Event

Tokyo ETJ Expo + Tokyo English Language Book Fair (day 2 of 2)

Sunday, October 30th, 2005, 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Speaker: A number of speakers

Bringing All English Teachers together! The Tokyo ETJ Expo (including the Tokyo English Language Book Fair) is one of the major events of the year for English teachers in the Kanto region. There are presentations on teaching children, adults, junior/senior high school students, and much more. And there are displays of a wide range of English teaching materials. For information, go to www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/expos.shtml To register, you can register online. 10:00-10:45

• Charles Vilina / Kathleen Kampa
  Songs and chants for young learners
• Conrad Matsumoto
  Fun and easy activities
• Hamish Buchan
  Motivating junior-high school students with a goal-based approach
• Jason Good
  Bilingual schools, a new boom in Asia
• Shoko Suzuki
  Sounds fun! Phonics which makes the children want to learn

11:15-12:00

• David Paul
  Teaching English to Children in Asia
• Jonathan Lynch
  Making language memorable for successful communication
• Kumiko Takahashi
  Time-to-discover: bring the world of science to your learning center
• Patrick Jackson
  Fun and games with the Potato Pals
• Richard Walker
  Corpus-informed materials - the benefits for learners and teachers

1:00-1:45

• David Harrington
  Discussion; process and principles
• Jason Good
  Using US elementary school textbooks with your kids
• Mayuka Habbick
  Reading skills and learning skills
• Ritsuko Nakata
  More fun! Activities to get students talking to each other
• Romany Arend
  Classroom hits - stimulating your students with songs

2:15-3:00

• Basil Tonks
  Teacher training solutions for Japan
• David Paul
  Lots of new supplementary materials to activate children's classes
• Mari Nakamura / Akiko Seino
  Motivate to educate - combining entertainment and education
• Mark Thompson
  Learning and forgetting
• Shoko Suzuki
  TOEIC Bridge: Step by step journey towards TOEIC

3:30-4:15

• Aaron Anderson
  Empowering your current business with online scheduling
• Alastair Graham-Marr
  Supplementary activities for the children's classroom
• Aleda Krause
  Some basic lesson planning rules
• Mayuka Habbick
  Making learning fun and pleasurable
• Richard Walker
  Enhancing learning through motivation and success-oriented ELT materials

4:30-5:15

• Gordon Taft
  Fun reading of the 'Oxford Reading Tree'
• Jo Ando
  Funderstanding: the key to encouraging and motivating young learners
• Keiko Abe-Ford
  Powerful songs, chants and pictures for young learners
• Kurt Scheibner
  Introducing 'Just Talk'! A uniquely fun way to stimulate student conversation
• Yoko Ishii
  (information TBA)

Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan) (ETJ)

Cost: ETJ Members: 500 yen
Non-members: 1,000 yen

Venue: 6F, World Import Mart, Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Contact ETJ

David Paul