July 2005

Toyohashi JALT

Teaching Young Learners, and Teaching Phonics

7/3 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Peter Warner

Fukuoka ACET

Teaching English to Japanese Children: ACET July 2005 Meeting

7/3 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukuoka City

various speakers

ETJ Fukuoka

ETJ-Fukuoka July Meeting

7/3 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Speaker to be announced

ETJ Fukuoka

ETJ Fukuoka's Genki July Workshop: Games and Songs to get your kids Genki

7/3 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Richard Graham of Genki English

Himeji JALT

Super Techniques for Super Kids

7/3 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture

Steve King, Longman ELT

Pearson Japan

The Road To Reading (Sapporo, Hokkaido)

7/3 9:50 AM-1:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Akiko Seino; Kate Sato

Pearson Japan

The Road to Reading (Kumamoto)

7/3 9:50 AM-1:00 PM, Kumamoto City

Mari Nakamura; Lesley Ito

Tokyo JALT

Task based language teaching mini-course

7/5 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tokyo

Dr. Zhaohong Han

Yamagata JALT

Norm Chomsky in Terms of his Linguistics and Political Criticism.

7/9 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Yamagata City

Moti Liberman

Japan Intercultural Institute

JII monthly meeting and discussion group: The future of intercultural learning in Japan

7/9 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tokyo

Joseph Shaules

Kitakyushu JALT

Helping Exchange Students Respond to Intercultural Conflicts and Dilemmas

7/9 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Bob Long

Fukuoka JALT

The Implication of Japanese Loan Words in English Vocabulary Instruction

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

Lyndon Small, Fukuoka University

ETJ Aichi

Practice Makes Confident

7/10 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Ritsuko Mori, Inazawa Higashi Senior High School

Hamamatsu JALT

New Easy and Fun Activities for EFL Classes

7/10 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Amy Jenkins

ETJ Yamaguchi

ETJ-Yamaguchi July Meeting

7/10 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Yamaguchi City

Sachiko Akana and Renae Ivany

Yokohama JALT

Two presentations: Alternatives to Standard Testing: Self/Peer Evaluations & Portfolios; Constructive Teacher Engagement with University Leadership

7/10 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Scott Bronner, Nick Wood

Saitama JALT

A Tinderbox for your Thoughts

7/10 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Hugh Nichol, Miyazaki Municipal University

Matsuyama JALT

From an idea to a textbook: Getting published in Japan

7/10 2:15 PM-4:25 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Simon Capper, The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing

TC Columbia

Take 1, take 2, take 3 -- a three-stage process for analyzing and reflecting on our teaching

7/10 4:30 PM-6:30 PM, Tokyo

John F. Fanselow, President of International Pacific College, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, Teachers College

Pearson Japan

The Road To Reading (Fukuoka)

7/10 9:50 AM-1:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Mari Nakamura; Lesley Ito

Pearson Japan

The Road To Reading (Shizuoka)

7/10 9:50 AM-1:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Akiko Seino; Mitsuyo Ohta

Tokyo Chapter of FEW

Women in the US Foreign Service

7/14 6:30 PM-9:30 PM, Tokyo

Ms. Joanne Gilles, Deputy Director Tokyo American Center,

Tokyo British Council

EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges Video Clip Competition Award Ceremony and 2005 British Council Team-Teaching Lesson Plan Competition Award Ceremony

7/15 6:00 PM-8:45 PM, Tokyo

Maruzen Bookshops

Maruzen English Teaching Materials Fair in Okayama

7/16 1:00 PM-5:20 PM, Okayama City

Mayuka Habbick (E for ju and Macmillan), Nago Tomoko(Matsuka Phonics) and Richard Graham (Genki English)

Akita JALT

Comparing Japanese, Cambodian, and Thai University Students: How Racial/Ethnic Attitudes, Intercultural Contact, Study Motivation, and English Ability Interact

7/16 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City

Jeff Maggard

Gifu JALT

Storytelling in the EFL Classroom

7/16 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Gifu City

Sean Gaffney

Learner Development SIG of JALT

Learner Development Work in Progress Mini-Conference:

7/17 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Stacy Vye, Yoko Wakui, Marlen Harrison,Matthew Apple, Amanda Bradley, Etsuko Shimo, Brian Caspino, Bob Sanderson, Denise Haugh, Terry Fellner and more!

ETJ Kyoto

Young learners of English (Babies - 6 years old)

7/17 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Kyoto City

Pamela Sakamoto and Catherine Oki

Osaka JALT

2nd Annual Work in Progress Mini-Conference: A Day Celebrating Learner Development

7/17 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Osaka City

Stacy Vye, Yoko Wakui, Marlen Harrison, Matthew Apple, Amanda Bradley, Etsuko Shimo, Brian Caspino, Bob Sanderson, Denise Haugh, Terry Fellner and more

Tokyo British Council

Dealing with Reading and Listening in the Classroom

7/17 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

Hamish Buchan

Maruzen Bookshops

Maruzen English Teaching Materials Fair in Kyoto

7/17 12:30 PM-5:10 PM, Tokyo

Mayuka Habbick, Sachiko Ohuna, and an ALC speaker (TBA)

Gunma JALT

Media Literacy for Young Adults

7/17 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

Kathleen Riley

Maruzen Bookshops

Maruzen English Teaching Materials Fair

7/18 10:00 AM-5:40 PM, Kyoto City

Yukie Miyako, Hitomi Iguma, Kumiko Takahashi, Oliver Bayley, Keiko Imura, and Daisuke Ito

Tokyo British Council

Managing Large Classes

7/18 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

Hamish Buchan (British Council ELT Projects Manager)

Iwate-Aomori JALT

1st Annual Iwate JALT Potluck Picnic/Barbecue

7/18 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

It's a BBQ!

Tokyo British Council

Getting your students to speak

7/19 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

Hamish Buchan (British Council ELT Projects Manager)

Japan Intercultural Institute

PICO - JII Intercultural seminar

7/23 10:00 AM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Joseph Shaules

Kagoshima JALT

2005 Kagoshima Teaching Children Conference

7/23 9:30 AM-5:00 PM, Kagoshima City

Chis Hunt, Linda Wittig, Jan Takahashi, Keiko Sagisaka, Martin Nuttall, Richard Graham, Yoshie Lauffenburger-Hashido, Bo Causer, Cynthia Keith

ETJ Kobe

Owning Your Own English School

7/24 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Successful School Owners

Hokkaido JALT

Fun in the Sun! - Picnic Party

7/24 10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Anyone with fun ideas!

Kitakyushu JALT

Laugh and Learn / All Together Now!

7/24 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Linda Witting / Chris Hunt

Sendai JALT

Creating and Utilizing Online Courses and Coursework

7/24 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

John Spiri (Akita International University)

Hiroshima JALT

A New Approach to Teaching Children for Skilled Teachers

7/24 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Naoko Ogikubo

Shin-Eiken

The 42nd Shin-Eiken National Conference

7/29 Time TBA, Sarashina-gun City, Nagano Prefecture

Various speakers

Teacher Development SIG of JALT

2005 Teacher Education SIG - Teaching Cultures

7/30 10:30 AM-9:00 PM, Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture

Brian Cullen, Oliver Mayer, Anthony Robins and Tony Ryan

Nagasaki JALT

Nagasaki JALT Summer Party

7/30 Time TBA, Nagasaki City

Various

ETJ Oita

ETJ-Oita 2nd Workshop

7/31 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Oita City

Simon Weedon and Oliver Kavanagh