ELT Calendar

Sunday, May 28th, 2017

ETJ Chiba May Online Workshop Preparing for Output by Shadoku (Extensive Reading while Shadowing)
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Yuko Suzuki (ABC4YOU English School)
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The outline of workshop: Reading stories for enjoyment is a natural way to develop reading skills and many learners of English put a lot of effort into reading, but sometimes the joy of reading is left behind.

(1) Writing for Fluency or Accuracy Catch 22? (2) Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to?
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: 1. Writing for Fluency or Accuracy: Catch 22? Often in an EFL writing class, we face a catch-22 situation.

Online English Learning: Resources, Activities and Evidence
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Paul Raine
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: New location, on a SundayPlease note that Fukuoka JALT is trying a completely new location this month, Tenjin, Fukuoka City: Kurume University Satellite Campus.

Examining pupils' images of English, before and after short storytelling sessions, in a Japanese primary school
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Alison Nemoto (Native English Instructor at Board of Education Okuma Town)
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: Humans have been motivated and inspired by stories since the beginning of civilization itself and can be found in even the most primitive cultures. Regarding literacy skills for native speakers, it is said that the more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it (Trelease, 20013, pp.

JACET ESP SIG Kanto (May Meeting)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Paul McBride (Tamagawa University) and Charles Robertson (Aoyama Gakuin University), Michael Sharpe (Kochi University of Technology)
Organization: JACET English for Specific Purposes SIG (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Kanto
Location: Chofu City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The ESP Kanto Chapter will hold our first meeting for this academic year on May 28 (Sunday), 2017. We will have two presentations followed by a business meeting.