ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

JACET 45th Conference (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: see JACET's site for the call for papers
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This is the final day of JACET's three-day conference. See JACET's 2006 conference website.

Engaging Junior High Students with Cooperative Learning Activities; Multi-Sensory Teaching
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Ben Blackwell and Patricia Gage; Kim Horne
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: -Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. For the September workshop, Ben Blackwell and Patricia Gage will speak how to teach JHS students with cooperative learning activities, while Kim Horne will demonstrate multi-sensory teaching incorporating sight, sound, and touch.

Interactive Writing for Senior High School and College Creative Writing Classes
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Takashi Miura
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This presentation aims at tackling two obstacles that stand in the way of teaching writing communicatively: the lack of audience and the lack of community.

Textbook Feedback
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: ETJ Yamaguchi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Short description: We are going to discuss ELT textbooks that are suitable for students from kindergarten to junior/high school, and we hope to get better ideas for choosing textbooks from each other.

Multiple Pathways to Multiple Intelligences in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Maggie Lieb
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will provide an overview of Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, and how it can be specifically applied to the EFL classroom.

Toybox, Music box: Teaching Young and Special Needs Learners with Classical Music, Toys, and Mexican Music
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Francisco Sanchez
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: Francisco Sanchez has been teaching elementary level and special needs learners in Yokohama elementary schools for five years. He will share techniques he has developed for learning language happily and effectively using toys, classical music and Mexican music.

Omiya Teaching Pre-Teens: Problems and Possibilities
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Aleda Krause, Seigakuin University
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: How do you feel about teaching pre-teens? Even the most confident teachers can feel challenged. They are no longer small children and not yet young adults, but seem to swing back and forth between the two.

The TKT and How it can Improve Your ESL Career
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Matthew Reynolds, Director of Studies, English-Please!
Organization: Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Short description: Do you know the difference between scanning and skimming? Demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns? Diphthongs and monophthongs? Do your staff? How does familiarity with ESL terminology and practice help us do our jobs better on a daily basis? The TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) is an inexpensive, efficient way for you and your coworkers to produce more professional lessons and work together better.

How can we help students become 'intercultural communicators'?
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Mimako Saeki, Matsuyama Shinonome College
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: One objective of 'intercultural communication' is to increase the learner's awareness for 'diversity' in values, perspectives, and experiences that people have and to equip them with knowledge and skills, which help them communicate effectively, overcoming conflicting situations.