ELT Events Calendar

Institute for the International English Education of Children
Osaka Study Group June Meeting
Speaker: IIEEC teacher trainer
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Osaka
Venue: Yamanishi Fukushi Kinen Kaikan
Description: The monthly IIEEC Study Group meeting welcomes all teachers who are interested in improving their teaching techniques and getting students to ask questions as well as answering them. Each ... (10 more words)
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Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Consciousness-Raising Activities
Speaker: Dan Frost
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Venue: ZAZA City Palette, 5th floor, Meeting Room A
Description: The traditional approach to most teaching is to tell learners the rules first, after which students have to try and fit their conceptions within that rules-based framework. Mathematics is ... (136 more words)
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Pearson Longman
Learning to Read; Reading to Learn (Nihombashi, Tokyo)
Speaker: Ali Taylor (Longman); Aleda Krause (Author); Specil Guest
Time: 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Tokyo
Venue: Maruzen Bookstore in Nihombashi, Tokyo (contact Sone-San 03-3272-7211)
Description: Ali Taylor, renowned children's author Aleda Krause, and a special guest provide an entertaining as well as educational event. Come and add the latest magical songs and chants to ... (175 more words)
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ETJ Kobe (English Teachers in Japan)
Student-Centered Vocabulary Aquisition Activities
Speaker: ETJ-Kobe Coordinators
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Kobe, Hyogo
Venue: Takigawa Boy's Jr/Sr High School, 2-1-1 Hoden-cho, Suma-Ku Kobe 654-0007 (Sanyo or Chikatetsu Itayado Station. 5 minute walk. Just behind Daiei.)
Description: ETJ-Kobe is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in the Kobe area. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend. This is ... (43 more words)
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Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Lifelong Language Learning Conference
Speaker: LIOJ, JALT and ETJ members
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Odawara, Kanagawa
Venue: LIOJ (Language Institute of Japan), 4-14-1 Shiroyama, Odawara, Kanagawa (0465-23-1677)
Description: In this "Lifelong Language Learning" joint conference, speakers from the Kanagawa, Kanto and Shizuoka areas will give a sneak preview of presentations that may be seen at the National ... (132 more words)
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Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Teaching Children
Speaker: Julian Warden, Oxford University Press
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Himeji, Hyogo
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (Located directly across from Nozato Station on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: Julian Warden from Oxford University Press will hold a lively two-hour workshop on teaching children. The content will include guidance on teaching children, including useful classroom language and management, ... (11 more words)
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West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Cooperative Development for Language Teachers
Speaker: Andrew Boon
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University
Description: The presentation will describe a teacher development program in which two teachers adopted the supportive and non-judgmental interactional environment framework of Julian Edge's Cooperative Development and worked together in ... (13 more words)
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The British Council Nagoya Centre
Teaching pronunciation (Seminar 5 of 5 Sundays)
Speaker: British Council Teacher Trainers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Venue: British Council Nagoya Centre, NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Centre Bldg. 6F, 1-13-3 Higashi Sakura, Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 461-0005
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, ... (86 more words)
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Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Pair Discussions: Contextualizing Communication
Speaker: Barry Mateer, Tamagawa University, Department of Liberal Arts
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Matsuyama, Ehime
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: The likely challenges of managing learning include empowering learners to participate and to interact in English. This presentation considers Pair Discussion-based courses in which textbooks are replaced by handouts ... (53 more words)
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East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Tokushima JALT June Meeting
Speaker: Noriko Tojo
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2004
Location: Tokushima
Venue: Tokushima Catholic Church (in front of Jyoto High School)
Description: Details are unavailable, but may be available here at a later date. Tokushima JALT asks that you contact Noriko Tojo for further details.
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