ETJ Aichi Archive

This is an archive of all of the past events of ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan) on ELT Calendar.

March 22nd (Sunday) 2020
CANCELLED: ETJ Aichi March Workshop
Speaker: cancelled
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

February 9th (Sunday) 2020
ETJ Chubu Expo (Nagoya City, Aichi)
Speaker: Many great speakers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 19th (Sunday) 2020
Session A: Most effective and successful teaching activities; Session B: Help students build confidence and improve their test scores
Speaker: Wayne Jackson, Yuichi Hasegawa
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 17th (Sunday) 2019
Session A: Enhancing Student Voice With and Without Technology Session B: Bring the World to Your Classroom with Google Expeditions VR/AR,
Speaker: Nate Gildart
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 14th (Sunday) 2019
Session A: Making Students Active Readers; Session B: Self-Assessment in the EFL Classroom
Speaker: Yoko Takano, Steve Charles, Jane Hislop
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 17th (Sunday) 2019
(1) Letting Learners Take Control: Methods and activity ideas; (2) Back-to-School Share
Speaker: (1) Jackson Lee; (2) Various speakers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

February 10th (Sunday) 2019
ETJ Chubu Expo
Speaker: Marc Helgesen, Ritsuko Nakata, Makoto Sato, Simon Moran, David Paul, and many more
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 20th (Sunday) 2019
An introduction to Cooperative Learning
Speaker: Lem Mauricio
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 18th (Sunday) 2018
Youtube: Setting Up Your Channel, Branding and Community Building
Speaker: Nate Gildart
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 23rd (Sunday) 2018
Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)
Holiday Activity Share
Speaker: ETJ-Aichi officers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 29th (Sunday) 2018
Conversational Storytelling and How To Teach It
Speaker: Bob Jones (School owner and part-time university teacher)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 20th (Sunday) 2018
Peer review in EFL writing and speaking
Speaker: Steven Charles, Wayne Jackson
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 4th (Sunday) 2018
1) Seesaw: The Learning Journal; 2) Back to School Group Share
Speaker: 1) Riza Banzon and John Ellis; 2) Wayne Jackson
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 14th (Sunday) 2018
(1) Foster Independent Academic Learning with Google Search; (2) Tech Tools for Formative Assessment
Speaker: (1) Nate Gildart; (2) Alexander (Dean) Hester
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 19th (Sunday) 2017
(1) Bring your young learners together! (2) Task-Based Teaching
Speaker: (1) Bob Pensak (Bob's English); (2) Nami Imagawa (Nami's English Room)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 17th (Sunday) 2017
Halloween Workshop
Speaker: Discussion
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 23rd (Sunday) 2017
Four-Skills Integrated Lessons to Promote Learners' Communicative Competence
Speaker: Yoko Takano (Okidoki Eigo School/Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS))
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 21st (Sunday) 2017
Teach Spelling Without Really Trying
Speaker: Nic Kapper
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 5th (Sunday) 2017
Back To School Ideas
Speaker: Open to all
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 8th (Sunday) 2017
JMs Card Game Theory
Speaker: J.M. Dunn
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 20th (Sunday) 2016
Kids are like goldfish!
Speaker: Robert Pensak
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 18th (Sunday) 2016
Halloween Workshop
Speaker: sharing ideas with ETJ officers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 24th (Sunday) 2016
Pecha Kucha in the Classroom
Speaker: ETJ officers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 15th (Sunday) 2016
Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Classroom
Speaker: Nic Kapper (NPO Spelling Bee)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 6th (Sunday) 2016
Back-to-School Sunday Workshop
Speaker: All of us sharing ideas
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 10th (Sunday) 2016
Fowl play: Fun activities and game ideas to enliven your classroom!
Speaker: Andrew Hitchings
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 27th (Sunday) 2015
Halloween Activity Share Session
Speaker: (Attendees Share Ideas and Materials)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 26th (Sunday) 2015
Round Table Discussion
Speaker: Round table
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 10th (Sunday) 2015
(1) An Introduction to Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) for ELTs and Language School Operators; (2) External Motivators to Get Jr. High School Students Talking More in Class
Speaker: (1) Tim Chambers; (2) Joshua Myerson
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 1st (Sunday) 2015
Back to School: My Share and Discussion
Speaker: round table discussion
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 25th (Sunday) 2015
Chubu ELT Expo
Speaker: Various; call for papers due November 15th.
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 18th (Sunday) 2015
English Unplugged: Generating energy in the classroom
Speaker: Paul Durant (InterSchool, Linguage)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 16th (Sunday) 2014
English Activities for Intercultural Awareness
Speaker: Jon Dujmovich (Aichi University and director of Imagination Ink)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 21st (Sunday) 2014
Halloween fun ideas
Speaker: Everybody
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 27th (Sunday) 2014
(1) Overcoming English Teaching Challenges Together; (2) The Relationship Between Japan and Foreign People/Cultures Since The Meiji Era (in Japanese)
Speaker: Kojima Naoya
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 11th (Sunday) 2014
Lesson Planning for Very Young Learners
Speaker: Bob Pensak (Bob's English)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 30th (Sunday) 2014
(1) Preparing for the TOEIC Exam; (2) 1+1=3: Strategies for Better Team-Teaching
Speaker: (1) Kazumi Takagi; (2) Steven Charles
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 26th (Sunday) 2014
Chubu ELT Expo
Speaker: Various
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 10th (Sunday) 2013
1.How to motivate students to learn English vocabulary; 2. Flexible Game Templates
Speaker: Nobutaka Tsubota; Wayne Jackson
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 28th (Sunday) 2013
(ETJ-Aichi) Power Up Your Numbers and Power Up with Music
Speaker: Chris Davanzo (Nanzan University), Eric Kane (ELF Learning)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 6th (Saturday) 2013
FAB4: International NeuroELT Conference
Speaker: Marc Helgesen, Robert S. Murphy, others
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 5th (Sunday) 2013
Children's Day (Kodomo-no-hi)
Useful Activities and Techniques for Junior and Senior High School Teachers
Speaker: Nick Boyes
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 24th (Sunday) 2013
Engaging Young Readers: Introducing Young Learners to Extensive Reading
Speaker: Thomas Bieri
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 25th (Sunday) 2012
2012 ETJ Chubu Expo
Speaker: David Paul, Carolyn Graham, Ritsuko Nakata, many more!
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 30th (Sunday) 2012
Halloween Event Management and My Share Ideas: Activities, Crafts and Games for Halloween!
Speaker: Wayne Jackson
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 18th (Sunday) 2012
Embrace your power to connect: Creative techniques to improve teamwork and communication
Speaker: Mhairi Anne Robson
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 20th (Friday) 2012
(1) Creative Games for Young Learners; (2) Gaming in the Classroom
Speaker: (1) Robert Pensak; (2) Chris Loeber
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 6th (Sunday) 2011
2011 ETJ Chubu Expo
Speaker: Call for presentations due September 10
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 24th (Sunday) 2011
Brain Rules and Tools for Teaching Young Learners
Speaker: Kim Horne
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 22nd (Sunday) 2011
Ready for action (research)! - Where do I start?
Speaker: Robert Croker
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 20th (Sunday) 2011
Teaching Special Children
Speaker: Cynthia Akazawa
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 23rd (Sunday) 2011
(1) Speech Contests; (2) World Englishes
Speaker: (1) Ula Gorski; (2) James D'Angelo
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

October 10th (Sunday) 2010
Chubu ETJ Expo (Nagoya, Aichi)
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 26th (Sunday) 2010
From chalk to chip: A journey from a no-tech to a lo-tech classroom
Speaker: Lance Bennett and Kaj Schwermer
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 11th (Sunday) 2010
Effective Use of Multi-Media in the Classroom
Speaker: Mark Reed
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

May 30th (Sunday) 2010
1) Engaging Junior High Students with Cooperative Learning Activities; 2) American Values, Human Values, and Teaching English
Speaker: 1) Ben Backwell; 2) Peter Warner
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

March 28th (Sunday) 2010
World Englishes Education in High School
Speaker: Naoko Murata and Kayo Sugimoto
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

January 24th (Sunday) 2010
Drama in the Classroom
Speaker: Jeffrey Scott
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

October 18th (Sunday) 2009
ETJ Chubu ELT Expo 2009
Speaker: Various speakers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 27th (Sunday) 2009
Is One Two Hard? Teaching 'Sight Words' in a Phonic-based curriculum
Speaker: Peter Warner
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 12th (Sunday) 2009
Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts
Speaker: Ruth Barnes, Manukau Institute of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 17th (Sunday) 2009
Twelve Steps to Teaching Verbs and Verb Tenses
Speaker: Peter Warner
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 29th (Sunday) 2009
Using Portfolio Assessment in the ESL Classroom
Speaker: Steve Quasha
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 25th (Sunday) 2009
ETJ-Aichi January 2009 Workshop: Guide to Phonemic Awareness
Speaker: Jeffrey Scott
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

October 26th (Sunday) 2008
Chubu ELT Expo
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 28th (Sunday) 2008
ETJ-Aichi September 2008 workshop for teachers of children: (1) Stories; (2) Halloween
Speaker: (1) Chris Loeber; (2) Joe Alsheimer
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 13th (Sunday) 2008
ETJ-Aichi July 2008 workshops for teachers of children
Speaker: Bob Jones and Vick Ssali
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 11th (Sunday) 2008
ETJ-Aichi May 2008 workshop: Four Skills for Effective EFL: How and Why
Speaker: Peter Warner
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 23rd (Sunday) 2008
ETJ-Aichi March 2008 workshops: (1) Let's enjoy picture books in the classroom; (2) A Tale of Two Kindergartens - A Journey of Intercultural Exchange
Speaker: (1) Kazumi Takagi; (2) Aya Asano and Kim Horne (Izumi Chuo Kindergarten)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 27th (Sunday) 2008
ETJ Aichi January 2008 Workshop on Teaching Children
Speaker: Nicola Oshima and Otto Lamb
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 9th (Sunday) 2007
ETJ-Aichi September 2007 workshops: (1) Interactive Conversation - some classroom techniques suitable for Junior High School to Adult; (2) Halloween Events and Games "
Speaker: (1) Bob Jones; (2) Joe Alsheimer
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 1st (Sunday) 2007
ETJ-Aichi July 2007 workshop: (1) Using Music to Teach Rhythm, Vocabulary and Self-Confidence; and (2) Homework for Young Learners
Speaker: (1) John Wilcutt and (2) Peter Warner
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 27th (Sunday) 2007
ETJ-Aichi May Workshop: 'Cooking Up English' and 'Deactivating the Mute Button in a Jr. High School Classroom'
Speaker: Chris Williams and Joe Hindman
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 18th (Sunday) 2007
ETJ-Aichi March 2007 workshop
Speaker: Yoko Takano, Joshua Myerson, and Ben Backwell
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 14th (Sunday) 2007
ETJ-Aichi January 2007 workshop: Teach Them All By Reaching Them All
Speaker: Chuck Kayser
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 10th (Sunday) 2006
Engaging Junior High Students with Cooperative Learning Activities; Multi-Sensory Teaching
Speaker: Ben Blackwell and Patricia Gage; Kim Horne
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 2nd (Sunday) 2006
ETJ Aichi July 2006 Meeting - Six Secrets to Success with Songs and Chants
Speaker: Kaj Schwermer
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 14th (Sunday) 2006
ETJ Aichi May 2006 Meeting: Lesson Planning for Higher Elementary, and Reading: Understanding Phonics and Whole Word Methods
Speaker: Mayumi Kako, Peter Warner
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 12th (Sunday) 2006
ETJ-Aichi Round Table Discussion and Spring Cleaning ELT Bazaar
Speaker: various speakers for the round table discussions
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 22nd (Sunday) 2006
Three Talks: Encouraging Kids' Originality: English Through Art; Romaji Isn't English; Practical Strategies for Classroom Management
Speaker: Yoshimi Midori, Peter Warner, and Doug Evans
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 20th (Sunday) 2005
ETJ Chubu ELT Expo 2005
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

September 11th (Sunday) 2005
ETJ Aichi September Workshop: The Future of Team Teaching in Elementary School
Speaker: Biagio Christiano
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 10th (Sunday) 2005
Practice Makes Confident
Speaker: Ritsuko Mori, Inazawa Higashi Senior High School
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 8th (Sunday) 2005
ETJ Aichi Three Presentations: Fun Activities, Classroom Management, and Make Your Own Storybook
Speaker: Yoko Takano, Chris Williams and Linda Donan
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

March 20th (Sunday) 2005
ETJ Aichi Round Table Discussion and Spring Cleaning ELT Bazaar
Speaker: various speakers for the round-table discussions
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

January 23rd (Sunday) 2005
ETJ Aichi January Workshop: 'TELL: Express Yourself' and 'Stop "teaching" your pre-schoolers!'
Speaker: Mayumi Kako, Nicola Oshima
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

November 14th (Sunday) 2004
ETJ Aichi November meeting: Intermediate Phonics
Speaker: Peter Warner, At Home English
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

September 5th (Sunday) 2004
ETJ Aichi September: Turn Your Students Into Chatterboxes
Speaker: John Moore
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 11th (Sunday) 2004
ETJ Aichi July meeting: A New Challenge to English Learning in Japan
Speaker: Rieko Takagi and Naoyuki Takeda
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 16th (Sunday) 2004
ETJ Aichi May meeting: Developing Projects for Younger Learners
Speaker: Chuck Sandy
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

March 7th (Sunday) 2004
ETJ Aichi March meeting: Lesson Planning: As Easy As PIE
Speaker: Lesley Ito
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

January 25th (Sunday) 2004
Entering a New Era with Reflex Training
Speaker: Felix Puschkarski and Jonathan Lipschitz
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

November 16th (Sunday) 2003
Speech Contest, and Ingredients for Games
Speaker: David Rawn, Chris Williams, and Joshua Myerson
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

September 7th (Sunday) 2003
Integrated Lessons, Listening Skills, and more
Speaker: Hamish Buchan of The British Council
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

July 13th (Sunday) 2003
English Proficiency Tests for Young Learners
Speaker: Lesley Ito and John Raby
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

May 25th (Sunday) 2003
Kids' Favorite Learning Activities
Speaker: Hiromi Yano, Mayumi Kako and Peter Warner
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

March 9th (Sunday) 2003
Tax Workshop for English School Owners and Teachers
Speaker: Miki Aoki
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

January 26th (Sunday) 2003
Graded Readers for Young Learners and Jr. High
Speaker: Mayuka Habbick, Nicolas Cueto
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

November 17th (Sunday) 2002
Teaching for Christmas
Speaker: Linda Donan, plus additional members' ideas
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

September 8th (Sunday) 2002
Teaching Children: 4 Mini-Presentations
Speaker: Yukie Mori, Joe Alsheimer, Peter Warner, Sharon Abe
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

July 14th (Sunday) 2002
Teaching Phonics to Children
Speaker: Kimiko Hiramatsu, Education Network
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

May 19th (Sunday) 2002
Teaching English to Children
Speaker: Elin Melchior and Michael Hunter
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

March 17th (Sunday) 2002
Teaching English to Children
Speaker: Tania MacDonnell and Joshua Myerson
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

January 20th (Sunday) 2002
Games for Little Children
Speaker: Shizuka Mori
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

November 18th (Sunday) 2001
Activities and Phonics
Speaker: Sharon Abe, Stephen Brivati
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

September 30th (Sunday) 2001
Activities, Songs, & Chants for Children
Speaker: Robert Habbick, Oxford University Press
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

July 8th (Sunday) 2001
Applying the three R's to teaching: Recycling, Reusing and Reducing
Speaker: Mathew White
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

April 22nd (Sunday) 2001
Vocabulary: what words do we teach and how?
Speaker: Peter Warner and Nicolas Cueto
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture

February 25th (Sunday) 2001
One Japanese perspective on employing & teaching
Speaker: Yoshimi Nagano
Location: Aichi City, Aichi Prefecture