NOVEMBER 2009 = Two (2) EVENTS!
(One early: Nov 8; one late: Nov 29)
(NO EVENT IN OCTOBER)
NOVEMBER 8, 2009
ELT Expo (Nov. 8)
JALT Sendai will co-host the annual Tohoku ELT Expo with ETJ at Tohoku Fukushi University, Station Campus Building.
This is an All Day event. Lunch will be available on site by special arrangement. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE LUNCH AS WE NEED TO ARRANGE WITH THE KIND CATERERS OR CAFETERIA STAFF. PLEASE CONTACT Pres. Ken Schmidt at jaltsenpres@gmail.com to let him know if you want lunch on site or not. We need a headcount for lunches PRIOR to the event. THANK YOU.
Please check out the attached flier (ELT Expo 09.pdf), consider participating as a presenter (great chance), and post and pass along the flier to colleagues, students and friends. We’re looking forward to a great event.
WHAT IS IT LIKE?Usually, 3-4 speakers are giving simultaneous presentations in different rooms. There are also MANY book publishers on site showing their wares. It is a great mini-conference type of event to meet people and network, to learn from various presenters, and to puruse new teaching materials and textbooks for possible use in your classes. Many times, very interesting and helpful new books are found from some smaller or lesser known publishers as well as from Major publishers who usually sell B2B (Business to Business) to Foreign Schools in Japan (K-12, etc.) rather than to standard Eikaiwas or Japanese universities. Many of these books are not seen in bookstores in Japan. Nice chance for some new finds to spark up your classes from new angles!!
EVENT No. 1: (details of above EXPO)
Special Event (Jalt Sendai & ETJ)
(ETJ = English Teachers in Japan)
Title: 2009 Tohoku ELT Expo (English Language Teaching Expo)
Date: November 8, 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm (9:30-17:30)
Venue: Tohoku Fukushi University, Station Campus Bldg. 6F
Tohoku Fukushi Daigaku Mae Station, JR Senzan-sen
Maps: (Japanese) www.tfu.ac.jp/other/access/index.html
(English) TFU Stn. Campus map-English.doc
Some parking (limited) also available.
Fee: 500yen for ETJ & JALT/TALE members; 1,000yen general admission.
- PLEASE PRE-REGISTER!!! SEE BELOW *
- Fliers available here: ELT Expo 09 (Japanese version); or here: ELT Expo 09c (English version) Please print and share with colleagues and friends. All are invited!
Speakers: Special guest speaker: Renowned linguist/educator Paul Nation joining us with two presentations: “Top 10 Vocabulary Activities” and “Developing Fluency in Reading.”
Other speakers: David Paul (organizer), Ryan Haggland (local ETJ rep), and many others.
(APPROX. 24 PRESENTATIONS. STILL SPACE FOR 6 PRESENTERS. You, too can present! Great chance to do so! SEE BELOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.)
One day mini-conference for ALL teachers; teaching all levels.
Presentations by and for college teachers, high school teachers, elementary school teachers and kindergarten teachers.
[Members and non-members are welcomed to present. See “Call for Presentations” below for details.]
Two-fold purpose:
1. practical presentations related to language teaching in Japan, and materials for your review from many large and small publishers.
2. Teaching materials for a wide variety of teaching situations will be on display in a specified room. This is a good chance to see what is new and/or currently available. Great way to add to, or freshen up your classes with new material.
Call for Presentations:
Time is allotted for 24 presentations. (All day event with simultaneous presentations.) Some time slots are still available (about 6), so please jump in and share your teaching ideas or your research findings related to any teaching level; Children to Adult.
Submit a proposal to Ryan Hagglund <rhagglund@myeigo.com> by October 10, with the following details:
a) Presenter name,
b) Contact info (w/ cell phone and email address),
c) Presentation title,
d) Presentation outline (max 50 words),
e) Presenter bio (max 30 words),
f) Language of presentation (English/Japanese),
g) Equipment needed (LCD projector, CD player),
h) Target group (e.g. elementary school teachers, all age groups),
i) Topic area (e.g. reading, speaking)
Please Pre-register!
Pre-register at the ETJ website: <www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/preregistration.shtml>.
You can attend without preregistering, but it saves you time at the Expo and gives us
an idea of how many to expect. You can join ETJ or JALT at the Expo [Nov. 8, Sunday], or through their websites ETJ (free) [see VERY bottom of the page]: <http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/about.shtml#howtojoin> or JALT website here: <http://jalt.org> (Please add "Sendai" as your local chapter or region to get on the JALT Sendai email list.)
See the ETJ website <www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/> and the JALT Sendai website <http://jaltsendai.terapad.com/> for updates and more information.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2009
EVENT No. 2:
Title: Mind Maps and/or Materials Creation
Date: Nov. 29, 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm - 5pm (14:00 ~ 17:00)
Venue: AER, 6F—“Special Conference Room”
Speaker: Miles Craven
Speaker bio:
Miles Craven has over twenty years' experience in English language teaching, working as a teacher, teacher-trainer, examiner and materials writer. He has worked extensively in schools, colleges and universities throughout the world. Miles taught for three years in Japan at Nichidai, Ferris, Odawara Women’s Junior College, and Mishima City Hall. Miles is author or co-author of several courses, including Get Real!, Reading Keys, English Grammar in Use CDROM, Cambridge English Skills, and Breakthrough. He also helps coordinate the Business English Programme at the Møller Centre, Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He is especially interested in ways of motivating students in Japan, and has used mind maps effectively to engage students’ interest and stimulate learners to achieve. His recent research has focused on developing skills and strategies to help learners improve their reading ability, for Macmillan's new edition of Reading Keys.
Abstract:
Mind mapping is a useful technique that can be effectively employed with classes of all ages and abilities. This workshop is for teachers who know nothing at all about mind maps, but are keen to learn the basics and explore ways mind maps can help in the language classroom. Participants will prepare their own mind maps and be shown various communicative exercises to use with students across all four main skills.
