ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Career Strategies Seminar Presented by FEW Japan
Time: 8:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Several speakers
Organization: Foreign Executive Women
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: On March 28th 2010, over 100 women will gather to participate in FEW Japan's biennial Career Strategies Seminar (CSS), a full-day professional development event, held at Temple University Azabu Campus from 8:45-18:00.

World Englishes Education in High School
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Naoko Murata and Kayo Sugimoto
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The presenters will report how high school students reacted to a pilot program in which English classes were taught via the concept of world Englishes.

Teaching Children English Mini-Conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Aleda Krause, and many others
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: This mini-conference is for teachers who teach English to children. You will get lots of ideas from the innovative presentations as well as from the other teachers you will be sure to meet there.

Children's English (Little America and mpi Workshop)
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Jarmol Uchida
Organization: Little America Book Store
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Little America and mpi will hold a workshop entitled Children's English. Helene Jarmol Uchida, the principal of Little America, NPO TEMI Founder, university lecturer, Daily Yomiuri columnist and Challenge Book author will demonstrate how to use Challenge Books effectively and introduce games and study materials which are very helpful for building English skills.

Communication Breakdowns and Repair
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Douglas Jarrell and Naoko Hazumi
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Douglas Jarrell and Naoko Hazumi investigated the cause of communication breakdowns during conversations between Japanese and native speakers of English.

What is Red?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Lisgo
Organization: ETJ Kagoshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: David Lisgo will explore the areas of pre-reading and initial reading skills through the use of simple materials, songs, games and activities for their practical use in the classroom.

Pictures in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Charles Adamson and Ken Schmidt
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Charles Adamson - The Socratic Method Pictures can be a wonderful stimulus for creating comprehensible output. Charles will first discuss some of the reasons for having a class that consists almost entirely of pairs of students talking in their own English with no correction.