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ELT Calendar for Tokyo Metropolis

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Tokyo Metropolis.

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May 19th (Saturday) 2012

Spreading the Good Word: Introducing the Vocabulary SIG
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:15 PM
Speaker: Charles Browne, Rory Rosszell, Jeffrey Stewart, Charles J. Anderson, and Rob Waring.
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Tokyo Keizai University, Chu-kaigishitsu 5, 2nd floor, Building 6, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo
City: Kokubunji City
Brief description: JALT's West Tokyo Chapter, the JALT Vocabulary SIG and Oxford University Press are pleased to present an interesting series of presentations by a diverse range of speakers, all of whom represent excellence in the field of vocabulary education for EFL learners in Japan.

Teaching phonics
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: What is the role of phonics and how can we teach phonemic awareness? This session will also contrast phonics with other approaches to teaching reading and writing and look at the role of each approach.

Phonics activities
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will practice a range of activities for teaching phonics. This will include the creation of new activities by teachers.

May 20th (Sunday) 2012

FETJ Tokyo Chapter 1st Year Anniversary
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Aurora Dobashi, Marco Brazil, Lesly Itoh, Sara Wall
Organization: Filipino English Teachers in Japan (Tokyo)
Venue: Komatsugawa Sakura Hall, 3-6-3 Komatsugawa Edogawa-ku Tokyo
City: Edogawa City
Brief description: Join us and learn from the experts:Ms. Aurora Dobashi, FETJ Founder Mr.

May 21st (Monday) 2012

Technology in Language Teaching Series (4 of 4)
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Tom Edwards
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Sophia University, building 10, room 301 http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/info/access
City: Tokyo
Brief description: JALT Tokyo Chapter's "Technology in Language Teaching" Series will run on selected dates between January and May, 2012.

May 27th (Sunday) 2012

ELT Career and Professional Development Conference 2012
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:50 PM
Speaker: Keynote speakers William Snyder (Teacher's College, Columbia University) and Kahoko Matsumoto (Tokai University), plus several other speakers
Organization: ELT Career and Professional Development Conference
Venue: The Yomiuri Shimbun Building, 6-17-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8243
City: Tokyo
Brief description: The ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) caters to teachers from an array of different experience levels and teaching situations.

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Teaching games and songs effectively
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: How can we use games and songs to maximise learning? Games and songs are used as extras by some teachers and just to have fun by others.

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Activities for children's classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will practice a range of activities. This will include the creation of new activities by teachers.

June 2nd (Saturday) 2012

12th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Plenary speaker: William O'Grady (University of Hawaii). Call for papers extended to Feb. 15th, 2012
Organization: The Japan Second Language Association
Venue: Hosei University, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: The 12th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association will be held June 2 and 3, 2012, at Hosei University in Tokyo.

Practical Ideas for English Education (PIE) Conference
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Keynote speakers Kensaku Yoshida (Sophia University) and Noriko Ishihara (Hosei University), plus 10 more presentations
Organization: Kanto International Senior High School
Venue: Kanto International Senior High School, 3-2-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0071 (near Nishi-Shinjuku Gochome and Hatsudai stations)
City: Tokyo
Brief description: The PIE Conference aims to provide practical ideas, supported by current TESOL literature, which teachers can draw upon for use in their own classrooms.

June 3rd (Sunday) 2012

12th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association (day 2 of 2(
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Plenary speaker: William O'Grady (University of Hawaii).
Organization: The Japan Second Language Association
Venue: Hosei University, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: The 12th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association will be held June 2 and 3, 2012, at Hosei University in Tokyo.

June 9th (Saturday) 2012

Principles of Second Language Acquisition
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will be given a brief introduction to the field of second language acquisition. They will then discuss how to apply some of the discussed principles to their teaching situation.

Fundamentals of Teaching Listening
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will learn the fundamentals of teaching listening. Teachers will discuss when, why and how to teach bottom-up and top-down listening skills.

June 10th (Sunday) 2012

TESOL Certificate Workshop: Teaching Communicative Competence
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Much of what learners strive for is communicative competence. Teachers will discuss what this means and how to more broadly apply some of these principles to their teaching situation.

TESOL Certificate Workshop: Assessment methods in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Alastair Graham-Marr
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will learn and discuss many of the issues and difficulties associated with language assessment.

June 12th (Tuesday) 2012

A Seminar: Assessment without Evaluation: A Way Out of the Grammar-Feedback Dilemma
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Paul Kei Matsuda
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus Bldg. No. 10 Room301
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Grammar feedback has long been considered a sine qua non of second language writing instruction, but John Truscott's (1996) controversial article has ignited what has become a long-standing debate over the efficacy of grammar feedback.

June 16th (Saturday) 2012

Teaching listening and communication
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: How can we develop children's listening and communication ability? The ability to communicate includes a variety of elements.

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Machida, Tokyo)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Ishii Yoko (Yoko Kids' Club), Aurora Dobashi (Saitama Board of Education)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Venue: Hisamido Gaisho Centre 1-9-2 Nakamachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo
City: Machida City
Brief description: From mid-June to late-September, Oxford University Press will be holding a tour of 30 cities across the country.

Teaching writing
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Writing is the most difficult of the four skills, but mastering writing greatly improves the children's ability to internalize language.

June 17th (Sunday) 2012

Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour for Teachers 2012 (Tachikawa, Tokyo)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Mochizuki Yoko (Mother Goose English School For Children), Aurora Dobashi (Saitama Board of Education)
Organization: Oxford University Press
Venue: Orion Shobo Norte 'Lounge' 3F Park Avenue, 2-42-1, Akebono-Cho, Tachikawa-Shi, Tokyo
City: Tachikawa City
Brief description: From mid-June to late-September, Oxford University Press will be holding a tour of 30 cities across the country.

Teaching writing
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Writing is the most difficult of the four skills, but mastering writing greatly improves the children's ability to internalize language.

June 24th (Sunday) 2012

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Being an effective teacher
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will look at the role of the teacher in class, and at how to manage difficult classes.

June 30th (Saturday) 2012

FETJ Teaching Guidelines Seminar
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: FETJ Founder and Chairperson Aurora Dobashi
Organization: Filipino English Teachers in Japan (Tokyo)
Venue: Hamura City Lifelong Learning Center, Yutorogi
City: Tokyo
Brief description: This is a 2-day certificate training program, held June 30th to July 1st. .

July 7th (Saturday) 2012

Principles of vocabulary learning
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: What are the main factors when selecting vocabulary to teach? What approaches lead to the best results?.

Managing an Extensive Reading program
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will learn how to set up, manage and run an Extensive Reading program. Teachers will discuss their own programs to find appropriate solutions for the problems they face.

July 8th (Sunday) 2012

Balance in Language teaching
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: This workshop overviews various aspects of language teaching to determine the appropriate balance of listening and reading and speaking and writing as well as language focus and fluency focus instruction both at the curriculum and lesson planning levels.

Getting the most out of your materials
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rob Waring
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: This workshop will focus on learning how to assess and adapt various types of ELT materials for suitability for in various learning environments.

July 22nd (Sunday) 2012

Teaching games and songs effectively
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: How can we use games and songs to maximise learning? Games and songs are used as extras by some teachers and just to have fun by others.

Activities for children's classes
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: David Paul
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will practice a range of activities. This will include the creation of new activities by teachers.

July 28th (Saturday) 2012

July 29th (Sunday) 2012

Ages and Stages: Selecting teaching and learning materials
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Ann Mayeda
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: Teachers will get a basic overview of first and subsequent language development in children with the aim of deciding the criteria for selecting age and level-appropriate materials.

Content and language-integrated learning
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Ann Mayeda
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Nellies English Books, Kenkyusha Fujimi Bldg., 1F, 2-11-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
City: Tokyo
Brief description: What are your students learning in school? How can you integrate this knowledge into your lessons? Teachers will look at some of the curricular content in primary school, then take authentic materials and develop language learning activities based around them.