ELT Events Calendar

Japan Intercultural Institute
Intercultural Confidence Workshop
Speaker: Joseph Shaules
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Tokyo
Venue: Shirayuri College
Description: Having intercultural confidence means being comfortable in unknown situations and when communicating in a foreign language. Stress decreases communicative effectiveness. Feeling at ease allows you to take advantage of ... (78 more words)
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English Teachers in Japan
ETJ-Aichi January 2007 workshop: Teach Them All By Reaching Them All
Speaker: Chuck Kayser
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Venue: Moralogy Kenkyuujo, Tokai Shutchohjo (Institute of Moralogy Tokai Branch Hall) a 2-story building near Shirakabe bus stop (map)
Description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. For the January workshop, Chuck Kayser, based out of Kyoto, will share ... (44 more words)
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Kumamoto University
Globalization and English Education in the 21st Century: International Collaboration in English Education, Learner Autonomy, and the Development of ELT Professionals
Speaker: Speakers in the Report, Session, and Panel Discussion
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Kumamoto
Venue: Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Engineering 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall, Kumamoto University
Description: This International Symposium is intended for all English teachers. There will be Reports by 7 dispatched representatives, three presentations in the Session, and the Panel Discussion by 4 panelists ... (27 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Kitakyushu JALT Hot Spring Social Event
Speaker: All welcome!!
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Venue: Kawachi Hot Spring (Ajisai no Yuu), Yahata
Description: The 3rd annual Kitakyushu Hot Spring Social Event will be held at the Kawachi Ajisai-no-yu Hot Spring Center located in the mountains of Yahata, near Kawachi Reservoir. We will ... (98 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
An Integrated Oral Communication Program
Speaker: Paul Mason
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Toyohashi, Aichi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: Paul Mason introduces the Oral Communication Program in use at Nanzan Junior College, and describes how the activities were developed, as well as showing videos of two of them ... (50 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
EAP Colloqium
Speaker: Sonia Strain, Susan Jackson, Greg Sholdt, Maggie Lieb and John Cambell-Larsen
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Himeji, Hyogo
Venue: Hanakita Shimin Hiroba (Located directly across from Nozato Station on the Bantan Line. Plenty of free parking.) Bantan Line train leaves Himeji Station at 13:46
Description: This colloquium will introduce Himeji Dokkyo University's English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program designed for intermediate- (and lower-) level students by means of a step-by-step, student-friendly approach. This presentation ... (28 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Word Association and the Mental Lexicon
Speaker: Philip Shigeo Brown
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa
Venue: to be announced
Description: How do we learn new words? What connections do we make between words? How can we use our knowledge of the mental lexicon to further our learners' lexical development? ... (154 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Reading and Young Learners: Song Lyrics for Reading Content with Young Learners
Speaker: Richard Barber, Toyo Gakuen University
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Omiya, Saitama
Venue: Sakuragi Kominkan (near Omiya Station, west exit, see map).
Description: Using song lyrics for reading content words with young learners by Richard Barber. This activity uses song lyrics as reading material for young learners. After getting to grips with ... (210 more words)
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Extensive Reading - the Whats, Whys, and Hows
Speaker: Ron Murphy, Ehime University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Location: Matsuyama, Ehime
Venue: Shinonome High School Pierce Building 3F (Parking NOT available)
Description: In an ideal world, teachers would be able to offer learners stimulating lessons with interesting content at an appropriate level for each student. Extensive reading programs claim to do ... (32 more words)
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