July 2010

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July 3rd (Saturday) 2010 1
ETJ Kitakyushu

Neuroscience for EFL 2010: Cutting Edge Research brought to the Japanese EFL Context

7/3 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Robert S. Murphy
July 4th (Sunday) 2010 1
Extensive Reading SIG of JALT

The Extensive Reading Japan Seminar 2010

7/4 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Marc Helgesen (Plenary), Ben Shearon, Atsuko Takase, Tom Robb, Eleanor Kane, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Glen Hill, Patrick Ng and others
July 10th (Saturday) 2010 4
Akita JALT

Extensive Reading and ICT Contents: Guiding university students to be better English readers

7/10 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Akita City

Natsumi Onaka, Associate Professor, Iwate University International Center
ETJ Fukuoka

Fully Engaged: Increased participation, involvement and motivation

7/10 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Bill Pellowe, Paul Shimizu
Kitakyushu JALT

Dictionary Use Panel

7/10 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Mark Gibson, Eiki Hattori, Go Yoshizawa and David Latz
Gifu JALT

Materials Production and Evaluation for Young Learners: Six principles

7/10 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City

Catherine Littlehale Oki
July 11th (Sunday) 2010 6
ETJ Aichi

Effective Use of Multi-Media in the Classroom

7/11 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Aichi City

Mark Reed
Himeji JALT

(1) Common sense in vocabulary teaching; (2) Extensive Reading: The missing piece of the puzzle

7/11 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture

Rob Waring
ETJ Hiroshima

Ask and Share: Elementary School English

7/11 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Hiroshima City

various
ETJ Saitama

Question Time

7/11 2:00 PM-4:50 PM, Saitama City

Terry Yearley
Saitama JALT

Influences of Living Abroad on Individual Personalities and Identities

7/11 2:00 PM-4:45 PM, Saitama City

Manami Tanaka
Matsuyama JALT

How to Make Your Students Joyful, Lifelong Readers -- Find Keys in Cover to Cover

7/11 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Junko Yamanaka, Trident College of Languages, Nagoya
July 16th (Friday) 2010 1
The Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference

PLL18: The 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning

7/16 Time TBA, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Call for papers deadline is Jan 15, 2010
July 17th (Saturday) 2010 2
Yokohama JALT

Mini Conference: A Day With Vocabulary

7/17 10:00 AM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Featured Speakers: Rob Waring, Philip Shigeo Brown, Rory Rosszell
Nara JALT

Videotaping and Self-Reflection. What Do You See?

7/17 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Nara City

Greg Dunne and Sean Toland
July 18th (Sunday) 2010 5
Nagoya and Gifu JALT

Materials Production and Evaluation for Young Learners: Six Principles

7/18 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Catherine Littlehale Oki
Kyoto JALT

Teaching Gender-Related Issues in the Classroom

7/18 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Kyoto City

Folake Abbass and Robert O'Mochain
Gunma JALT

Adaptation of CEFR to the English Curriculum in Japanese Higher Education

7/18 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture

Noriko Nagai, Ibaraki University
Hiroshima JALT

Corpling: A More Efficient Approach to the Teaching and Learning of Vocabulary

7/18 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Warren Tang (various schools) and Simon Fraser (Hiroshima University)
Hamamatsu JALT

Learner's Acquisition of Language at Different Stages of Development: A Professional Development Seminar

7/18 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Maisaka City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Several speakers
July 19th (Monday) 2010 1
Marine Day (Umi-no-hi)
Society of Writers, Editors and Translators

Transfixed by Translating

7/19 1:15 PM-2:45 PM, Kyoto City

Beth Cary, moderator: Juliet Winters Carpenter
July 24th (Saturday) 2010 6
East Shikoku JALT

Intercultural Communication in Practice: Insights from the (Foleshill) Field

7/24 1:00 PM-2:30 PM, Kochi City

Minoru Yoshioka
Sendai JALT

Creative Use of Silence

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

Joseph Shaules
Okayama JALT

Teaching a Process Approach to Paragraph Writing

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

Peter Neff
Kobe JALT

Examining Learner Autonomy Dimensions

7/24 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Jonathan Aliponga (Kansai University of International Studies, Craig Gamble (Kansai Gaida), Yasuko Koshiyama (Kansai University of International Studies), Keiko Yoshida (Kobe Gaidai)
Cypris Society

Cypris Society Workshop: Introduction to Virtual Worlds and Teaching

7/24 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Osaka City

Jean-Paul Duquette
Fukuoka JALT

Communication Spotlight: Rationalizations and Developments

7/24 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Alastair Graham-Marr
July 25th (Sunday) 2010 1
Iwate-Aomori JALT

What Language Should We Be Using in Our Classrooms?

7/25 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Takaaki Hiratsuka
July 31st (Saturday) 2010 2
Osaka JALT

Teaching in English: Challenges for High School (The 9th Seminar on English Education at Kansai University of International Studies, Amagasaki campus)

7/31 10:00 AM-4:30 PM, Osaka City

Keynote speaker: Tomoyasu Mizohata, Otori High School (Osaka)
Nagasaki JALT

(1) Testing the new TOEIC Speaking and Writing Test; (2) Writing Fluency: What is it, and is it necessary?

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

Terry Fellner, Saga University.

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