How Japanese and Germans can understand each other better through English
1/12 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Yamagata City
Reinhold Grinda
How Does Language Play Promote Language Learning?
1/12 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Okayama City
Scott Gardner
Effects of Task Repetition in 'Poster Carousel'
1/12 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City
Eiko Nakamura
Themed Tasks for the Communicative Classroom
1/12 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Marcos Benevides
One-day course in teaching English to children (Nagoya)
1/13 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
David Paul
Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Classroom Activities
1/13 12:15 PM-2:00 PM, Kyoto City
Eric Kane
Prepare Your Students for Academic Studies
1/13 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Eri Okuda (Oxford University Press)
Lessons from MAYA: Practical ideas for introducing, implementing, and sustaining autonomy in language classrooms
1/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
Eric Skier
The Development of English Grammar
1/13 2:15 PM-4:20 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Kiyoshi Shioiri, Matsuyama Shinonome College
ELT and the Science of Happiness
1/15 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Makuhari City, Chiba Prefecture
Marc Helgesen
Effective Phonics Activities
1/20 1:00 PM-3:30 PM, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Group activity
STEP EIKEN: An inside look at Japan's national English test
1/20 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Michael Todd Fouts
A Treasure Chest of Songs, Chants and Games!
1/20 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Kim Horne
Teaching the Strategies of Speaking
1/20 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Chiba City
Alastair Graham-Marr, Tokai University, ABAX
The Learning Cyclone: Web 2.0 Assisted Recycling Curriculum Design
1/20 2:00 PM-4:45 PM, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
David Ockert
Reasons Why Experienced EFL Teachers Stay Positive and Motivated
1/20 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City
Neil Cowie, Okayama University
Tokyo: Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese
1/26 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London
Two Presentations: (1) Looking at Changes in the Center Shiken - Now vs. Then; (2) Studies on Japanese EFL Learners' Demotivation
1/26 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City
(1) Michael Guest, Miyazaki University; (2) Keita Kikuchi, Waseda University
A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Young ESL Learners
1/26 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
Elizabeth (Liz) Yoshikawa
Professional Peer Development: Teacher-directed classroom observations
1/26 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Robert Croker and Juanita Heigham
Job Hunting for Teachers
1/26 6:00 PM-8:30 PM, Osaka City
Cameron Romney
ETJ Aichi January 2008 Workshop on Teaching Children
1/27 10:00 AM-12:30 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Nicola Oshima and Otto Lamb
One-day course in teaching English to children (Tokyo)
1/27 10:00 AM-5:15 PM, Tokyo
Avoiding Confusion and Creating Clarity: Effective Use of Technology in the Classroom
1/27 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Hiroshima City
Joshua Loy
Two Presentations: (1) Teacher Immediacy; (2) Teacher Efficacy
1/27 1:00 PM-3:45 PM, Fukuoka City
(1) Keita Kikuchi; (2) Quint Oga-Baldwin
Nagoya: Briefing sessions on postgraduate course on teaching Japanese
1/27 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Creating and Maintaining Student Autonomy
1/27 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Tomomi Katsuki
1. Actually Teaching Listening; 2. Teaching the Strategies of Speaking
1/27 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Hugh Graham-Marr
Dyslexia: What is it? What is it not? And how to help our students overcome its effects
1/27 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Thomas Warren-Price
Regional Organization and Planning
1/27 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Okayama City
none this time
Kagoshima JALT Shin Nen Kai (Meeting of the New Year)
1/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Kagoshima City
JALT Members
Shizuoka JALT yearly planning meeting.
1/27 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Shizuoka City
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