January 2007

SCBWI

A Kamishibai Performance and Illustration Workshop with Satoshi Kitamura

1/12 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tokyo

Satoshi Kitamura

Yamagata JALT

Comparing Russian and Japanese Language Education

1/13 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Yamagata City

Alla Mikhaylenko

Kumamoto University

Globalization and English Education in the 21st Century: International Collaboration in English Education, Learner Autonomy, and the Development of ELT Professionals

1/13 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Kumamoto City

Three Invited Plenary Speakers from the University of Nottingham, UK

Kitakyushu JALT

Cultural codes and the Immediate Method

1/13 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Bruno Vannieu

ETJ Aichi

ETJ-Aichi January 2007 workshop: Teach Them All By Reaching Them All

1/14 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Chuck Kayser

Kumamoto University

Globalization and English Education in the 21st Century: International Collaboration in English Education, Learner Autonomy, and the Development of ELT Professionals

1/14 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Kumamoto City

Speakers in the Report, Session, and Panel Discussion

Kitakyushu JALT

Kitakyushu JALT Hot Spring Social Event

1/14 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

All welcome!!

Toyohashi JALT

An Integrated Oral Communication Program

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

Paul Mason

Himeji JALT

EAP Colloqium

1/14 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture

Sonia Strain, Susan Jackson, Greg Sholdt, Maggie Lieb and John Cambell-Larsen

Yokohama JALT

Word Association and the Mental Lexicon

1/14 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Philip Shigeo Brown

Saitama JALT

Reading and Young Learners: Song Lyrics for Reading Content with Young Learners

1/14 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Richard Barber, Toyo Gakuen University

Matsuyama JALT

Extensive Reading - the Whats, Whys, and Hows

1/14 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Ron Murphy, Ehime University

Japan Intercultural Institute

Intercultural Confidence Workshop

1/14 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Joseph Shaules

Kyoto JALT

Concept mapping in content-based classrooms

1/19 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kyoto City

Heidi Evans and Todd Squires

Nagano JALT

(1) The New TOEIC test: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges; (2) STEP BULATS: A Practical Test Suite That Makes Real Business Sense

1/21 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

(1) Grant Trew of Oxford University Press; (2) Hirai

Nagoya and Gifu JALT

Drama Activities for the EFL Classroom

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

Miho Moody

Hokkaido JALT

Teaching Speech Acts Can Enrich Our Students' Learning

1/21 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Jeremie Bouchard

Shizuoka JALT

General meeting and yearly planning session

1/21 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Shizuoka City

Hiroshima JALT

Media and Foreign Image Building

1/21 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Yasuhiro Inoue (Hiroshima City University)

Nellie's Group, Ltd.

Nellie's ELT Workshop and Book Fair 2006 in Fukuoka

1/21 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Akiko Seino, Alastair Graham-Marr, Donald and Michael Kinney and many more!

Tokyo JALT

Second Kanto Junior and Senior High School Teaching Seminar

1/21 9:45 AM-5:45 PM, Tokyo

John Letcher, Ivan Sorrentino, Nick Kendall, Roger Pattimore, Daniel Droukis, William Matheny, Chuck Sandy, Curtis Kelly and Martin Nuttall

Teaching Younger Learners SIG of JALT

1st Tokyo Regional Gathering: Feelings: How can we reflect them in our teaching?

1/26 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Several speakers

Nara JALT

Talking about English Education from Different Perspectives

1/27 12:45 PM-5:40 PM, Nara City

Various Speakers

Institute of International Education in London

Briefing Sessions on a Postgraduate Program on Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

1/27 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

Teruyuki Zushi

Kobe JALT

The New TOEIC Test: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges

1/27 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Grant Trew

Fukuoka JALT

Identity and Proficiency: Meaningful Approaches to Learning and Assessment

1/27 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Trevor Holster, Siebold University of Nagasaki

Iwate-Aomori JALT

The ABC of Student Speaking

1/28 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Catlin Evans, Brian Evans and Adam McCahon

Fukui JALT

Answering children's educational needs: Story-based curriculum

1/28 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukui City

Nena Nikolic

East Shikoku JALT

Professional Development Workshop: Supporting Young Practitioners

1/28 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Kochi City

Mentored workshop

Chiba JALT

1. Using song lyrics for reading content words with young learners; 2. Cartoons, global issues and young learners

1/28 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Chiba City

1. Richard Barber, Toyo Gakuen University; 2. Sarah Louise Birchley, Toyo Gakuen University

Gunma JALT

The New TOEIC (r): Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges

1/28 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

Grant True

Kagoshima JALT

Activities for Upper Grade Kids in Elementary School English

1/28 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kagoshima City

Tom Merner

Sendai JALT

Teaching Debate and Structured Discussions in EFL Classes

1/28 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Mark Neufeld