ELT Events CalendarSunday, October 28th, 2007ETJ (English Teachers in Japan) Tohoku ETJ Expo (Sendai)Speaker: ELT professionals from across Japan Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Location: Sendai, Miyagi Venue: Forest Hall, Sendai (Kita Yonbancho Sta. on Nanboku subway line, or Kita Sendai Sta. on JR) Description: The Tohoku ETJ Expo brings together teachers and publishers for a full day of seminars on topics ranging from The Silent Way, to improving your students' writing, to ideas ... (62 more words)[more details]
Oxford University Press Kids' Club IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program-Autumn Session (Workshop 5 and 6)Speaker: Qualified teacher-trainers from the IIEEC Teacher Training Center Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Location: Tokyo Venue: Dai 1 Kaigishitsu, Office Tower 12F, Metropolitan Plaza Description: Workshop content has been developed by Ritsuko Nakata (co-author, Let's Go) in cooperation with Oxford University Press and is aimed at all teachers of young learners who wish to ... (92 more words)[more details]
Iwate Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Hands-on English - Task Based LearningSpeaker: Mark DeBoer Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Location: Morioka, Iwate Venue: Aiina, 8th floor, Room 817, Morioka, Iwate Description: SciTek is a set of materials (colored tubes, spheres, wheels, joints, and so forth) and model plans that pose challenges to be overcome. Using SciTek as an exploratory tool, ... (37 more words)[more details]
Shinshu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching The Status of the English Have/Be Auxiliaries in Japanese-Speaking LearnersSpeaker: Miki H. K. Bong Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Location: Matsumoto-shi, Nagano Venue: Shinshu University, Matsumoto Campus, Chukaigishitsu (on the 2nd floor, the South Building of the "Zengaku Kyoiku Kikou") Description: This presentation reports a study investigating the status of the English have/be auxiliaries in Japanese-speaking learners (JSLs). It is generally assumed that Japanese is categorised as a HAVE-LESS language, ... (220 more words)[more details]
Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Cultural and International Activities Foster Student MotivationSpeaker: Fumiko Itakura Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Location: Hiroshima Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F. Description: Based on the presenter's own experience as an exchange student in the United States and as a coordinator of international programs, she will introduce some activities that promote communication ... (143 more words)[more details]
English Teacher and Learner Cooperative One Laptop per ChildSpeaker: Kenneth Biegel Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Location: Niiza, Saitama Venue: eTLC meeting house, 1F, near Hibarigaoaka Station on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line (an 8-minute walk). Email for address and directions. Description: For October, we have decided that our meeting will focus on projects that have been started to help disadvantaged children. One of the most recent and fascinating ones is ... (98 more words)[more details]
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