ELT Events CalendarSunday, May 18th, 2008Elementary School Thematic English Education Movement Monthly Study Meeting #22: Creating a Positive Team Teaching EnvironmentSpeaker: Hitomi Sakamoto and Sarah Birchley Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Venue: Yokohama City Shakai Fukushi Center, two-minute walk from Sakuragi-cho station Description: In this workshop-style meeting, the speakers will facilitate the participants sharing the experiences of team teaching and their flaws and successes, and lead them to discuss and learn how ... (12 more words)[more details]
Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching The Relaunch of YoJALTSpeaker: Steve Brown, YoJALT exec team Time: 1:00 PM - 8:30 AM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Venue: Tokyo Jogakkan College (Minami Machida on the Chuo Rinkan Line) Description: Location: Yokohama Venue: Tokyo Jogakkan College (at Minami Machida on the Chuo Rinkan Line; see the walking Map from Minami Machida station; from Minami Machida to Tokyo Jogakkan College, ... (109 more words)[more details]
Nagoya Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Twelve Steps to Teaching Verbs and Verb TensesSpeaker: Peter Warner Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Nagoya, Aichi Venue: Nagoya International Center / Kokusai Center, 3rd Fl., Lecture Rm 2 Description: An explanation and demonstration of twelve gradual steps to teach verbs and tenses for young EFL students. From swimming around the room, to writing about last week, each step ... (39 more words)[more details]
Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching From Research to Video Blog: A Final Project for Japanese University StudentsSpeaker: John Spiri Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Maebashi, Gunma Venue: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College, 1154-4 Koyahara-machi, Maebashi, Gunma (tel: 027-266-7575) Description: University students in Japan can benefit by conducting research in English. The presenter will describe a final project for first and second year students at a university of technology ... (85 more words)[more details]
Institute of International Education in London Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Nagoya)Speaker: Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Nagoya, Aichi Venue: Nagoya International Centre in Nagoya Description: The Institute of International Education in London will hold briefing sessions on a postgraduate program on teaching Japanese as a foreign language that the organization offers in the British ... (84 more words)[more details]
ETJ Saitama (English Teachers in Japan) Three Mini-Workshops for Elementary and Junior High School ClassesSpeaker: Richard Bales, Matt Shannon and Darryl Sumida Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Omiya, Saitama Venue: Sakuragi Kominkan, Shino-Omiya Center Plaza 5F, 1-10-18 Sakuragi-cho Omiya-ku Saitama-shi, 5 minutes ' walk from Omiya Station, West Exit Description: (1) Helping students discover and use their personal vocabulary banks Japanese teachers of English (JTE) generally underestimate how much English vocabulary their students have acquired during English classes in ... (150 more words)[more details]
Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Prepare Your Students for Academic StudiesSpeaker: Eri Okuda (Oxford University Press) Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Location: Hiroshima Venue: Hiroshima Peace Park, International Conference Center 3F. Description: Students will cope much better in study-abroad programs if they are adequately prepared with the strategies they need to listen, take notes, and discuss ideas independently and confidently. Through ... (51 more words)[more details]
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