ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Kansai ETJ Expo (Osaka)
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Matt Walsh, Hiro Sakamoto, David Paul, Michelle Morimoto, lots more...
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The Kansai ETJ Expo brings together teachers and publishers for a full day of seminars on topics ranging from phonics, mother/baby eurythmics and classroom management, to school ownership and beyond! Whether you're teaching small children or adults, junior high or the whole lot, there are several presentations to choose from every hour and materials to browse to suit your every need.

ACET and ETJ Joint meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Idea-sharing
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: ACET (the Association of Childrens English Teachers Fukuoka) and ETJ Fukuoka joint workshop. We'll all share the ideas and activities for lessons.

Language Learning Styles and Strategies
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Louis Butto
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: In the classroom, sometimes we find some of our students highly motivated and some of them not. Of course, there might be various reasons for this, but one may be attributed to different individual learning styles.

Teaching International Relations through English: Can It Be Done?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Leo Yoffe, Lecturer, Waseda University
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: The presentation will explore the challenges of teaching international relations, and content more broadly, in the Japanese EFL environment. Leo Yoffe discusses his experience of teaching a course on Canada-Japan diplomatic relations and how content-based instruction can contribute to developing students' language and critical thinking.

ETJ-OITA Workshop: Actually Teaching Listening
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Simon Weedon
Organization: ETJ Oita (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Short description: The main presentation will cover practical classroom tasks to improve awareness of how spoken language changes, and how to use this knowledge to improve listening.