ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

5th Pan SIG Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Plenary Speakers: J D Brown, John Maher and Donna Tatsuki
Organization: JALT PanSIG Conference
Location: Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Please see day one for details. .

ETJ Aichi May 2006 Meeting: Lesson Planning for Higher Elementary, and Reading: Understanding Phonics and Whole Word Methods
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Mayumi Kako, Peter Warner
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: (Please note that the date of this workshop has moved forward one week, and will be held on May 14th. ) ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie.

Yamaguchi ETJ May Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organization: ETJ Yamaguchi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Short description: The Yamaguchi ETJ group has always enjoyed open discussions followed by presentaions by many members. We have found them very useful and informative.

Allen Say's Accidental Career
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Allen Say
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Caldecott Medalist Allen Say will share tales from his accidental career as an author and illustrator of children's books and discuss the development of his illustrations over the years and current directions.

Making a Small-class Atmosphere in Big University Classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Theron Muller
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: There's a barrier that holds many big university classes back: a large-class atmosphere. This presentation will demonstrate how large classes can be broken down into smaller groups, and how within those groups communication can thrive and prosper.

Systems for Success
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Roger Pattimore
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Pattimore states that the teacher's job is to make a mini English-speaking world. He will present some of the activity systems he has developed that are designed to lead students to the ability to use natural English, and that have worked well in his junior and senior high school and university speaking classes.

My Share
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: The talented members and guests of JALT Omiya
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: Members of JALT Omiya and guests are invited to share an idea, an activity, a technique, game, that they have used in the classroom. Please bring about 25 copies of whatever you are presenting to give to other members.

Teaching Only Women: Are single-sex schools relevant?
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Brenda Hayashi, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: At JALT2005 Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen and Brenda Hayashi led a discussion titled Do women learn differently? A conversation. The lively audience participation demonstrated that there are teachers interested in the following questions: What exactly is a women's university? Do women's schools offer any advantages for women? Do women learn differently? Are there prevalent learning styles? and Do gender-based pedagogies apply in co-ed schools? The presentation will recapitulate these points and introduce additional studies that indicate there are gender differences in learning.

Call for Papers Due May 14th (Sunday)

Asia in Global Perspective
Call for papers due: May 14th (Sunday)
Event Date: June 24th (Saturday), 2006
Overview: The Asia Association for Global Studies (AAGS) will be hosting a one-day mini-conference entitled Asia in Global Perspective at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan on Saturday, June 24, 2006.