ELT Events CalendarSunday, February 13th, 2005Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching My Share Activities: Successes and FailuresSpeaker: Various Speakers Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Venue: Hamamatsu, ZAZA City Bldg. Palette, 5th floor, Meeting Room A Description: In this meeting, all teachers are asked to bring along descriptions of both their successful classroom learning activities as well as those which flopped. By examining both types we ... (10 more words)[more details]
David English House Certificates in Teaching English to Children Introductory Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (Osaka)Speaker: David Paul Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Sendai, Miyagi Venue: AA Hall, Ebisu Bldg, 7F, 3-2-9 Awaji-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Description: One-day course in teaching elementary school children. Course components: 1. How do children learn? 2. Getting children fully involved in playing and learning. 3. Using phonics to develop active ... (127 more words)[more details]
Macmillan Language House Maruzen Kids' Club English Teaching Materials Fair in TokyoSpeaker: Lesley Ito Time: 10:00 AM - 5:50 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Tokyo Venue: Maruzen Marunouchi 4F Foreign Books Corner Description: Lots of great presentations all day! The Macmillan LanguageHouse presentation is from 2:20 to 3:10 and is entitled The Recipe for a Successful Class. What's the secret recipe for ... (109 more words)[more details]
Temple University Japan 7th TUJ Applied Linguistics ColloquiumSpeaker: Various speakers Time: 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Tokyo Venue: Temple University Japan, Tokyo Center, 2-8-12 Minami Azabu; Minato-ku, Tokyo Description: This is the 7th Annual Temple University Applied Linguistics Colloquium This colloquium is co-sponsored by the JALT Pragmatics Special Interest Group. Individual presentations are 30 minutes in length (including ... (19 more words)[more details]
Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Addressing Individual Differences through Gardner's Theory of Multiple IntelligencesSpeaker: Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Nagasaki Venue: Kotsu Sangyou Building 4F, Nagasaki Bus Terminal Building, Volunteer Support Centre Description: Addressing individual differences in the second language classroom is an important factor in lesson planning. Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences may serve as a way to address these ... (84 more words)[more details]
ETJ Yamaguchi (English Teachers in Japan) ETJ-Yamaguchi February Meeting: Phonics and MotivationSpeaker: Andrea Klym and Sachiyo Okazaki Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Yamaguchi Venue: Bromski's English Academy (t: 083-923-5934) 3236-8 Yoshiki, Yamaguchi city. 10 min. drive from the Yuda Onsen station, very close to CO-OP Izumi Description: There are three parts to today's ETJ-Yamaguchi meeting. Please feel welcome to attend and tell others about this new group. The first part of today's event is a talk ... (63 more words)[more details]
Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Loanwords: Lexical Hindrance or Latent Storehouse?Speaker: Kate O' Callaghan and Robert McLaughlin: Lecturers, Tokoha Gakuen University Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Toyohashi, Aichi Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 53A Description: With the apparent rise in usage of English loanwords in speech among Japanese young people, it may be said that there is a lessening of the linguistic distance between ... (75 more words)[more details]
Chiba Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Systemic Functional GrammarSpeaker: Chris Sullivan Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Chiba Venue: SATY Bunka Hall, Room 1 (4th Floor), 1 min. walk from Inage Station east exit on JR Sobu Line. mapDescription: Systemic Functional Grammar is an approach to language which challenges the traditional view of grammar as a set of rules to be obeyed or broken. This presentation will explain ... (25 more words)[more details]
Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Communicative TestsSpeaker: Keisha Larkin, Ehime University Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Matsuyama, Ehime Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F Description: Testing in the communicative classroom is often a challenge for instructors. Traditional ways of testing such as testing of vocabulary through memorization often do not measure a student's ability ... (103 more words)[more details]
English Teacher and Learner Cooperative The Advantages and Disadvantages of Email and Other Types of Electronic CommunicationSpeaker: Kenneth Biegel Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Location: Niiza, Saitama Venue: Kurihara Fureai no Ie (near Hibarigaoaka Station on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line, map at www.etlc.info) 0424-24-4034 Description: At the January meeting we decided the topic for February would be email and other forms of electronic communications. Since so many are using email and other electronic means ... (145 more words)[more details]
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