko Muro (English Time) and Miki Sakai (Let's Go) 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.

English in elementary schools
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Sayed Mohamed
Organization: ETJ Miyazaki (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: ETJ Miyazaki is a group for teachers of English to young learners in Miyazaki. At this meeting, Sayed Mohamed will discuss curriculum, elementary school class lesson plans and team teaching techniques.

ETJ-Aichi Round Table Discussion and Spring Cleaning ELT Bazaar
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: various speakers for the round table discussions
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The Aichi group of English Teachers in Japan will hold a session of round table discussions where you can share teaching ideas on several different topics, such as phonics, reading, and parent education.

One-Day Certificate in Teaching English to Children (Hiroshima)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 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 2006 in Kagoshima - A Magical English Journey
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Mitsuyo Ohta, Lesley Ito, Naomi Yonemoto
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Coming to Kagoshima! 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.

The Longman / Maruzen Kid's Tour 2006 in Sendai - A Magical English Journey
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Akiko Seino, Kate Sato, Aleda Krause
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Coming to Sendai, Miyagi 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.

ETJ-Fukuoka and ACET Combined March 2006 Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Yukari Kitajima, Akiko Kokubu and Lisa Fleming
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ETJ Fukuoka offers workshops, advice and ideas for teachers of English to children and young learners. ETJ and ACET (Association of Childrens English Teachers) are going to hold a combined meeting for the first time.

Fun Activities with Junior and Senior-High Learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Jonathan Robinson
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Are you running out of ideas? Sure, we all do. Here's your chance to learn from and share your ideas with other teaching professionals.

Music in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Steven Morgan, Daito Bunka University
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: The use of music as a tool in second language education has a long history in the folk pedagogy of the profession, and most teachers include listening to and/or singing songs in the grab bag of lighter classroom activities they use now and then to break the monotony of serious learning tasks.

Two presentations
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Euan McKirdy, Macmillan LanguageHouse
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: In Synergize your students skills!, Euan McKirdy examines student skills and discusses ways to use input texts as Springboards to promote and encourage student interaction in the classroom.