ELT Calendar

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Kyushu ETJ Expo (Fukuoka)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: ELT professionals from across Japan
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The Kyushu ETJ Expo brings together teachers and publishers for a full day of seminars on topics ranging from The Silent Way, to improving your students' writing, to ideas for non-competitive games in the children's classroom.

Lessons We Have Learned From Immersion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Bostwick
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: The popular media continues to perpetuate misconceptions about the introduction of English education for children before junior high school. In this presentation, Dr.

A Workshop For Teachers of Junior High School and Below
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Marshel Copple, Naoko McLellan
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: 1:00 - 1:15 pm registration 1:15 - 2:15 pm Marshel Copple: Using Katakana to Teach Accurate Pronunciation Marshel will describe and then teach a modified type of katakana for recording English, intended to be taught to young learners who carry the tool into adulthood.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, directed by Patti Gage
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Nagoya Players
Organization: Nagoya Players
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: A Christmas Carol takes place in the early 1800's in London. Ebenezer Scrooge (Cameron Smith), a miserly greedy man, has lost his connection to humanity and the spirit of Christmas.

Partying in the Classroom: The Christmas Party
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: ETJ Kagoshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: The next meeting of Kagoshima ETJ has a Christmas theme. If you are looking for ideas for your Christmas party or wishing to share some of your own ideas and experiences, then do come along to our meeting.

Incorporating Japanese support in ELT materials
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Michael Critchley, author of the Encounters series
Organization: Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Research reveals that timely Japanese support increases learner participation and motivation. Let "Encounters Abroad" provide that support as students learn travel English for use abroad and on the job in Japan.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, directed by Patti Gage
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Nagoya Players
Organization: Nagoya Players
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: A Christmas Carol takes place in the early 1800's in London. Ebenezer Scrooge (Cameron Smith), a miserly greedy man, has lost his connection to humanity and the spirit of Christmas.