ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Nellie's ELT Workshop and Book Fair 2006 in Fukuoka
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Akiko Seino, Alastair Graham-Marr, Donald and Michael Kinney and many more!
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ELT materials supplier Nellie's Group will hold its 6th annual ELT Workshop and Book Fair this year in five locations: Osaka (October 15), Yokohama (October 29), Nagoya (November 12), Tokyo (December 3) and Fukuoka (January 21, 2007).

Second Kanto Junior and Senior High School Teaching Seminar
Time: 9:45 AM - 5:45 PM
Speaker: John Letcher, Ivan Sorrentino, Nick Kendall, Roger Pattimore, Daniel Droukis, William Matheny, Chuck Sandy, Curtis Kelly and Martin Nuttall
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Welcome to a full day of practical teaching advice by prominent researchers and materials writers. Topics include: Improving listening skills - John Letcher Speaking: What's wrong with my students' English? - Ivan Sorrentino Professional development: Shape up into a first class teacher - Nick Kendall Activites: Warm up activities for high school - Roger Pattimore Activities: Asking and answering questions - Daniel Droukis Plays: English on the stage rather than on the page - William Matheny Projects: Simple projects to consolidate learning - Chuck Sandy Writing: What research teaches us about teaching writing - Curtis Kelly Testing: the KET and PET speaking tests - Martin Nuttall To reserve a place, please e-mail your name, address, school, phone / fax to japanelt@cambridge.

(1) The New TOEIC test: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges; (2) STEP BULATS: A Practical Test Suite That Makes Real Business Sense
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Grant Trew of Oxford University Press; (2) Hirai
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: IMPORTANT: This is a free workshop; however, all those planning to attend are requested to pre-register with Dan Brearley. This will be a two-part worshop about the TOEIC and STEP BULATS: (1) This workshop focuses on helping instructors to better understand the changes to the recently revised TOEIC test.

General meeting and yearly planning session
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker:
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Discussion and planning of meetings and events for Shizuoka JALT Chapter for 2007. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come and give your input and ideas.

Teaching Speech Acts Can Enrich Our Students' Learning
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jeremie Bouchard
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The presentation will discuss a pedagogical initiative involving a textbook designed around the teaching of speech acts, which was introduced at Sapporo Sacred Heart School (S.

Drama Activities for the EFL Classroom
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Miho Moody
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: One of the challenges for an EFL teacher is to engage reluctant students in the classroom activities. Drama is a useful tool to achieve this aim.

Media and Foreign Image Building
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Yasuhiro Inoue (Hiroshima City University)
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: How do we build and hold images of foreign countries? This presentation will explain the effects of media content on foreign image building by taking a Japan-US case as an example.