May 2012
Home- May 2nd (Wednesday) 2012 1
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ELTChat
ELT Chat on Twitter
5/2 9:00 PM-10:00 PM, Online , Online Events
Group discussion on Twitter
- May 3rd (Thursday) 2012 1
- Constitution Day (Kenpou-kinen-bi)
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Nagano JALT
The 23rd Suwako Charity Walk
5/3 8:30 AM-2:30 PM, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture
Shinshu University researchers
- May 4th (Friday) 2012 1
- Greenery Day (Midori-no-hi)
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Institute of English Teaching to Children
2-Day Intensive Certificate Course In Teaching English To Children (Tsukuba)
5/4 9:30 AM-5:30 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Marco Brazil (Founder, Training Director)
- May 5th (Saturday) 2012 2
- Children's Day (Kodomo-no-hi)
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ETJ East Tokyo
Part 1: Songs to Enjoy and Songs to Listen To; Part 2: Potluck Workshop
5/5 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
various, facilitated by Yuco Kikuchi
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FETJ-Chiba
Advanced Teacher's Training (TG upgraded)
5/5 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Edogawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
Aurora Dobashi, Glenn Villacin, Sampaguita Salazar, Lori Ligon, Armando Simbulas, Katrina Harata
- May 6th (Sunday) 2012 2
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Mabuhay Classroom Teacher Workshop
The Whole Language Approach and PPR in Children's English Class
5/6 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture
Marco Brazil, Institute Of Englissh Teaching To Children (IETC) Training Director
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CoFFET
TESOL-EAP (Teaching Teachers to Teach TOEIC/TOEFL)
5/6 9:30 AM-5:00 PM, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Robert Lee Bishop (Yokohama City U), Paul Rowan
- May 9th (Wednesday) 2012 1
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ELTChat
ELT Chat on Twitter
5/9 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events
Group discussion on Twitter
- May 12th (Saturday) 2012 5
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Language Teaching Professionals
Motivating students to communicate
5/12 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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Matsuyama JALT
The 3rd Annual Shikoku JALT Conference
5/12 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kochi City
Mike Guest, Jim Ronald, Grant Tew, and others TBA
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Language Teaching Professionals
Communication activities
5/12 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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Ibaraki JALT
2012 May Two-day Overnight Conference
5/12 6:00 PM-6:00 PM, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture
David Barker, Atsushi Iida, Dan Waldhoff
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Kitakyushu JALT
Task complexity and second language development: tools to promote speaking
5/12 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Colin Thompson
- May 13th (Sunday) 2012 5
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Language Teaching Professionals
One-day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Sendai)
5/13 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
David Paul
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Language Teaching Professionals
TESOL Certificate Workshop: Principals of Second Language Acquisition
5/13 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo
Alastair Graham-Marr
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Saitama JALT
JALT Omiya May Meeting
5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
Genevieve Ruff (Saiei International), Ivan Botev (Saitama City BOE)
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International Womens Bookswap
Bookswap
5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture
No speakers
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Language Teaching Professionals
TESOL Certificate Workshop: 'Fundamentals of Teaching Listening
5/13 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
Alastair Graham-Marr
- May 15th (Tuesday) 2012 1
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Okinawa JALT
Establishing and running an ESP for the staff and faculty of OIST
5/15 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
Kevin A. Hunt
- May 16th (Wednesday) 2012 1
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ELTChat
ELT Chat on Twitter
5/16 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events
Group discussion on Twitter
- May 19th (Saturday) 2012 11
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West Tokyo JALT
Spreading the Good Word: Introducing the Vocabulary SIG
5/19 10:30 AM-5:15 PM, Kokubunji City, Tokyo Metropolis
Charles Browne, Rory Rosszell, Jeffrey Stewart, Charles J. Anderson, and Rob Waring.
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Language Teaching Professionals
Teaching phonics
5/19 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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Nagasaki JALT
Testing Interactional Speaking: A Workshop
5/19 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City
Alun Roger (Sojo University)
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Okinawa JALT
Pathways to the world
5/19 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Rika Kojima
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Language Teaching Professionals
Phonics activities
5/19 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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Okayama JALT
New Ideas from New Language Educators
5/19 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City
Sachiko Iwamoto, Tsukasa Nakamura, Rikako Nakanishi, Mika Yunoki
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Kobe JALT
A Taste of Teacher Development
5/19 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Steven Herder
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Fukuoka JALT
Moodle: Has your school got it? Do they want you to use it? What can you do with it?
5/19 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Fukuoka City
Anne-Marie Tanahashi (Poole Gakuin University, Osaka)
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Hamamatsu JALT
The SHARP-Do and Book Buddies projects: Two stories of grant-funded work by foreign language teachers
5/19 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Marcus Springer, Chris Tebbe
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Gifu JALT
Empowering Young Readers with the Brain in Mind
5/19 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City
Mari Nakamura
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Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT
Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
5/19 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Osaka City
Plenary Speakers David Carless and Michael Thomas, two days of presentations and workshops
- May 20th (Sunday) 2012 12
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Language Teaching Professionals
Teaching phonics
5/20 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG
Learning Technologies SIG Panel Question and Answer
5/20 11:00 PM-12:00 AM, Online , Online Events
Panel discussion
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Toyohashi JALT
Annual Toyohashi Barbecue
5/20 11:30 AM-2:30 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Everyone
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Yokohama JALT
(1) From Phonics to Literacy; (2) Teaching Critical Thinking Skills
5/20 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
(2) Brad Semans; (2) John Finucane
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ETJ Niigata
Teaching English Through Other Subjects
5/20 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Niigata City
Martin Sedaghat and Tina Koyama
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Fukuoka ACET
Multiple Intelligences
5/20 1:30 AM-4:00 AM, Fukuoka City
Kathy Kampa
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Gunma JALT
Exploring and Experiencing Online Materials for Second Language Learning and Teaching
5/20 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Robert Habbick
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Okinawa JALT
World of Adventure-Learning with National Geographic
5/20 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
Rika Kojima
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ETJ Saitama
My Share
5/20 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
Several ETJ Saitama members
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Hiroshima JALT
Textbooks, Tasks, and Fluency
5/20 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City
Theron Muller
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Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT
Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
5/20 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Osaka City
Plenary Speakers David Carless and Michael Thomas, two days of presentations and workshops
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FETJ-Tokyo
FETJ Tokyo Chapter 1st Year Anniversary
5/20 9:00 AM-5:30 PM, Edogawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
Aurora Dobashi, Marco Brazil, Lesly Itoh, Sara Wall
- May 21st (Monday) 2012 1
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Tokyo JALT
Technology in Language Teaching Series (4 of 4)
5/21 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Tokyo
Tom Edwards
- May 24th (Thursday) 2012 1
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Sophia University LIFIC
Participant Relations in Qualitative Research Interviews
5/24 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, Tokyo
Gabriele Kasper (University of Hawai'i)
- May 26th (Saturday) 2012 5
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Akita JALT
Workshop for teachers of young learners
5/26 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Akita City
Kim Horne (Kindergarten teacher)
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KOTESOL
KOTESOL 2012 National Conference
5/26 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Busan City
Plenary speakers: Marc Helgesen, Tim Murphy. Plus many other speakers
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English Teaching Workshop
TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) Study and Teaching Children Workshop
5/26 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Tokyo
Yuco Kikuchi and others
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Niigata JALT
The 4th Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
5/26 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Niigata City
Plenary by Theron Muller; more than 25 other presentations
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KELTA
KELTA (Korea English Language Testing Association) 2012 International Conference
5/26 9:30 AM-6:30 PM, Seoul City
Keynote Speakers: Marty Abbott (President, ACTFL), Elvira Swender (Director, ACTFL)
- May 27th (Sunday) 2012 8
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ELT Career and Professional Development Conference
ELT Career and Professional Development Conference 2012
5/27 10:00 AM-5:50 PM, Tokyo
Keynote speakers William Snyder (Teacher's College, Columbia University) and Kahoko Matsumoto (Tokai University), plus several other speakers
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Language Teaching Professionals
TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Teaching games and songs effectively
5/27 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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Fukui JALT
The Reading Circle: A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching Reading
5/27 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukui City
Ayako Hisatsune
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Iwate-Aomori JALT
Workshop on Teaching Young Learners: Brain Rules, Tools and Jewels
5/27 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Kim Horne
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Sendai JALT
Debate and Discussion: (1) English Debate in Japanese High School; (2) Task-based Learning
5/27 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
(1) Cory Koby (Sendai Shirayuri Gakuen); (2) Daniel Eichhorst (Tohoku University)
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Language Teaching Professionals
TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Activities for children's classes
5/27 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
David Paul
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Nara JALT
Invaluable Techniques for Teaching English to Kids Under the Age of 10
5/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture
Matthew Reynolds, Catriona Takeuchi, Lisa Manhart, Catherine Littlehale
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Oita JALT
Balancing Language Teaching: The case for Extensive Reading
5/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture
Rob Waring
- May 30th (Wednesday) 2012 1
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ELTChat
ELT Chat on Twitter
5/30 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events
Group discussion on Twitter
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