ELT Calendar

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

Young learners of English (Babies - 6 years old)
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Pamela Sakamoto and Catherine Oki
Organization: ETJ Kyoto (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Catherine and Pamela will be talking about teaching young children, ages 3 to 6 and babies. They will touch on several topics like: how to plan a good class, game ideas, material ideas, disipline, and giving take home homework for the parents to do with their children.

Dealing with Reading and Listening in the Classroom
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Hamish Buchan
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: In this course we will look at the micro skills involved in reading and listening and give ideas for practising these skills in class. An important part of this workshop will be looking at how we can use texts in course books more effectively.

2nd Annual Work in Progress Mini-Conference: A Day Celebrating Learner Development
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Stacy Vye, Yoko Wakui, Marlen Harrison, Matthew Apple, Amanda Bradley, Etsuko Shimo, Brian Caspino, Bob Sanderson, Denise Haugh, Terry Fellner and more
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Co-sponsored by JALT's Osaka Chapter and Learner Development SIG, the morning program will feature poster sessions by teacher-learners contributing to the LD SIG's forthcoming anthology of papers entitled "AYA2" (Autonomy You Ask, Volume 2), focusing on issues in learner and teacher autonomy.

Learner Development Work in Progress Mini-Conference:
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Stacy Vye, Yoko Wakui, Marlen Harrison,Matthew Apple, Amanda Bradley, Etsuko Shimo, Brian Caspino, Bob Sanderson, Denise Haugh, Terry Fellner and more!
Organization: Learner Development Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: Co-sponsored by Osaka Chapter and the Learner Development SIG, the morning program will feature poster sessions by teacher-learners contributing to Learner Development's forthcoming anthology of papers entitled AYA2 (Autonomy You Ask Volume 2) and focusing on issues in learner and teacher autonomy.

Maruzen English Teaching Materials Fair in Kyoto
Time: 12:30 PM - 5:10 PM
Speaker: Mayuka Habbick, Sachiko Ohuna, and an ALC speaker (TBA)
Organization: Maruzen Bookshops
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Maruzen Kyoto Kawaramachi Store will hold an "English Teaching Materials Fair". At this event, four publishers present their materials and useful methods you can use in your classrooms.

Media Literacy for Young Adults
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Kathleen Riley
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: Killing Us Softly III, a DVD by U. S.