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Sunday, October 1st, 2006

English Teachers in Japan
Six Secrets to Success with Songs and Chants
Speaker: Kaj Schwermer
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Location: Kobe, Hyogo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Education for Multicultural Society in the Global Age - Promoting Active communication with Different Communities in Japan
Speaker: Yuko Kato
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Location: Fukui   [read details]

English Teachers in Japan
Two Talks: 1. English Education in the Elementary Grades (from the point of view of a Japanese teacher); 2. Rules of the Game: Do's and Don'ts of Running an English School
Speaker: 1. Sakai Kuniaki, 2. Jun Magno
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Location: Niigata   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Planning for Immersion Education
Speaker: Michelle Nagashima
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Location: Okaya, Nagano   [read details]

English Teachers in Japan
Halloween fun, followed by an open forum
Speaker: Chuck Kayser, et.al.
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Location: Kyoto   [read details]

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Kansai Gaidai University Center for International Education
Promoting Strategic Reading in College EFL
Speaker: May Shih, San Francisco State University
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Date: Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Location: Hirakata, Osaka   [read details]

Tokyo PC Users Group
Tokyo PC Users Group - Data Recovery
Speaker: Jim Blackson, Ontrack Japan
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Date: Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
16th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (day 1 of 3)
Speaker: Call for papers due May 20, 2006
Time: to be announced Date: Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Location: Kyoto   [read details]

Linguapax Asia
The 2006 Linguapax Asia Symposium
Speaker: Various.
Time: 8:30 AM - 6:05 PM Date: Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Teacher Education Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Professional Development in English Language Teaching (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Several Speakers
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Location: Okayama   [read details]

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Teacher Education Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Professional Development in English Language Teaching (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Several Speakers
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Location: Okayama   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Easy and Fun Vocabulary Building Activities
Speaker: George Mano
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Location: Himeji, Hyogo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
JALT International Conference Preview
Speaker: Eric Skier, Masa Tsuneyasu, Kyoko Miyazato
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Location: Omiya, Saitama   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Studies on Communication Strategies: From Theories to Practice
Speaker: Chiaki Iwai, Hiroshima City University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM Date: Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Location: Matsuyama, Ehime   [read details]

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

The Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
EA-Tokyo Seminar for September 2006
Speaker: To be announced
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:45 PM Date: Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Foreign Executive Women
FEW October Meeting - Local Marketing for Global Brands
Speaker: Attica Alexis Jaques, Senior Director of Marketing, Gap Japan
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Date: Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

The British Council Tokyo Centre
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Preparation Course
Speaker: Alan Milby (British Council Tokyo)
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Date: Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Discourse Across Cultures: Preparing Japanese to Use English as an International Language.
Speaker: Larry Smith, Executive Director, International Association for World Englishes.
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Date: Friday, October 13th, 2006
Location: Nagasaki   [read details]

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Kitakyushu International Week featuring Two Bi-Lingual Events
Speaker: Various
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 14th, 2006
Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
The California Education System as a Basis for Global Communication
Speaker: Randall Wat
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Date: Saturday, October 14th, 2006
Location: Yamagata   [read details]

Temple University Japan
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2, Osaka): Education for Bilingualism: Current Issues in Bilingual and Immersion Education in Japan
Speaker: Michael Bostwick (Katoh Gakuin, Shizuoka)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 14th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
EAP Symposium
Speaker: Sonia Sonoko Strain, Maggie Lieb, Terry Fellner, Greg Sholdt (Himeji Dokkyo University)
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 14th, 2006
Location: Kobe, Hyogo   [read details]

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Nellie's ELT Workshop and Book Fair 2006 in Osaka
Speaker: Roger Barnard, Rob Waring, Alastair Graham-Marr, Donald and Michael Kinney and many more!
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Osaka   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Let our class be a place for training skills, not for conveying static knowledge
Speaker: Tetsuhito Shizuka
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka   [read details]

Research Group for Teaching Conversation in Japan
Sixth Immediate Method Autumn Workshop
Speaker: Tim Marchand, Stephen Richmond, etc.
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Oxford University Press
IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Workshop Certificate Program (Workshop 3 and 4)
Speaker: Qualified teacher-trainers from the IIEEC Teacher Training Center
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
A Longitudinal Tool for Enhancing Student Responsibility
Speaker: Brad Deacon
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Toyohashi, Aichi   [read details]

English Teachers in Japan
Ideas for Teaching Phonics to Japanese Children and Beginners
Speaker: Yayoi Aoki
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Kagoshima   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
The Song of Myself: Haiku in the EFL Classroom
Speaker: Trudie Heiman
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Global Education through Role Play and Simulations
Speaker: Kip Cates
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Nishihara, Okinawa   [read details]

Amnesty International, Goup 78 Tokyo
Rock to Close Guantanamo
Speaker: Invago; Eden Rogue
Time: 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Identity in Second Language Learning Research
Speaker: Dr David Block, Senior Lecturer, University of London
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Date: Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Japan Market Expansion Competition
The Japan Market Expansion Competition's Third Information Session
Speaker: JMEC
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Date: Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

English Education Study Group of Sapporo Gakuin University
CALL Workshop 2006
Speaker: Bill Pellowe, Don Hinkelman, Michael Vallence and 12 other practitioners
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido   [read details]

Temple University Japan
Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges
Speaker: Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa University and Osaka Graduate School of Engineering)
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Using Newspapers for Language Reinforcement
Speaker: William M. Balsamo
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Location: Kyoto   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
The New TOEIC (r): Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges
Speaker: Grant Trew
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Location: Fukuoka   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Nobody's Assistant: Flying solo in a high school classroom
Speaker: Les Smith
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Location: Gifu   [read details]

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

English Teachers in Japan ELT Expo
Kansai ETJ Expo
Speaker: Many good speakers
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Osaka   [read details]

Pacific Rim Conference
The 1st Pacific-Rim Conference on Education
Speaker: Several speakers
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Storytelling in Language Teaching (A.M. Program)
Speaker: Charles Kowalski, Oberlin College
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Tsukuba, Ibaraki   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
The 1st JALT Joint Tokyo Conference: Action Research - Influencing Classroom Practice
Speaker: David Nunan, Curtis Kelly, Don Maybin, Stan Pederson and Andy Boon
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
My Share and Officers Election
Speaker: Masahiko Goshi
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Shizuoka   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Versatile Video iPods as Classroom Tools (P.M. Program)
Speaker: Bill Pellowe, Kinki University
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Tsukuba, Ibaraki   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Christmas! What will you do?
Speaker: Various
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Kagoshima   [read details]

Wakayama Chapter of JALT
Inaugural Meeting! Graded Readers and Extensive Reading
Speaker: Jim Swan and Clive Lovelock
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Wakayama   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Sneak Preview of the JALT International Conference in Kitakyushu, Nov. 2-5
Speaker: Dan McCourt (University of Shimane); Joe Lauer (Hiroshima University); and Maria Trovela and Carol Fujii (Fukuyama University)
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Hiroshima   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Teaching and Learning with Technology: Posters and Presentations
Speaker: Paul Daniels, Davey Leslie, Lawrie Hunter and electronic posters
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Kochi   [read details]

English Teacher and Learner Cooperative
Halloween Fun and the Changing Funeral Scene
Speaker: Kenneth Biegel
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Niiza, Saitama   [read details]

English Teachers in Japan
ETJ-Oita / Okinet TDA 2nd Meeting
Speaker: Simon Weedon; Ed Kellerman
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Location: Oita   [read details]

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Nellie's ELT Workshop and Book Fair 2006 in Yokohama
Speaker: Yoko Matsuka, Setsuko Toyama, Alastair Graham-Marr and many more!
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
What did you think of the course? - Understanding Students' Course Evaluations.
Speaker: Christine Winskowski and Susan Duggan
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Morioka, Iwate   [read details]

English Teachers in Japan
Learning styles and strategies
Speaker: James Graziani
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Wine, Cheese, and The New TOEIC (followed by Osaka Chapter elections and business meeting)
Speaker: Lin Lougheed of Pearson Longman, and Grant Trew of Oxford University Press
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Osaka   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Using Cooperative Learning in Your Classroom
Speaker: David Schneer
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Maebashi, Gunma   [read details]

Japan Association for Language Teaching
(1) BULATS Test Trials; (2) Cambridge ESOL Exams
Speaker: (1) Elaine Gilmour; (2) Martin Nuttall
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Sendai, Miyagi   [read details]

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Tokyo
Manuscript and Illustration Exchange
Speaker: Writers and Illustrators
Time: 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Japan Association for Language Teaching
Act English: Using Drama to Bring English to Life
Speaker: Brian Tomlinson (Leeds Metropolitan University)
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Date: Monday, October 30th, 2006
Location: Kobe, Hyogo   [read details]

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Oxford University Press
Oxford-British Council Lecture Tour Tokyo
Speaker: Jack C. Richards, Susan Stempleski
Time: 6:15 PM - 8:45 PM Date: Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Location: Tokyo   [read details]





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