ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Ruth Barnes, Manukau Institute of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand)
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Ruth Barnes will present an interactive workshop exploring with teachers on how to use puppets, songs, rhymes and magnetic stories to develop English language skills for young children.

Doing Teacher Research: Collecting and Analizing Data
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Greg Sholdt
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop, participants will explore Freeman�fs Doing Teacher Research chapter on the methods and strategies for collecting and analyzing data as a continuation of the series of presentations on the same text.

Getting more mileage out of your cards
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Carl Zeman
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Using large and small flash cards, Carl will show how to take the familiar repertoire of games and activities, add a twist or two and expand and vary the language targets.

7th Annual Conference of the Engaged Pedagogy Association
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Darrell G. Moen, Chiyo Hayashi, Akiko Ebihara, Marie Cosgrove, Yuko Uesugi, Atsuko Tajiri
Organization: Engaged Pedagogy Association
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Time Schedule13:00 - 13:50 Guest Speaker Presentation by Darrell G. Moen, Ph.

July ACET Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Nigel, Mami, Noriko, Ihsan, Craig, Emi and other volunteers
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The MC is Nigel. Here 's this meeting's schedule: Warm-up songs: Nigel Activities Mami, Noriko, Ihsan Story Time: Craig, Emi (Stone Soup) Discussion ACET meetings welcome anyone who is interested in teaching children.

Stories that Need to be Told - A Film Screening by an Award-winning Japanese-Canadian
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Linda Ohama
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Linda Ohama, a Japanese-Canadian filmmaker and visual artist, will show and discuss her international award-winning film, Obaachan's Garden, the story of a remarkable journey of strength, love and determination of one woman's life of over 100 years.

2009 Sainokuni Joint English Workshop for Teachers of Japanese Youth
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: 6 presenters
Organization: ETJ Saitama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: The ETJ Saitama regional group of English Teachers in Japan together with the Omiya chapter of JALT will hold a joint workshop. Three members from both groups will each, in turn, give a 20 minute presentation aimed specifically at elementary school learners of English.

In search of the 'real' Johnny Depp: The co-construction of identity through an interview
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ian Nakamura
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This workshop-lecture will highlight how celebrity interviews are organized to draw out new and interesting information. Special attention will be paid to what can be learned by examining transcript excerpts to appreciate how talk-in-interaction is a co-accomplished social activity.