Of Asia and Children's Books: The Role of the Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC)
1/10 6:00 PM-7:45 PM, Tokyo
R. Ramachandran, Executive Director of AFCC and Bolormaa Baasansuren and Ganbaatar Ichinnorov, SingTel Asian Picture Book Award Winners for Old City
Journeys of Discovery; One Step Beyond the Classroom
1/11 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Nagasaki City
Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen University)
Connecting Neuroscience and ELT - What we learned in 2013
1/11 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Robert S. Murphy
ETJ Chiba January Workshop Theme: What is ETM (Education Through Music)? How can we incorporate ETM in our EFL Classrooms?
1/12 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tokyo
Hiyori Hasegawa
Improving reading fluency through extensive reading and speed reading: Problems and applications
1/12 9:15 AM-12:00 PM, Kyoto City
Ann Flanagan (Ritsumeikan Junior and Senior High School), Amanda Gillis-Furutaka (Kyoto Sangyo University), Bjorn Fuisting (Ritsumeikan University)
Cooperative learning: Teaching that is as easy as 1-2-3-4
1/18 1:00 PM-4:45 PM, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Joel Laurier (Gunma Kokusai Academy)
(1) Exploring cultural differences through humor; (2) Swiss-Army Knife Activities
1/18 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Okayama City
(1) John Rucynski, Ayako Namba, and Scott Gardner; (2) Matt Gilhool
(1) Creative homework design ideas to flip your classroom; (2) Going paperless
1/18 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Fukuoka City
Robert Cochrane, Kyushu Sangyo University
Osaka JALT Winter Potpourri Micro-conference
1/19 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Osaka City
Various speakers
January ACET Meeting
1/19 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Fukuoka City
ACET
Cooperative Learning: teaching that is easy as 1-2-3-4
1/19 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saitama City
Creating classroom questionnaires
1/25 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Gifu City
Robert Croker, Nanzan University
Extensive Reading Forum
1/26 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Ben Shearon and others
Chubu ELT Expo
1/26 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Various