ELT Calendar

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Professional Development Workshop: Supporting Young Practitioners (Part 2)
Time: 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Von Holt, Andrew Oberg, Jennie Kern, Kaoru Watanabe, Sean Burgoine, Maiko Ogasawara, Charlie Robertson, David Grant, Mike Sharpe
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture
Short description: This is the second of a two-part series of events aimed at supporting young teachers and researchers in our chapter who have limited experience in publishing and presenting.

A Talk by Kip Cates
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Kip Cates
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: Professor Cates is a wonderful speaker as well as being a highly credentialed Japan "veteran. " He is well known for his work in Global Issues in Education.

IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program (Workshop 3 and 4)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Qualified teacher-trainers from the IIEEC Teacher Training Center
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Workshop content has been developed by Ritsuko Nakata (co-author, Let's Go) in cooperation with Oxford University Press and is aimed at all teachers of young learners who wish to become more confident and effective teachers.

Nagoya - Certificate course in Teaching Japanese Students
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul, Rob Waring, Alastair Graham-Marr, Grant Trew
Organization: ETJ Certificate Course (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: A one-day certificate course in teaching Japanese adults and teenagers. Topics covered: * Motivating and remotivating Japanese students * Teaching communicative competence * A practical approach to exam preparation * Dealing with vocabulary For further information and to apply, go to www.

A Workshop For Teachers of Junior High School and Below
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Irina Babanova, Marcela Matsumura
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: There will be two main presentations: 1. Marcela Matsumura: 'English through Cooking' (We are going to make tacos).

Building and Evolving Your Business Model
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Gordon Olsen
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Fukuoka is a group that supports teachers of children up through middle school in Fukuoka Prefecture. We have started a separate group to support local school owners.

Bring the World into your Classroom through Video
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kip Cates
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Learn how to internationalize your English language classroom with innovative video activities which deal with world peoples, foreign cultures and world problems.

Discussion and Debate Made Easy
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Charles LeBeau
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: More and more high schools and universities are including discussion and debate as part of their curriculum. But many students and teachers are unfamiliar with the techniques of discussion and the basics of debate.

Can we communicate without using strategies? Pedagogical implications of studies on communication strategies (CS)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Chiaki Iwai (Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University)
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: We cannot "not-communicate", but we cannot communicate without using strategies. This presentation/workshop will focus on strategies for language use, communication strategies (CS) in particular.

Beginnings: Strategies for Starting your Lessons
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: ETJ Nagano (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Nagano is proud to announce our second meeting on June 17th from 3pm to 6pm at the Monzen Plaza international exchange corner in downtown Nagano.