ELT Calendar Archive of events: May 2012

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May 2nd (Wednesday) 2012 1
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Language Teaching Professionals

Motivating students to communicate

5/12 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
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
Language Teaching Professionals

Communication activities

5/12 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
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
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
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
Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate Workshop: Principals of Second Language Acquisition

5/13 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

Alastair Graham-Marr
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)
International Womens Bookswap

Bookswap

5/13 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture

No speakers
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
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
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
Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching phonics

5/19 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
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.
Nagasaki JALT

Testing Interactional Speaking: A Workshop

5/19 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City

Alun Roger (Sojo University)
Okinawa JALT

Pathways to the world

5/19 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture

Rika Kojima
Language Teaching Professionals

Phonics activities

5/19 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
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
Kobe JALT

A Taste of Teacher Development

5/19 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Steven Herder
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)
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
Gifu JALT

Empowering Young Readers with the Brain in Mind

5/19 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City

Mari Nakamura
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
Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching phonics

5/20 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG

Learning Technologies SIG Panel Question and Answer

5/20 11:00 PM-12:00 AM, Online , Online Events

Panel discussion
Toyohashi JALT

Annual Toyohashi Barbecue

5/20 11:30 AM-2:30 PM, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Everyone
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
ETJ Niigata

Teaching English Through Other Subjects

5/20 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Niigata City

Martin Sedaghat and Tina Koyama
Fukuoka ACET

Multiple Intelligences

5/20 1:30 AM-4:00 AM, Fukuoka City

Kathy Kampa
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
Okinawa JALT

World of Adventure-Learning with National Geographic

5/20 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

Rika Kojima
ETJ Saitama

My Share

5/20 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City

Several ETJ Saitama members
Hiroshima JALT

Textbooks, Tasks, and Fluency

5/20 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Hiroshima City

Theron Muller
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
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
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
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
Akita JALT

Workshop for teachers of young learners

5/26 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Akita City

Kim Horne (Kindergarten teacher)
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
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
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
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
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
Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Teaching games and songs effectively

5/27 10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
Hokuriku JALT

The Reading Circle: A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching Reading

5/27 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukui City

Ayako Hisatsune
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
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)
Language Teaching Professionals

TESOL Certificate (Young Learners) Workshop: Activities for children's classes

5/27 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo

David Paul
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
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
ELTChat

ELT Chat on Twitter

5/30 8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Online , Online Events

Group discussion on Twitter

ELTChat

Nagano JALT

Institute of English Teaching to Children

ETJ East Tokyo

FETJ-Chiba

Mabuhay Classroom Teacher Workshop

CoFFET

ELTChat

Language Teaching Professionals

Matsuyama JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Ibaraki JALT

Kitakyushu JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Language Teaching Professionals

Saitama JALT

International Womens Bookswap

Language Teaching Professionals

Okinawa JALT

ELTChat

Language Teaching Professionals

West Tokyo JALT

Nagasaki JALT

Okinawa JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Okayama JALT

Kobe JALT

Fukuoka JALT

Hamamatsu JALT

Gifu JALT

Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG

Toyohashi JALT

Yokohama JALT

ETJ Niigata

Fukuoka ACET

Gunma JALT

Okinawa JALT

ETJ Saitama

Hiroshima JALT

Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT

FETJ-Tokyo

Tokyo JALT

Sophia University LIFIC

Akita JALT

KOTESOL

English Teaching Workshop

Niigata JALT

KELTA

ELT Career and Professional Development Conference

Language Teaching Professionals

Hokuriku JALT

Iwate-Aomori JALT

Sendai JALT

Language Teaching Professionals

Nara JALT

Oita JALT

ELTChat

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