May 2008
Home- May 1st (Thursday) 2008 1
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Tokyo PC Users Group
The PC Music Machine
5/1 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo
Dan Lindholm
- May 3rd (Saturday) 2008 2
- Constitution Day (Kenpou-kinen-bi)
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Gifu JALT
Vygotsky in Your Pocket: Walk Away With 5 Effective Classroom Collaboration Techniques
5/3 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City
Mike Stockwell
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Nagano JALT
19th Annual Suwako Charity Walk
5/3 8:10 AM-1:30 PM, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
TBA
- May 10th (Saturday) 2008 3
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Yamagata JALT
Wisconsin and Japan Cultural Differences
5/10 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Yamagata City
Heather Dow
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Kitakyushu JALT
Gender Equality: Teaching Beyond Grammar
5/10 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Stefanie Tacata
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PanSIG Conference
JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2008
5/10 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Kyoto City
Plenary Speakers: Dr. Tim Murphey, Junko Yamanaka
- May 11th (Sunday) 2008 6
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ETJ Aichi
ETJ-Aichi May 2008 workshop: Four Skills for Effective EFL: How and Why
5/11 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Peter Warner
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Oxford University Press
IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher training Certificate Program 2008 (afternoon workshop)
5/11 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tokyo
Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
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Saitama JALT
(1) Almost Zero Prep Activities; (2) Error Analysis of High School Student Essays
5/11 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
(1) Conrad Matsumoto; (2) Asako Kato
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Matsuyama JALT
A Health Topic for Healthy Students: Teaching about HIV/AIDS in the EFL classroom
5/11 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Louise Haynes, Director, Japan AIDS Prevention Awareness Network; English Lecturer, Nagoya City University
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PanSIG Conference
JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2008 (day 2 of 2)
5/11 8:30 AM-5:00 PM, Kyoto City
Plenary Speakers: Dr. Tim Murphey, Junko Yamanaka
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Oxford University Press
IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher training Certificate Program 2008 (morning workshop)
5/11 9:50 AM-12:30 PM, Tokyo
Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
- May 17th (Saturday) 2008 9
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East Shikoku JALT
Materials Creation for Professional Development
5/17 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Kochi City
Neil Heffernan, English Education Center, Ehime University
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Tokyo)
5/17 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
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Nagasaki JALT
Can we teach humor in EFL classes?
5/17 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City
Richard Hodson, University of Nagasaki, Siebold
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Nara JALT
Teaching English Through Drama
5/17 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nara City
Kathy Emori
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Okinawa JALT
Annual Okinawa Chapter "My Share"!
5/17 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
All participants
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Miyazaki JALT
There's A Book Inside Each of Us
5/17 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Miyazaki City
Paul Moritoshi
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Okayama JALT
Thinking Podcasting? Think Again.
5/17 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City
Alex McAulay, Yokohama University
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Fukuoka JALT
(1) Dealing with student plagiarism; (2) Preparing students for the new TOEIC
5/17 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Fukuoka City
Terry Fellner, Saga University
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SCBWI
Websites, Blogs and Promotion for Illustrators
5/17 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tokyo
Takashi Oda, Kiyo Tanaka and Patrik Washburn
- May 18th (Sunday) 2008 8
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Yokohama JALT
The Relaunch of YoJALT
5/18 1:00 PM-8:30 AM, Machida City, Tokyo Metropolis
Steve Brown, YoJALT exec team
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Nagoya and Gifu JALT
Twelve Steps to Teaching Verbs and Verb Tenses
5/18 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Peter Warner
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Nagoya)
5/18 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
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Chiba JALT
1. Building your own interactive whiteboard: methods and applications; 2. Extensive reading with low level learners
5/18 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Chiba City
1. Nick Delleman; 2. Fiona MacGregor
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Gunma JALT
From Research to Video Blog: A Final Project for Japanese University Students
5/18 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
John Spiri
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ETJ Saitama
Three Mini-Workshops for Elementary and Junior High School Classes
5/18 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
Richard Bales, Matt Shannon and Darryl Sumida
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Hiroshima JALT
Prepare Your Students for Academic Studies
5/18 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City
Eri Okuda (Oxford University Press)
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Elementary School Thematic English Education Movement
Monthly Study Meeting #22: Creating a Positive Team Teaching Environment
5/18 9:30 AM-12:00 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Hitomi Sakamoto and Sarah Birchley
- May 24th (Saturday) 2008 3
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Osaka)
5/24 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Osaka City
Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
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Akita JALT
Lesson Planning: As Easy As Pie!
5/24 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City
Lesley Ito
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Kobe JALT
Themed Tasks for the Communicative Classroom
5/24 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Marcos Benevides
- May 25th (Sunday) 2008 10
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ELT Career and Professional Development Conference
ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (ECAP) 2008
5/25 10:00 AM-8:00 PM, Tokyo
A number of great speakers
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ETJ Kyoto
Identifying and Helping Students with Special Needs
5/25 10:10 AM-1:00 PM, Kyoto City
Cynthia Akazawa
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Toyohashi JALT
Annual Picnic & Barbecue
5/25 11:30 AM-2:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
none
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Wakayama JALT
An introduction to Spaced-repetition Systems (SRS). What's the fuss?
5/25 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Wakayama City
Kent Hill
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Institute of International Education in London
Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese (Fukuoka)
5/25 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Fukuoka City
Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
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Iwate-Aomori JALT
Lesson Planning: As Easy As Pie!
5/25 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Lesley Ito
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Shizuoka JALT
Elementary school English education: What can be done?
5/25 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Shizuoka City
Machiko Fujiwara (Seigakuin University), Chizuko Aiba (Tokyo Denki University), and Brian Byrd (Seigakuin University)
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Hokkaido JALT
Using a CALL Classroom to Teach English through Drama
5/25 2:00 PM-3:45 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Hitoshi Eguchi, Hokusei Gakuen University
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Sendai JALT
Dynamic Presentations
5/25 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Mike Hood
- May 31st (Saturday) 2008 3
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ETJ Yamaguchi
ETJ Yamaguchi Regional Meeting
5/31 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Keiko Seiki
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Institute of International Education in London
23rd International Education Forum
5/31 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo
Teruyuki Zushi,Institute of International Education in London; Hitomi Sakamoto,Toyogakuen University; Katsutoshi Ito, Kanagawa University
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CALL SIG of JALT
JALT CALL Conference 2008 - New Frontiers in CALL: Negotiating Diversity
5/31 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Featured Phil Hubbard. Call for papers due Feb 15, 2008
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