January 2004

Miyazaki JALT

My Share

1/10 3:00 PM-5:30 PM, Miyazaki City

Michail Narron, Mike Guest, Hugh Nicoll, Etsuko Shimo

Osaka JALT

"I'm sorry, I can't remember" - Adapting Memorization Activities to Require Thinking

1/10 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Osaka City

John Fanselow

Kitakyushu JALT

Kitakyushu JALT Hot Spring Social Event

1/11 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Christopher Storey and Nigel Stott

Yokohama JALT

Pronunciation Clinic for Non-native Teachers of English

1/11 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Ron Thornton

Matsuyama JALT

Ways of Using Narrative in the Language Classroom

1/11 2:15 PM-4:15 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Jennifer Danker, Matsuyama University

Tokyo British Council

Analysing Language for Teaching (Day 1 of 5 Thursdays)

1/15 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

Tokyo British Council

Using Drama with Junior & Senior High School Classes (Day 1 of 5 Fridays)

1/16 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

Nellie's Group, Ltd.

Nellie's Seminar Series 2004: Seminar 1

1/17 1:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Mark O'Neil (Cambridge University Press), Mayuka Habbick (Stellar Education), Jonah Glick (Longman ELT)

Nagasaki JALT

Wonder Kids - Drama Activities for Young Children

1/17 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Kristie Collins, DramaWorks Group

Okayama JALT

English Language and Culture Study through Jokes

1/17 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City

Scott Gardner

Yokohama JALT

Effective Groupwork Guidelines

1/18 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Christopher Jon Poel & Robert M. Homan

Okinawa JALT

JALT Okinawa Executive Board Meeting

1/18 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture

New officers

Hiroshima JALT

Looking Back at 2003, Looking Ahead to 2004: Teacher Sharing

1/18 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Everyone present

ETJ

Hokuriku ELT Expo

1/18 9:15 AM-6:30 PM, Niigata City

Aleda Krause, Charles Rogers, Marc Helgesen, Setsuko Toyama, Tom Kenny, more

Tokyo British Council

Methodologies & Frameworks in English Language Teaching (Day 1 of 5 Fridays)

1/23 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

ETJ Aichi

Entering a New Era with Reflex Training

1/25 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Aichi City

Felix Puschkarski and Jonathan Lipschitz

Hokkaido JALT

Strategy-Based Instruction

1/25 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Jerrold Frank

Iwate-Aomori JALT

Using the Oxford Reading Tree

1/25 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Mayuka Habbick

Gunma JALT

Raising Children Bilingually & Biculturally in Japan

1/25 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

Frances Causer

ETJ Kagoshima

Double M's: Creative English Through Movement and Music

1/25 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kagoshima City

Nancy Earth & Augusto Osorio

Sendai JALT

"Conceptual Metaphors" and Figurative Language in the EFL Classroom

1/25 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Fraser Gould

TC Columbia

The Future of English Education in Junior and Senior High School: Which Way Forward?

1/25 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Takahiko Hattori, Otsuma Women's University, and Tom Merner

ETJ

Kanto ELT Expo

1/25 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tokyo

Beat Eisele, Chuck Sandy, David Paul, Rob Waring, Setsuko Toyama, Steven Gershon, more

Tokyo British Council

Analysing Language for Teaching (Day 2 of 5 Thursdays)

1/29 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

Foreign Entrepreneur Promotion Committee

Foreign Entrepreneur Promotion Committee Kokusai Shinenkai

1/30 6:00 PM-12:00 AM, Fukuoka City

Tokyo British Council

Using Drama with Junior & Senior High School Classes (Day 2 of 5 Fridays)

1/30 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council Teacher Trainers

Nagano JALT

Joint Longman/JALT Presentations

1/31 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

Junko Yamanaka, Trident College of Languages; Alison Taylor, Longman ELT