ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

ETJ-Aichi September 2007 workshops: (1) Interactive Conversation - some classroom techniques suitable for Junior High School to Adult; (2) Halloween Events and Games "
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: (1) Bob Jones; (2) Joe Alsheimer
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. For the September workshop, Bob Jones will demonstrate and encourage participants to try out some simple activities designed to help students develop a more interactive conversational style, while Joe Alsheimer will discuss how to organize individual classroom parties as well as school sized parties with a haunted house, Trick or Treat, and, of course, games and games.

Two Presentations: (1) Encouraging Communication in the Classroom; (2) Teaching Kindergarten Students
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Andrew Worley; (2) Sean Minns
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: This meeting will include two presentations. Andrew Worley will give a presentation about ways to encourage students to speak more in the classroom.

Motivation? Chaos? A Study of Young Learners, Games, and Behavior
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Erin Kourelis
Organization: ETJ Ehime (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: The presenter examines the point when motivators such as games become over-stimulating and chaotic in the classroom, based on data from ETJ Matsuyama teachers.

ETJ Yamaguchi Regional Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tim Edwards, Setsuko Sakaeda
Organization: ETJ Yamaguchi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Short description: Tim Edwards will give pointers on motivating jr. high school students while Setsuko Sakaeda will talk about team teaching (generally in a jr.

Teachers Helping Teachers Forum
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Patrick Dougherty, Professor William Balsamo, and other THT members
Organization: Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) has received considerable help from the local Himeji JALT chapter, and this will be a chance for those who have participated in THT events over this past year in Laos, Vietnam, and Bangladesh to inform chapter members about their experiences.