April 2002

Tokyo PC Users Group

Content Management Systems

4/4 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

Paul Consalvi from Next Unit

Yamagata JALT

Cultural Appropriacy in Teacher Training and ELT Methodology for the Japanese Education System

4/6 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Yamagata City

Anthony Crooks, Miyagi University of Education

Saitama JALT

Hanami Party (Cherry Blossom Viewing Party)

4/7 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

It's a party!

ETJ Tokyo

Developing Oral Fluency Amongst Young Learners

4/7 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

various

Tokyo IIEEC Study Group

Study Group meeting

4/11 9:45 AM-12:00 PM, Tokyo

Contact IIEEC for speaker details.

Kitakyushu JALT

On the Edge: Integrating Technologies in the Curriculum

4/13 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Paul Collett, Nigel Stott, Malcolm Swanson

Nagoya IIEEC Study Group

Reading or Writing Workshop

4/14 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Contact IIEEC for speaker details.

Fukuoka ACET

Teaching English to Children: Genki English

4/14 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Genki English

Fukuoka IIEEC Study Group

Study Group meeting

4/14 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Contact IIEEC for speaker details.

Niigata JALT

Team Teaching and Japanese Learners' Motivation

4/14 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Niigata City

Miyazato Kyoko, Hakuoh University

Himeji JALT

The Dominoes Effect: Graded Readers for ESL Students

4/14 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture

Julian Ward, Oxford University Press

Yokohama JALT

From Endangered Languages to Content-based Reading

4/14 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

David Hough of Shonan Institute of Technology

Nagoya IIEEC Study Group

Study Group meeting

4/14 9:45 AM-12:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Contact IIEEC for speaker details.

Jelly Beans

Children's English Book and Resource Fair

4/20 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Kagoshima City

Okayama JALT

Motivation in the Language Classroom

4/20 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Okayama City

Keiko Sakui

Nellie's Group, Ltd.

Seminars for Parents and English Language Teachers of Children (Nellie's Seminar Series)

4/20 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Tibor Lucskai and Emi Ueno, Apricot

Kagoshima JALT

Phonics

4/20 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Kagoshima City

Lynda Yoshida

Fukuoka JALT

Who Needs Needs Analysis?

4/20 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Kathleen Brown

Jelly Beans

Children's English Book and Resource Fair (day 2 of 2)

4/21 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Kagoshima City

Iwate-Aomori JALT

Video Ideas for the EFL Classroom

4/21 10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Michael Unher, Iwate University

Toyohashi JALT

Textbooks: Who needs them?

4/21 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Simon Tanton

Nagoya and Gifu JALT

Teaching Reading Skills. What, and How?

4/21 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Rob Waring

Ibaraki JALT

New language textbooks demonstrated

4/21 1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Tim Kiggell, Macmillan

ETJ Yokohama

First ETJ Yokohama meeting: Introduction and two talks

4/21 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Mark Neely, Daniel Woods

Shizuoka JALT

The Prince and the Plumber: Recreating Folktales in the Classroom

4/21 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Shizuoka City

Robert Croker, Nanzan University and Bev Curran, Aichi Shukutoku University

Tokyo IIEEC Study Group

Pre-School Workshop

4/21 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Contact IIEEC for speaker details.

Chiba JALT

The Role of the Japanese Language in Communicative English Language Teaching (ELT)

4/21 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Chiba City

Mike Critchley, Josai Iinternational University

Gunma JALT

Back to School Bonanza! Teaching ideas, materials exchange and BBQ dinner.

4/21 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

various speakers

Kanazawa JALT

From Apathy to Autonomy: Student Beliefs and Perceptions of Language Learning

4/21 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Paul Doyon, Asahi University

Nagano JALT

Teaching Small Children

4/21 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nagano City

Setsuko Toyama, author of English Time (levels 1-6)

Okinawa JALT

Building Debate Skills: A Workshop for Japanese English Language Classrooms

4/21 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture

Lyle E. Allison

Hiroshima JALT

Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

4/21 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

: Prof. Nagara, Hijiyama University, and Prof. Hosoki, University of Maryland

Osaka IIEEC Study Group

Study Group meeting

4/21 9:45 AM-12:00 PM, Osaka City

Contact IIEEC for speaker details.

Kyoto JALT

Testing for Reliability: Test Item Analysis on a TOEIC Listening test

4/26 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Kyoto City

Paul Hackshaw

Tokyo British Council

Teacher training & development for teachers of English in junior and senior high schools

4/26 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council

Nagasaki JALT

Global Stories: Voices from the Invisible World

4/27 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Nagasaki City

John Small, Kumamoto Gakuen University

Akita JALT

Utilizing the Four Skills in Textbook Design

4/27 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City

Todd Jay Leonard

Kumamoto JALT

The Blue Marble: Learning insights about culture through non-verbal communication

4/27 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kumamoto City

Tim Gutierrez, Kure City Board of Education

Kobe JALT

Miniconference: English Language Teaching in Secondary Education

4/28 1:00 PM-4:30 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Seven speakers (details below)

Sendai JALT

Motivation Levels and Learning Preferences of Second Year English Conversation Students

4/28 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Mitchell Clark, Miyagi Gakuin

Maruzen Bookshops

Genki English - Teacher Training for Elementary School

4/28 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

Richard Graham and Will Jasprizza, Genki English