ELT Calendar
Sunday, April 11th, 2004
What Hamamatsu JALT Can Do For You
Time:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: This topics-based meeting will allow attendees the opportunity to break off into small groups to discuss their language teaching concerns, to share opinions and to exchange ideas with others.
First Okinawa ETJ Meeting and Training Workshop
Time:
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Katherine MacKay, Longman
Organization: ETJ Okinawa (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: 10:30 - 11:00. Welcome to ETJ.
Tokyo JALT Chapter Special Election & Planning Meeting
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: no speakers
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is a special planning and election meeting for the office of JALT Tokyo Chapter President. If you plan to attend the meeting, please contact Chapter President Steve Ross at tokyoross2@yahoo.
Using Video & Internet for Intercultural Education
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Scott Bronner, Sophia University
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: In teaching intercultural topics, videos and the Internet have a wealth of exploitable information. After delineating examples of preparatory materials for thinking about culture, the presenter will show clips from a few videos particularly suited to showing cultural concepts and give a handout including other videos suggested by other teachers of Intercultural Studies.
Lesson Planning (Seminar 1 of 5 Sundays)
Time:
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Organization: The British Council Nagoya Centre
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: : This seminar is part of a communicative methodology course made up of five Sunday seminars, held fortnightly in Nagoya during the Spring term (11 April, 25 April, 16 May, 30 May, 13 June).
Rating the Performance of Classroom Activities
Time:
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: Richard Blight, Ehime University
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: How can we determine the effectiveness of classroom activities? An evaluation system which has been developed to measure the performance of communicative activities will be explained.
Jazz Chants Part 2
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Maho Yamada
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Short description: Details are unavailable, but may be available here at a later date. Tokushima JALT asks that you contact Noriko Tojo for further details.