Sunday, September 30th, 2007Oxford University Press Kids' Club
IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program - Autumn Session (Workshop 3 and 4)Speaker: Qualified teacher-trainers from the IIEEC Teacher Training Center
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 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 ...
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Exploring Presentation SkillsSpeaker: Keiji Nomura, Tim Knight, Peter Ross, Simon Stevens, Andy Boon
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:45 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University, Daiichi Kenkyuu Center, Room 1310
Description: JALT West Tokyo Chapter in collaboration with Tokyo Keizai University announce the fifth in our series of micro-conferences, each featuring several presenters exploring a particular topic for a whole ...
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Graphic Organizers for Content LearningSpeaker: Heidi Evans
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Toyohashi, Aichi
Venue: Aichi University, Bldg 5 - room 543
Description: Graphic organizers are instructional tools that help learners synthesize and organize new information in personalized, meaningful ways. In this workshop, participants will experience how concept maps, word webs, flowcharts, ...
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Issues in the Teaching of Academic WritingSpeaker: David Kluge
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Venue: Nagoya International Center, 3rd Fl, Lecture Room # 2
Description: The speaker will first describe some of the issues he has encountered in the teaching of research paper writing, like the teaching of academic writing conventions and the problems ...
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Recipes for Success in Teaching Medical EnglishSpeaker: James Hobbs, Iwate Medical University
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Morioka, Iwate
Venue: Aiina, 8th floor, Room 816
Description: Authentic medical English is often assumed to be extremely difficult for the non-expert teacher to understand, let alone teach. The presenter will show that this is not in fact ...
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English Teachers in Japan
Classroom Troubleshooting: A Diagnostic ApproachSpeaker: Cynthia Akazawa
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Okayama
Venue: Okayama International Center, Okayama City
Description: This workshop will deal with clarifying problematic situations in the classroom and devising action plans for effectively managing them. Sometimes a teacher may already understand problems that exist, but ...
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Japan Association for Language Teaching
Students as Editors: Using Online ConcordancersSpeaker: Stephen Jennings
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Maebashi, Gunma
Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575)
Description: This workshop will show how students are able to edit their written work after some language awareness activities and online concordance familiarity. Workshop participants will take part in the ...
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English Teachers in Japan
ETJ-Kobe Activity Jam and Thank You BBQSpeaker: Several local teachers
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Kobe, Hyogo
Venue: KRAC Sannomiya, Kobe
Description: Come on over to ETJ-Kobe on Sep 30 for our end of summer activity jam. We have several local teachers lined up to share with you their favorite warm-ups, ...
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English Teacher and Learner Cooperative
ChangesSpeaker: Kenneth Biegel
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location: Niiza, Saitama
Venue: The first floor of the eTLC meeting house near Hibarigaoaka Station on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line (an 8-minute walk). Email for address and directions.
Description: No, we are not going to discuss the old David Bowie song, nor are we planning to discuss the reasons for Abe to step down as prime minister. Rather, ...
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