December 2003

Tokyo British Council

Making Choices About Error Correction (Day 5 of 5 Mondays)

12/1 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

The Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo

EA-Tokyo December Seminar: 5 P's to drive your business - Passion, Perseverance, Professionalism, Peak Performance, Paradise

12/2 6:30 PM-10:00 PM, Tokyo

Ann C. Sado

Toyohashi JALT

JALT National Convention Reports, followed by Bonenkai

12/3 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

James Matchett, Angus MacIndoe, Laura Kusaka

Tokyo PC Users Group

VoIP Technology and Linksys

12/4 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

TBA

Japan Association for Asian Englishes

14th National Conference of the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes

12/6 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

various speakers

Fukuoka JALT

Two Presentations on Vocabulary

12/6 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Fukuoka City

J. Lake and Paul Westrick

Kobe JALT

Potpourri Meeting: Teaching Syllogism in Writing Class

12/6 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Yukio Hirayanagi

Chukyo University

Workshop on World Englishes in the Classroom

12/7 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Braj B. Kachru (University of Illinois), Paroo Nihalani (University of Brunei), Yamuna Kachru (University of Illinois), more

Iwate-Aomori JALT

Getting Children Totally Involved in the English Classroom

12/7 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Setsuko Toyama

Ibaraki JALT

Echoes of Shizuoka 2003 - Reports on the National conference

12/7 1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Chapter members who attended the National Conference

Nagasaki JALT

Games and Materials for Young Learners

12/7 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Helene J. Uchida, Little America Schools/LATEM, Fukuoka

Chiba JALT

Two presentations: Children, and Debate

12/7 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Chiba City

Ali Taylor and Nobuyuki Maeda, Longman ELT

Hokkaido JALT

Bonenkai Party

12/7 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

It's a party!

Nellie's Group, Ltd.

Nellie's ELT Workshop & Book Fair 2003 in Osaka

12/7 9:30 AM-5:00 PM, Osaka City

Several speakers

Tokyo British Council

Assessing and Testing Learning (Day 4 of 5 Mondays)

12/8 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

Tokyo British Council

Games in the English Classroom (Day 4 of 5 Mondays)

12/8 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

Kobe College

Linking Culture Learning with Language Learning

12/9 2:40 PM-4:10 PM, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

Dr. R. Michael Paige, University of Minnesota

Tokyo Chapter of FEW

FEW Bonenkai

12/11 6:30 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

It's a party!

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology

The Future of Universities: Roles, driving forces of change, scenarios and policy challenges (Day 1 of 2)

12/11 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tokyo

Various Speakers

Kyoto JALT

Using Digital Technology to Develop Teaching Materials

12/12 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kyoto City

Rex Tanimoto

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology

The Future of Universities: Roles, driving forces of change, scenarios and policy challenges (Day 2 of 2)

12/12 9:30 AM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Various Speakers

Akita JALT

Akita JALT Business Meeting

12/13 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City

Steve Shucart, Dave Ragan

Okayama JALT

Games and Activities; Fluency and Accuracy

12/13 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Okayama City

Stephen Crabbe, Oxford University Press

Kitakyushu JALT

Creative and Productive Testing

12/13 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Mike Guest

Shizuoka JALT

Christmas Party

12/14 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Everyone

Okinawa JALT

JALT Okinawa Pot-Luck Bonenkai

12/14 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture

New officers

Nagoya and Gifu JALT

My Share: Share Your Ideas

12/14 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

"open mike"

Nagano JALT

Window on the World and End of Year Party

12/14 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nagano City

Indonesian Dancers

West Tokyo JALT

Three presentations from JALT's National Conference in Shizuoka

12/14 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tachikawa City, Tokyo Metropolis

Shi Jie, Tetsuro Fujii, Kay Hammond, Hywel Evans

Matsuyama JALT

Teaching Communicative Strategies in the Classroom

12/14 2:15 PM-4:15 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Ron Murphy, Ehime University

Tokyo JALT

Annual General Meeting and Elections

12/14 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

various candidates

East Shikoku JALT

JALT Dinner

12/14 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Tokushima City

Hiroshima JALT

Bonenkai and Thank You Party

12/21 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Naomi Fujishima, Tim Gutierrez, Roidina Salisbury, Chiaki Iwai, and Masamichi Miaoku