ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Niigata "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."
Time: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Setsuko Toyama, Miki Sakai
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: The Oxford Kids' Club Tour 2006 - In conjunction with the Daily Yomiuri 50th Anniversary. Join presenters Setsuko Toyama (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.

ETJ-Kobe March meeting
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Kiyomi Mori
Organization: ETJ Kobe (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Kobe ETJ will hold its next meet on Sunday, March 19th, 10AM-1PM at Takigawa High School in Kobe. Kiyomi Mori will demonstrate the activities / apron theater / storytelling she uses with her 3-6 year olds.

The 2nd Annual Mini Colloquium: Researching ELT in the Japanese Context
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Theron Muller, Joel Thomas, Sue Fraser Osada, Tetsu Osada, Phil Brown, Takashi Matsuzawa and more
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: The Shinshu ELT Research Group will be holding its 2nd Annual Mini Colloquium on the general theme of Researching ELT in the Japanese context, in association with Shinshu JALT.

One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (given in Japanese)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mayuka Habbick
Organization: eigoTown
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children will be presented in Japanese. Please note that this is a one day event that will be held twice in Tokyo, once on March 19 and once again on Marth 26.

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

Teaching English to Children
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yukiko Shima (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi) and Katherine Mackay (Pearson Education- Longman)
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: During the first hour, Professor Shima will introduce The Look and Listen Method, a scientifically-organized phonics approach for teaching reading to young learners.