This is an archive of all of the past events of ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan) on ELT Calendar.
One Japanese perspective on employing & teaching
Yoshimi Nagano
Vocabulary: what words do we teach and how?
Peter Warner and Nicolas Cueto
Applying the three R's to teaching: Recycling, Reusing and Reducing
Mathew White
Activities, Songs, & Chants for Children
Robert Habbick, Oxford University Press
Activities and Phonics
Sharon Abe, Stephen Brivati
Games for Little Children
Shizuka Mori
Teaching English to Children
Tania MacDonnell and Joshua Myerson
Elin Melchior and Michael Hunter
Teaching Phonics to Children
Kimiko Hiramatsu, Education Network
Teaching Children: 4 Mini-Presentations
Yukie Mori, Joe Alsheimer, Peter Warner, Sharon Abe
Teaching for Christmas
Linda Donan, plus additional members' ideas
Graded Readers for Young Learners and Jr. High
Mayuka Habbick, Nicolas Cueto
Tax Workshop for English School Owners and Teachers
Miki Aoki
Kids' Favorite Learning Activities
Hiromi Yano, Mayumi Kako and Peter Warner
English Proficiency Tests for Young Learners
Lesley Ito and John Raby
Integrated Lessons, Listening Skills, and more
Hamish Buchan of The British Council
Speech Contest, and Ingredients for Games
David Rawn, Chris Williams, and Joshua Myerson
Entering a New Era with Reflex Training
Felix Puschkarski and Jonathan Lipschitz
ETJ Aichi March meeting: Lesson Planning: As Easy As PIE
Lesley Ito
ETJ Aichi May meeting: Developing Projects for Younger Learners
Chuck Sandy
ETJ Aichi July meeting: A New Challenge to English Learning in Japan
Rieko Takagi and Naoyuki Takeda
ETJ Aichi September: Turn Your Students Into Chatterboxes
John Moore
ETJ Aichi November meeting: Intermediate Phonics
Peter Warner, At Home English
ETJ Aichi January Workshop: 'TELL: Express Yourself' and 'Stop "teaching" your pre-schoolers!'
Mayumi Kako, Nicola Oshima
ETJ Aichi Round Table Discussion and Spring Cleaning ELT Bazaar
various speakers for the round-table discussions
ETJ Aichi Three Presentations: Fun Activities, Classroom Management, and Make Your Own Storybook
Yoko Takano, Chris Williams and Linda Donan
Practice Makes Confident
Ritsuko Mori, Inazawa Higashi Senior High School
ETJ Aichi September Workshop: The Future of Team Teaching in Elementary School
Biagio Christiano
ETJ Chubu ELT Expo 2005
Many speakers
Three Talks: Encouraging Kids' Originality: English Through Art; Romaji Isn't English; Practical Strategies for Classroom Management
Yoshimi Midori, Peter Warner, and Doug Evans
ETJ-Aichi Round Table Discussion and Spring Cleaning ELT Bazaar
various speakers for the round table discussions
ETJ Aichi May 2006 Meeting: Lesson Planning for Higher Elementary, and Reading: Understanding Phonics and Whole Word Methods
Mayumi Kako, Peter Warner
ETJ Aichi July 2006 Meeting - Six Secrets to Success with Songs and Chants
Kaj Schwermer
Engaging Junior High Students with Cooperative Learning Activities; Multi-Sensory Teaching
Ben Blackwell and Patricia Gage; Kim Horne
ETJ-Aichi January 2007 workshop: Teach Them All By Reaching Them All
Chuck Kayser
ETJ-Aichi March 2007 workshop
Yoko Takano, Joshua Myerson, and Ben Backwell
ETJ-Aichi May Workshop: 'Cooking Up English' and 'Deactivating the Mute Button in a Jr. High School Classroom'
Chris Williams and Joe Hindman
ETJ-Aichi July 2007 workshop: (1) Using Music to Teach Rhythm, Vocabulary and Self-Confidence; and (2) Homework for Young Learners
(1) John Wilcutt and (2) Peter Warner
ETJ-Aichi September 2007 workshops: (1) Interactive Conversation - some classroom techniques suitable for Junior High School to Adult; (2) Halloween Events and Games "
(1) Bob Jones; (2) Joe Alsheimer
ETJ Aichi January 2008 Workshop on Teaching Children
Nicola Oshima and Otto Lamb
ETJ-Aichi March 2008 workshops: (1) Let's enjoy picture books in the classroom; (2) A Tale of Two Kindergartens - A Journey of Intercultural Exchange
(1) Kazumi Takagi; (2) Aya Asano and Kim Horne (Izumi Chuo Kindergarten)
ETJ-Aichi May 2008 workshop: Four Skills for Effective EFL: How and Why
Peter Warner
ETJ-Aichi July 2008 workshops for teachers of children
Bob Jones and Vick Ssali
ETJ-Aichi September 2008 workshop for teachers of children: (1) Stories; (2) Halloween
(1) Chris Loeber; (2) Joe Alsheimer
Chubu ELT Expo
ETJ-Aichi January 2009 Workshop: Guide to Phonemic Awareness
Jeffrey Scott
Using Portfolio Assessment in the ESL Classroom
Steve Quasha
Twelve Steps to Teaching Verbs and Verb Tenses
Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts
Ruth Barnes, Manukau Institute of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand)
Is One Two Hard? Teaching 'Sight Words' in a Phonic-based curriculum
ETJ Chubu ELT Expo 2009
Various speakers
Drama in the Classroom
World Englishes Education in High School
Naoko Murata and Kayo Sugimoto
1) Engaging Junior High Students with Cooperative Learning Activities; 2) American Values, Human Values, and Teaching English
1) Ben Backwell; 2) Peter Warner
Effective Use of Multi-Media in the Classroom
Mark Reed
From chalk to chip: A journey from a no-tech to a lo-tech classroom
Lance Bennett and Kaj Schwermer
Chubu ETJ Expo (Nagoya, Aichi)
(1) Speech Contests; (2) World Englishes
(1) Ula Gorski; (2) James D'Angelo
Teaching Special Children
Cynthia Akazawa
Ready for action (research)! - Where do I start?
Robert Croker
Brain Rules and Tools for Teaching Young Learners
Kim Horne
2011 ETJ Chubu Expo
Call for presentations due September 10
(1) Creative Games for Young Learners; (2) Gaming in the Classroom
(1) Robert Pensak; (2) Chris Loeber
Embrace your power to connect: Creative techniques to improve teamwork and communication
Mhairi Anne Robson
Halloween Event Management and My Share Ideas: Activities, Crafts and Games for Halloween!
Wayne Jackson
2012 ETJ Chubu Expo
David Paul, Carolyn Graham, Ritsuko Nakata, many more!
Engaging Young Readers: Introducing Young Learners to Extensive Reading
Thomas Bieri
Useful Activities and Techniques for Junior and Senior High School Teachers
Nick Boyes
(ETJ-Aichi) Power Up Your Numbers and Power Up with Music
Chris Davanzo (Nanzan University), Eric Kane (ELF Learning)
1.How to motivate students to learn English vocabulary; 2. Flexible Game Templates
Nobutaka Tsubota; Wayne Jackson
Various
(1) Preparing for the TOEIC Exam; (2) 1+1=3: Strategies for Better Team-Teaching
(1) Kazumi Takagi; (2) Steven Charles
Lesson Planning for Very Young Learners
Bob Pensak (Bob's English)
(1) Overcoming English Teaching Challenges Together; (2) The Relationship Between Japan and Foreign People/Cultures Since The Meiji Era (in Japanese)
Kojima Naoya
Halloween fun ideas
Everybody
English Activities for Intercultural Awareness
Jon Dujmovich (Aichi University and director of Imagination Ink)
English Unplugged: Generating energy in the classroom
Paul Durant (InterSchool, Linguage)
Various; call for papers due November 15th.
Back to School: My Share and Discussion
round table discussion
(1) An Introduction to Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) for ELTs and Language School Operators; (2) External Motivators to Get Jr. High School Students Talking More in Class
(1) Tim Chambers; (2) Joshua Myerson
Round Table Discussion
Round table
Halloween Activity Share Session
(Attendees Share Ideas and Materials)
Fowl play: Fun activities and game ideas to enliven your classroom!
Andrew Hitchings
Back-to-School Sunday Workshop
All of us sharing ideas
Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Classroom
Nic Kapper (NPO Spelling Bee)
Pecha Kucha in the Classroom
ETJ officers
Halloween Workshop
sharing ideas with ETJ officers
Kids are like goldfish!
Robert Pensak
JMs Card Game Theory
J.M. Dunn
Back To School Ideas
Open to all
Teach Spelling Without Really Trying
Nic Kapper
Four-Skills Integrated Lessons to Promote Learners' Communicative Competence
Yoko Takano (Okidoki Eigo School/Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS))
Discussion
(1) Bring your young learners together! (2) Task-Based Teaching
(1) Bob Pensak (Bob's English); (2) Nami Imagawa (Nami's English Room)
(1) Foster Independent Academic Learning with Google Search; (2) Tech Tools for Formative Assessment
(1) Nate Gildart; (2) Alexander (Dean) Hester
1) Seesaw: The Learning Journal; 2) Back to School Group Share
1) Riza Banzon and John Ellis; 2) Wayne Jackson
Peer review in EFL writing and speaking
Steven Charles, Wayne Jackson
Conversational Storytelling and How To Teach It
Bob Jones (School owner and part-time university teacher)
Holiday Activity Share
ETJ-Aichi officers
Youtube: Setting Up Your Channel, Branding and Community Building
Nate Gildart
An introduction to Cooperative Learning
Lem Mauricio
ETJ Chubu Expo
Marc Helgesen, Ritsuko Nakata, Makoto Sato, Simon Moran, David Paul, and many more
(1) Letting Learners Take Control: Methods and activity ideas; (2) Back-to-School Share
(1) Jackson Lee; (2) Various speakers
Session A: Making Students Active Readers; Session B: Self-Assessment in the EFL Classroom
Yoko Takano, Steve Charles, Jane Hislop
Session A: Enhancing Student Voice With and Without Technology Session B: Bring the World to Your Classroom with Google Expeditions VR/AR,
Session A: Most effective and successful teaching activities; Session B: Help students build confidence and improve their test scores
Wayne Jackson, Yuichi Hasegawa
ETJ Chubu Expo (Nagoya City, Aichi)
Many great speakers
CANCELLED: ETJ Aichi March Workshop
cancelled