ELT Calendar

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

ETJ-Aichi January 2009 Workshop: Guide to Phonemic Awareness
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Jeffrey Scott
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Jeffrey Scott will discuss an experiential guide to phonemic awareness, a method of instilling language learners with the tools to self-check and self-correct their pronunciation.

TEMI Teacher Training Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Helene J. Uchida, founder of Little America (www.

(1) Songs for Children; (2) Getting the Sounds Right
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Yuko Mimura; (2) Carl Zeman
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Songs for Children - Yuko Mimura will introduce some songs with hand actions that can be used with children. Yuko has been teaching at Koi High School for the last seven years.

Trust Matters
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Dexter Da Silva
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Using ideas from trust theory, this workshop has three main aims: 1) to help teachers gain a deeper understanding of the nature of trust, 2) to help participants analyze specific teaching-learning situations in terms of trust amongst the participants, and 3) to explore ways in which teachers can make changes in their situations by focusing on the notion of trust.

JALT national reports and Sendai JALT brainstorming
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: "Best of JALT" - reports from the JALT National conference and brainstorming for upcoming JALT Sendai events/themes. .