Tokyo PC Users Group

Digital Photography, and Related Software

3/2 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tokyo

Japan ASCD

JASCD Annual Spring Conference (day 1 of 2)

3/3 Time TBA, Tokyo

TBA

Osaka JALT

Civil Rights in Japan

3/3 6:15 PM-8:45 PM, Osaka City

Arudou Debito

SCBWI

Saturday Morning Publisher Talk

3/4 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tokyo

John Moore, President R.I.C Publications - Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Japan ASCD

JASCD Annual Spring Conference (day 2 of 2)

3/4 Time TBA, Tokyo

TBA

OUP Kids' Club

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Shizuoka "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."

3/4 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Shizuoka City

Oliver Bayley, Yukari Harrison, Yoko Ishii

Language Teaching Professionals

One-Day Certificate in Teaching English to Children (Fukuoka)

3/5 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Fukuoka City

David Paul

Tokyo British Council

TKT Pre-test (Teaching Knowledge Test)

3/5 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Tokyo

participants take the test

ETJ Hiroshima

Mnemonic Devices and Keeping your Junior High School Classes Fresh

3/5 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Seth Bareis and Robert Consiglio

Pearson Japan

The Longman / Maruzen Kid's Tour in Yokohama - A Magical English Journey

3/5 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Mitsuyo Ohta, Katherine MacKay, Eunice Miyashita

Pearson Japan

The Longman / Maruzen Kid's Tour in Kyoto - A Magical English Journey

3/5 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Kyoto City

Mari Nakamura, Kate Sato, Mayumi Tabuchi

OUP Kids' Club

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Okayama "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."

3/5 9:30 AM-4:00 PM, Okayama City

Oliver Bayley, Masako Harada, Patrick Jackson, Yukari Harrison

EF Education Japan

Using the Internet as a Resource for Task-Based Learning (day 1 of 2; online participation)

3/7 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Beata Schmid and Christopher McCormick

EF Education Japan

Using the Internet as a Resource for Task-Based Learning (day 2 of 2)

3/8 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tokyo

Beata Schmid and Christopher McCormick

OUP Kids' Club

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Nagano "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."

3/11 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Nagano City

Hiroko Tsunoda, Miki Sakai

Yamagata JALT

Beat Generation Literature in America

3/11 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Yamagata City

Chris Douthit

Nara JALT

Juggling and EFL.

3/11 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nara City

Andrew Woollock

Kitakyushu JALT

Can Internet Technology Solve Age-Old Teaching Problems?

3/11 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Mark Cowan

Gifu JALT

Methods to Conquer Pronunciation Difficulties

3/11 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City

Victoria Taylor, ECC Foreign Language Institute

ETJ Aichi

ETJ-Aichi Round Table Discussion and Spring Cleaning ELT Bazaar

3/12 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

various speakers for the round table discussions

Language Teaching Professionals

One-Day Certificate in Teaching English to Children (Hiroshima)

3/12 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Hiroshima City

David Paul

ETJ Miyazaki

English in elementary schools

3/12 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Miyazaki City

Sayed Mohamed

Pearson Japan

The Longman / Maruzen Kid's Tour 2006 in Kagoshima - A Magical English Journey

3/12 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Kagoshima City

Mitsuyo Ohta, Lesley Ito, Naomi Yonemoto

Pearson Japan

The Longman / Maruzen Kid's Tour 2006 in Sendai - A Magical English Journey

3/12 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Akiko Seino, Kate Sato, Aleda Krause

ETJ Fukuoka

ETJ-Fukuoka and ACET Combined March 2006 Meeting

3/12 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Yukari Kitajima, Akiko Kokubu and Lisa Fleming

Yokohama JALT

Fun Activities with Junior and Senior-High Learners

3/12 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Jonathan Robinson

Saitama JALT

Music in the EFL Classroom

3/12 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Steven Morgan, Daito Bunka University

Matsuyama JALT

Two presentations

3/12 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture

Euan McKirdy, Macmillan LanguageHouse

OUP Kids' Club

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Sendai "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."

3/12 9:15 AM-12:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Yoko Muro, Miki Sakai

NPO Teaching English Methods Institute

Spring LATEM Pioneer Teacher Training

3/18 10:30 AM-6:30 PM, Fukuoka City

Helene J. Uchida

Nagasaki JALT

My Share, followed by an Open Executive Meeting

3/18 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Various Speakers

ETJ Kobe

ETJ-Kobe March meeting

3/19 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Kiyomi Mori

Nagano JALT

The 2nd Annual Mini Colloquium: Researching ELT in the Japanese Context

3/19 10:00 AM-3:30 PM, Nagano City

Theron Muller, Joel Thomas, Sue Fraser Osada, Tetsu Osada, Phil Brown, Takashi Matsuzawa and more

Language Teaching Professionals

One-Day Certificate in Teaching English to Children (Niigata)

3/19 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Niigata City

David Paul

eigoTown

One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (given in Japanese)

3/19 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Mayuka Habbick

Hiroshima JALT

Teaching English to Children

3/19 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Yukiko Shima (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi) and Katherine Mackay (Pearson Education- Longman)

OUP Kids' Club

The 2006 Oxford University Press Kids' Club Tour in Niigata "Growing Up with Oxford - Putting Great Ideas Into Practice."

3/19 9:30 AM-1:00 PM, Niigata City

Setsuko Toyama, Miki Sakai

Tokyo British Council

Teacher Development Intensive Course - Using textbooks effectively

3/21 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tokyo

British Council

EF Education Japan

Language learning in the Age of the new TOEFL

3/22 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tokyo

Beata Schmid, EF Education

EF Education Japan

How to motivate and engage adolescent language learners

3/23 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tokyo

Beata Schmid, EF Education

Fukuoka JALT

Understanding and influencing learners' motivational changes

3/25 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Fukuoka City

Dr. Mark Sawyer, Kwansei Gakuin University and Temple University Japan

eigoTown

One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching English to Children (given in Japanese)

3/26 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tokyo

Mayuka Habbick

Iwate-Aomori JALT

How can we succeed in teaching English at Junior and Senior High Schools?

3/26 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

James Hall, Iwate University Faculty of Education

Toyohashi JALT

A Magical Journey Through English Land

3/26 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Lesley Ito

Hokkaido JALT

Adapting the Han Group Organization for Use in College English Classes

3/26 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture

Cindy Edwards, Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College

ETJ Kagoshima

Preparing for the New School Year: Ideas that Work!

3/26 1:45 PM-4:00 PM, Kagoshima City

David Lisgo

Sendai JALT

Discussion: Issues in Language Teaching

3/26 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

Various Presenters

General Union

Health Insurance and Pensions Seminar

3/26 2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Osaka City

General Union