ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

Using Popular Music in Class
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: To be announced
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: In this course, participants will discuss the reasons for using pop songs in class and the considerations made when choosing a song in the classroom.

Storytelling Workshop
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Charles Kowalski, Brian Caspino, Steve Thompson, David Simpson, and more
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: "Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world of today. " (?Robert McAfee Brown) Would you like to be a better storyteller? Would you like to help your students remember vocabulary, express themselves more richly, and enjoy talking more? The short story: 1.

ETJ One-Day Certificate Course (Nagoya)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr, John Wiltshier, Rob Waring and Maurice Jamall
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This is the ETJ One-day certificate course in teaching Japanese students (for teachers of teenagers and adults). Different course contents are offered in alternating years.

The 4th Annual Conference of EPA (Call for Presentations)
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:10 PM
Speaker: Call for papers due Apr. 20, 2006
Organization: Engaged Pedagogy Association
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: EPA invites progressive ideas in teaching, research, or in social activities and so forth. Students, NGO activists and other citizens interested in innovating education are welcome as well as educators.

ETJ Fukuoka May Event
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Constance Miwa, Akie Ura, Kazuko Nagae and others
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ETJ Fukuoka May Event is about elementary school activities (titles to be announced). The speakers are Akie Ura, Kazuko Nagae (both teaching at elementary school) and others.

School Owners' Roundtable Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: School owners from around Niigata Prefecture
Organization: ETJ Niigata (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: From choosing course materials to setting up an accounting system, we English school owners have many common difficulties. Join us at this year's School Owners' Workshop, where you will have the opportunity to ask questions as well as share your experiences with running an English school in Japan.

Learner Psychology and Motivation
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Curtis Kelly
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This May event for Sendai JALT is actually a two-day workshop. Please note that the Saturday venue will be confirmed at a later date (check the JALT Sendai Webpage at: www.

Two implementations of extensive reading.
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Clive Lovelock and Jim Swan
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Extensive Reading has attracted increasing attention over the past few years. Clive and Jim will discuss and demonstrate their own approaches to conducting Extensive Reading classes, paying attention to the rationale and objectives of ER as well as its limitations.

Teaching Test-Taking Strategies
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Karl O'Callaghan, Oxford University Press
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Free Pizza courtesy of OUP. Event details will be announced later.

Teaching the Present Progressive
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kyoko Clara Sonomoto, Junshin High School
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: As English teachers we quite often think about how to help our students read and speak in louder voices. How to help them read English correctly and how to memorize passages.