ELT Events Calendar

David English House Certificates in Teaching English to Children
ETJ One-Day Certificate Course (Fukuoka)
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr, John Wiltshier, Rob Waring and Maurice Jamall
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Fukuoka
Venue: Yomiuri Fukuoka Bldg, 9F, 1-12-15 Akasaka, Chuo-ku
Description: This is the ETJ One-day certificate course in teaching Japanese students (for teachers of teenagers and adults). Different course contents are offered in alternating years. To obtain the Full ... (122 more words)
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English Teachers in Japan
Activities for upper elementary young learners
Speaker: various speakers
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Kobe, Hyogo
Venue: Takigawa Boys School, Kobe
Description: ETJ Kobe will have the next meet on Sunday 21st May. This month we will focus activities on the upper elementary grades, including late starters, low language levels, mixed ... (63 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Annual May Picnic
Speaker: It's a picnic!
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Toyohashi, Aichi
Venue: Toyohashi Ryokuchi Koen (Takashi station, Atsumi Line)
Description: Toyohashi JALT will hold its annual May barbeque and picnic at the usual place, in Takashi Ryokuchi Park. Those interested should bring along something to eat. As usual we ... (13 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Tech Day 2006
Speaker: Bill Pellowe, Robert Chartrand, Gordon Wilson, Cameron Romney and more
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Osaka
Venue: Computer lab on the third floor of building 6 at Hannan University's main campus, a 10-minute walk north of Kawachi Imami station, on the Kintetsu line from Tennoji.
Description: This will be an all afternoon event to hone our computer skills, and to share favorite websites and software that should be helpful to teachers and learners both in ... (221 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Present Differenty: How to give a PowerPoint presentation that engages, inspires, and connects
Speaker: Garr Reynolds, Kansai Gaidai University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Gifu
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3F, Lecture Room 2
Description: Come join us for a joint event with the Nagoya chapter. Using Zen aesthetics and multimedia research, Garr explains how a good understanding of content structure, visual communication and ... (58 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Strategies to Help Students Communicate Now
Speaker: Roger Palmer, Kansai University, Osaka, with Steve King of Pearson/Longman.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Nagasaki
Venue: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 4F (this is the large white building next to Dejima Wharf and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; take #5 streetcar to Shiminbyoinmae stop, or take #1 streetcar to Dejima stop.)
Description: This presentation will focus on the need for students to make use of the English they know in the here-and-now. In particular, it will show how the ELT material ... (95 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Okinawa JALT May 2006 Event
Speaker: TBA
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Nago, Okinawa
Venue: TBA
Description: Details were not fully decided at the time this event notice was published. Please see the Okinawa JALT Chapter website for details.
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Corpus informed materials: A new era in language teaching
Speaker: John Letcher, Cambridge University Press ELT Representative
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Maebashi, Gunma
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575)
Description: The Cambridge International Corpus (CIC) is the largest living corpus in the world with over 800 million words of text, and is growing all the time. In recent years, ... (92 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
A Crash Course in Public Speaking
Speaker: Dennis Woolbright (Seinan Jogakuin University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Location: Hiroshima
Venue: International Conference Center, Peace Park (3rd Floor Seminar Room)
Description: Teachers will learn how to help Japanese college students develop their English public speaking skills. Professor Woolbright encourages student autonomy while integrating the four skills. Video clips will show ... (6 more words)
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