ELT Events Calendar

The British Council Teacher Training Seminars
Teaching Knowledge Test Seminar in Osaka
Speaker: Miyoko Kobayashi (Kanda University of International Studies); Tony Brace (British Council); Curtis Kelly (Osaka Gakuin University)
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Osaka
Venue: British Council Osaka, Dojima Avanza 4F, 1-6-20, Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0003
Description: Find out about TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test), improve your teaching skills, and network with like-minded ELT professionals. Programme Module1 Language and background to language learning and teaching Miyoko Kobayashi ... (59 more words)
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Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Officer Elections
Speaker: Shizuoka JALT Chapter President
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Shizuoka
Venue: the Associa Hotel coffeeshop on the first floor (1F)
Description: This is an important meeting for Shizuoka JALT because we are going to hold officer elections. We really need some new blood as we are losing two officers and ... (11 more words)
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Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
What About You?
Speaker: Kenneth Biegel (Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education.)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Toyohashi, Aichi
Venue: Aichi University, Toyohashi Campus, Building 5, room 521
Description: This presentation will address some difficulties teachers often face while trying to find appropriate materials to use in the EFL classroom. A large segment of the presentation will focus ... (47 more words)
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Himeji Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Why Forget Where You Come From? -- Activities and projects that use Japanese culture and experiences as motivators for learning and enjoying English
Speaker: Patrick Dougherty
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Himeji, Hyogo
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (directly across from Nozato Station, Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking. Train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46)
Description: A few years ago, Dr. Dougherty had several students go on an exchange program to Australia; these students had great difficulty in responding to questions about Japan and Japanese ... (74 more words)
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ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
ETJ-Fukuoka September Meeting
Speaker: Speaker to be announced
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Fukuoka
Venue: venue to be announced
Description: ETJ-Fukuoka is a group for English teachers of young learners in the Fukuoka area. All teachers of English, members and non-members, are welcome to attend.
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ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
ETJ - Eiken workshop in September
Speaker: Kazuhiro Kurita and others
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Fukuoka
Venue: Fukuoka Building (next to Tenjin Core), 9F No.2 Hall tel. no. 092-716-8027
Description: The topic is how to teach EIKEN lessons. Some games and teaching ideas will be shared, followed by an open forum and tea time.
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Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Improve Your Students' Communicative Competence with Person to Person
Speaker: Karl O'Callaghan, OUP ELT Consultant
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Maebashi, Gunma
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma. Tel: 027-266-7575.
Description: The speaker will sample numerous activities from the new, third edition of Person to Person. People attending this presentation will be the first in Japan to be given a ... (14 more words)
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Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Language in NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP)
Speaker: Charles Adamson
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Sendai, Miyagi
Venue: Sendai Sensai Fukkou Kinenkan (War Memorial Hall)
Description: NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) is the art and science of personal excellence. In this presentation, which will be superb preparation for a two-day workshop JALT/TALE will sponsor in February 2006, ... (91 more words)
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Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
My Share and National Conference Sneak Preview
Speaker: James Ronald (Hiroshima Shudo University) and anyone else who wants to present
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Hiroshima
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F, Seminar Room 2
Description: During the first hour there will be a My Share in which everyone present can speak for 5 to 15 minutes about any teaching idea or research topic in ... (33 more words)
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Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
From TPR to TPR-S (Teaching Proficiency through Reading Stories).
Speaker: Melinda Kawahara
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Location: Kagoshima
Venue: Seminar Room 117, Ground Floor Kousha Biru, Shinyashiki opposite the Shinyashiki Tram Stop
Description: For the first half of this workshop the presenter will give you ideas on how to get your students moving and active using James Asher's TPR technique that theorizes ... (155 more words)
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