May 2007
Home- May 3rd (Thursday) 2007 1
- Constitution Day (Kenpou-kinen-bi)
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Nagano JALT
18th Annual Suwako Charity Walk
5/3 8:10 AM-1:30 PM, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture
Tomoki Murakami, Liu Tiegang
- May 12th (Saturday) 2007 8
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PanSIG Conference
6th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference (day 1 of 2)
5/12 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Call for papers due Feb 9
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SCBWI
Illustrating and Writing for Children Double Feature
5/12 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
Bob Marstall on Illustrating from Nature, Nobuo Furukawa and Keiko Kurozumi on Ooki-na Pocket Magazine
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Yamagata JALT
Egypt in Terms of its History, Culture, Education and Language
5/12 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Yamagata City
Doaa Mohamed
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Fukuoka)
5/12 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Fukuoka City
IIEC
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Tokyo)
5/12 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo
IIEC
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Kyoto JALT
Effective Methods for Japanese as a Second Language Public Speaking
5/12 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kyoto City
Peter Sakura
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JSL SIG of JALT
Effective Methods for Japanese as a Second Language Public Speaking
5/12 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kyoto City
Peter Sakura
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Kitakyushu JALT
Incorporating Thinking Skills and ESD in the FL Classroom
5/12 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Judith Johnson
- May 13th (Sunday) 2007 11
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PanSIG Conference
6th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference (day 2 of 2)
5/13 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Call for papers due Feb 9
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ETJ Ehime
The Texts We Use - And Why
5/13 1:00 PM-3:30 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Group Discussion
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Shizuoka JALT
Developing and Implementing Simple Class Websites
5/13 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Shizuoka City
Robert McLaughlin
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Nagoya)
5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
IIEC
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Chiba JALT
Kids Pier: A Space for Children and Teachers
5/13 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Chiba City
Yuco Kikuchi and Naoko McLellan
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ETJ Kobe
ETJ Kobe May Meeting: Teach your students to read the right way!
5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Jeff Lewis
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Himeji JALT
Mission Impossible? Teaching Debate to Large, Multi-level Japanese EFL Classes
5/13 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Maggie Lieb
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Yokohama JALT
Brazilian or Japanese: choosing the best education for children
5/13 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Toshiko Sugino (National Defense Academy)
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ETJ Sendai
Sendai ETJ Round Table Discussion
5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Roundtable
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Saitama JALT
Extensive Reading
5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
Daniel Stewart / Richard Ascough
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Matsuyama JALT
Entry Level L2 Critical Thinking: Clear Communication
5/13 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Lawrie Hunter, Kochi University of Technology
- May 17th (Thursday) 2007 1
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Osaka British Council
English Language Teaching Seminar for Secondary School English Teachers
5/17 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Osaka City
James Banner (Hilderstone College)
- May 18th (Friday) 2007 1
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Pearson Japan
Children's English Teacher Focus Groups in Tokyo
5/18 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tokyo
Steve King, Research Editor, Pearson Longman
- May 19th (Saturday) 2007 7
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Tokyo British Council
Teaching Seminar- Vocabulary Teaching for Teenagers and Young Adults
5/19 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tokyo
James Banner (Hilderstone College, UK)
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Osaka)
5/19 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Osaka City
IIEC
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Okayama JALT
What You See Is What You Get? Learner Preconceptions of Native-Speaker-Taught University EFL
5/19 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Okayama City
Paul Hullah, University of Miyazaki
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Okayama JALT
ELT teaching: A disadvantaged profession in Japanese tertiary education?
5/19 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City
Peter Burden, Okayama Shoka University
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Osaka JALT
From a Silk Cocoon (viewing the award-winning film with its co-writer and director)
5/19 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture
Satsuki Ina, California State Univ., Sacramento
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Fukuoka JALT
Two Presentations by Terry Fellner
5/19 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Fukuoka City
Terry Fellner, Saga University
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Gifu JALT
The Ins and Outs of Getting Published
5/19 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City
Steve Cornwell, Ed.D., Osaka Jogakuin College
- May 20th (Sunday) 2007 7
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Toyohashi JALT
Annual Picnic and Barbecue
5/20 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
No scheduled speaker
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ETJ Kyoto
Phonics: Why and How
5/20 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Kyoto City
Peter Warner
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Nagoya and Gifu JALT
Increase Students' Interest and Motivation by Drawing More
5/20 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Ray Goering
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Fukui JALT
Differences Between Public Schools in Japan and the United States
5/20 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukui City
Amiena Mahsoob
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Kobe JALT
Japanese Public Elementary School Life and International School Life: How Do They Compare?
5/20 2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka
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Hiroshima JALT
Choice by Choice: A Workshop on Curriculum Design
5/20 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City
Timothy Buthod, Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University
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ETJ Shizuoka
English Activities Exchange
5/20 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Various local teachers
- May 23rd (Wednesday) 2007 1
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East Shikoku JALT
Task-Based Teaching: Sorting out the Misunderstandings
5/23 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Kochi City
Rod Ellis, University of Auckland
- May 24th (Thursday) 2007 1
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Pearson Japan
Children's English Teacher Focus Groups in Oita
5/24 9:30 AM-1:00 PM, Oita City
Steve King, Research Editor, Pearson Longman
- May 25th (Friday) 2007 2
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Pearson Japan
Children's English Teacher Focus Groups in Miyazaki
5/25 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Miyazaki City
Steve King, Research Editor, Pearson Longman
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Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Nellie's Seminar Series 2007: Tokyo Seminar 4
5/25 11:00 AM-1:30 PM, Tokyo
Tomomi Katsuki (Cambridge University Press)
- May 26th (Saturday) 2007 2
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Akita JALT
Sign Language in the Language-teaching Classroom
5/26 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City
Martin Pauly
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Nagasaki JALT
Using Graded readers in an Extensive Reading program
5/26 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City
Steven Donald, Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University
- May 27th (Sunday) 2007 12
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ETJ Aichi
ETJ-Aichi May Workshop: 'Cooking Up English' and 'Deactivating the Mute Button in a Jr. High School Classroom'
5/27 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Chris Williams and Joe Hindman
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ELT Career and Professional Development Conference
ELT Career and Professional Development Conference
5/27 10:00 AM-8:00 PM, Tokyo
A number of great speakers
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Oxford University Press
IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program (Workshop 1 and 2)
5/27 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tokyo
Qualified teacher-trainers from the IIEEC Teacher Training Center
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ETJ Hiroshima
Teaching Phonics
5/27 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Hiroshima City
Yukiko Shima
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ETJ Fukuoka
Summer Camps and Activities
5/27 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Fukuoka City
Craig Kingsley
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Hokkaido JALT
The 'Too Easy' Guide to Self-Publishing
5/27 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Paul Gemmell
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Iwate-Aomori JALT
Sign Language in the Classroom
5/27 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Martin Pauly, Tsukuba University of Technology
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Gunma JALT
More Community and Motivation through Coloring
5/27 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Miori Shimada
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ETJ Okayama
Easy Techniques for Incorporating Pronunciation into the Language Learning Classroom
5/27 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Okayama City
Heather Ditzer
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Hokkaido JALT
Going 'Multimodal' in the Writing Classroom
5/27 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Bob Palmer
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Kagoshima JALT
TPR-S Storybook Fun
5/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kagoshima City
Melinda Kawahara
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