ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Learning World
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mikiko Nakamoto
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Details will be out soon. .

Reexamining Japanese EFL Textbooks on Users and Users of English
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Aya Watanabe
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: The purpose of this presentation is to reexamine the use and users of English represented in current Japanese English textbooks. Incomparison with the previous study conducted by Matsuda (2002),seventh grade English textbooks in Japan, namely New Horizon and Columbus 21, are going to be analy zed.

What Do Your Students Really Think of Your Classes? Achieving More Effective Course Evaluations
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Christine Winskowski, Morioka Junior College and Susan Duggan, Iwate Prefectural University
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Do you know what your students really think of your classes? Can you know this from conventional course evaluation forms? Are the course evaluation forms, which many colleges and universities make their students fill out, giving teachers accurate and meaningful feedback? If not, what can we do about it? This workshop has two parts.

How to Carry on with Teaching English to Elementary School Children
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker: Keiichi Tsuruta, Hideki Sakai
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Description: The day�'s schedule: Japanese language is mainly used. 12:30 - 1:30 Presentation of practical activities of teaching English to elementary school children, by Mr.