ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

ETJ Chubu ELT Expo 2006
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: A variety of speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Bringing All English Teachers together! The Chubu ETJ Expo is one of the major events of the year for English teachers in the Chubu region. There are presentations on teaching children, adults, junior/senior high school students, and much more.

Games With Flash Cards For All Size Groups and Ages
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Bradley Yaxley
Organization: ETJ Miyazaki (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: Interested in some new flash card games? Flash cards are one of the EFL teachers most useful and readily available teaching aids. In this workshop, learn how to make old flash cards come to life with new ways of utilizing them for all ages.

Teaching English in Thailand: Stories from Chiang Mai
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Wichian Sunitham
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: English is the number one foreign language taught all over Asia. But is it taught the same way in each country? This presentation will illustrate how English-as-a-foreign-language is taught in Thailand, and particularly in Chiang Mai University and surrounding secondary schools in Northern Thailand.

Brainstorming Sesson on Helping Build Learner Confidence and Motivation
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: all participants are welcome to contribute
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This is out regularly schedualed meeting. It is our hope that by brainstorming, we can all benefit from out combined experiences.

Journalistic Feature Writing: A Bridge Between Elementary and Thesis Writing in University ESL Programs
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Robin Antepara, Tsuda College
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: In this presentation, Robin Antepara shows how interview-based journalistic feature writing can help university students prepare for the task of writing full scale research papers and theses in their junior and senior years.

Book Expo
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Details on speakers will be available later
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: More information on the book expo will be available in the later half of the year. .