ELT Events Calendar

English Teachers in Japan
ETJ Aichi Three Presentations: Fun Activities, Classroom Management, and Make Your Own Storybook
Speaker: Yoko Takano, Chris Williams and Linda Donan
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Venue: Moralogy Kenkyuujo (The Institute of Moralogy)
Description: ETJ Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu and Mie. For the May workshop, Yoko Takano will share her fun activities ... (69 more words)
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Association of Childrens English Teachers
Teaching English to Children: ACET 2005 May Meeting
Speaker: Tomoko Hirakawa
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Location: Fukuoka
Venue: Amikas 2F, near Nishitetsu Takamiya station
Description: A typical ACET meeting includes various volunteers sharing songs, classroom games, activities, and various teaching methods that have proven successful in teaching English to children. In the ACET May ... (25 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Collaborative Learning Through Debates
Speaker: Chantal Hemmi, British Council
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi - see yojalt.bravehost.com for map.
Description: This session is a hands-on workshop on the language of debates. Chantal Hemmi will show how the language of debates could be practiced using a game that incorporates topics ... (70 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Some methods of teaching English that have developed in Japan after World War II
Speaker: Kiyoshi Shioiri, Shinonome College
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Location: Matsuyama, Ehime
Venue: Shinonome High School Kinenkan 4F
Description: Four major methods of teaching English have risen in post-war Japan; eigo de kangaeru (thinking in English) by Toru Matsumoto, shikan rodoku (reading out loud) by Masao Kunihiro, kangaeru ... (50 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Outdoor Language Learning: An Alternative Learning Environment
Speaker: Terry Fellner, Himeji Dokkyo University
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Location: Osaka
Venue: In the wildflower garden on the north side of the Sky Building, a 10-minute walk west of Umeda Hankyu station on Shibata-1 street (just north of the Yodobashi bldg) thru the long pedestrian tunnel
Description: As language teachers continue to search for optimal teaching methodologies, learning environments and classroom techniques for their students, it is surprising that one learning environment that is so accessible ... (150 more words)
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