David Paul`s Newsletter for English Teachers

Thursday November 4

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Japan education news

Click here for the following news items:

Sharp R&D adopts English as official language

General Union files complaint against GABA

Win a free iPad and 50,000 yen for charity
at the Tokyo ETJ Expo on November 6th

ETS launches TOEFL Junior

Read the news every day on ELT News

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A big thank you to Oxford University Press

When David English House went under at the beginning of September,
I was very worried about what would happen to the Expos this year.
The generosity of Oxford University Press has been amazing.
I don't write for OUP and have no business relationship with them,
but they offered to pay for all my travelling and hotel costs so that I
could get to the Expos. They have also paid large amounts for Expo
advertising that David English House has paid for in the past.

I have long known that OUP are a charity and have a charter stating
their mission to support educational initiatives. That's why I was
comfortable with asking them to be a General Sponsor of ETJ.
But, to see this mission carried out in such an unselfish way in
practice, is really quite wonderful.

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ETJ Expos for English language teachers
Bringing together all English teachers


Sat/Sun Nov 6/7 - Tokyo
Toyo Gakuen University (Hongo campus)

Sun Nov 28 - Osaka
Seifu High School

Sun Dec 5 - Fukuoka
Seinan Gakuin University

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Presentations at the Tokyo Expo this weekend

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Saturday presentations
(scroll down for Sunday presentations)
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10:00-10:45
Thinking beyond the story: "Expansive Reading" with graded readers
Andrew Archer

Five fabulous favorites
Alan Miesch

Activities for English for academic purposes
Raymond Yasuda

Task-based learning in elementary school contexts
James York

PikiFriends: Safe and easy social Networking for secondary schools
Jeffrey Dionne

11:15-12:00
Motivating teenagers and adults to communicate
David Paul

Offshore investment options available to teachers in Tokyo
Nicholas Webb

Team teaching: This is how we do it.
Aurora Dobashi / Yumiko Matsumoto

Utilizing classroom space
Andy Boon

Introducing the Kids Word Engine!
Guy Cihi

Turnitin - the problem of plagiarism and what you can you do about it
Jason Good

Integrating a free online flashcard site with a university reading course
Dan Ferreira

Motivate your students with 'Let's Chat!'
John Pak

12:30-1:15
The joy of teaching young learners through music and movement
Kathy Kampa

The goal driven class - We can do it with WE CAN!
David White

Podcasting in the EFL classroom
Damon Brewster / Hans von Dietze

Using student essay blogs to elicit student opinions
Walter Kasmer

Get neuro-psyched! Improve memory and learning
Robert Murphy

Story telling with felt boards
Philip Garden

Introducing a negotiated syllabus
Philip Shigeo Brown

Assisting students to arrange study abroad programs
Jim Forsyth

2:15-3:00
Choosing the right extensive reading materials
Rob Waring

From sleepyheads to Involved learners
Andy Boon

Developing critical thinking skills through understanding world politics & global issues
Jennie Roloff

Ways to improve classroom presentations: A systemic functional grammar approach
Peter McDonald

Teaching English conversation to large groups of low-intermediate university students
Stephen Richmond / Jennifer Teeter

Teaching writing online for university students
Abhishek Goel

Are first impressions everything?
Leander Hughes

Is the language school industry dead? Is now an opportunity?
Dean Rogers

3:30-4:15
Business English success for every student
Noriko Ono / Charles Ullman

Personal construct psychology and its implications in the classroom
David Paul

Teaching and using classroom objects
Alex Case

ETJ Tokyo Annual General Meeting
ETJ Tokyo members

Learning through classic stories
Patricia Daly Oe

Task-based narrow reading
Michael Stout

Extensive speaking and writing through extensive reading and listening
Sakai Kunihide

Thematic English learning for elementary school students
Junko Machida

4:45-5:30
ELTNEWS.com Charity English Language Teaching Quiz
Quizmaster: Russell Willis

Successful student-generated newsletter projects
Joyce Cunningham

Highly effective English pronunciation instruction methods
Hajime Nihei

Classroom dynamics: Cohesion
Steven Paydon

Student autonomy; Approaches and activities for language learning
Darrell Wilkinson

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Sunday presentations
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10:00-10:45
What are the ten most effective vocabulary activities?
Paul Nation

Towards blended learning for Communication Spotlight
Todd Rucynski

Story telling with felt board
Philip Garden

Eigo Note - Adapt, don't adopt
Laura Blefgen-Togashi / Setsuko Terasaki

11:15-12:00
Great activities and techniques for large and small classes
Ritsuko Nakata

Motivating teenagers and adults to communicate
David Paul

Exploring autonomous learning stories
Andy Barfield

How to make a webquest
David Magnusson

Get neuro-psyched! Improve memory and learning
Robert Murphy

Teaching writing online for university students
Abhishek Goel

Student poster sessions: Teacher and learner perspectives
Andy Boon / Simon Stevens

Suggestions for developing task-based curricula
Eric Setoguchi

12:30-1:15
Developing fluency across the four skills
Paul Nation

The goal driven class - We can do it with WE CAN!
Rumiko Kido

English through stories: the Oxford Reading Tree
Ben Shearon

Getting children to notice sounds and letters
Yuco Kikuchi

The business language program: A consolidation of materials, needs and assessment.
Phillip B. Go

Thematic English learning for elementary school students
Junko Machida

Creating nature cards, verb cards, and other materials for classroom use
John Spiri

2:15-3:00
Using the Oxford Reading Tree in shogakko eigo katsudo
Setsuko Toyama

Prepare your students for academic success with Questions in the classroom
Oliver Bayley

Open tasks in the Japanese university classroom
Michael Mondejar

A junior/senior high school oral communication lesson
Terry Yearley / Hiromi Tanada

Choosing the right extensive reading materials
Rob Waring

Assisting students to arrange study abroad programs
Jim Forsyth

A comparison of building vocabulary through listening to lectures versus enhancement activities
Andrea Little / Kaoru Kobayashi

Adding detail and variety to your students' writing
Katherine Tanizawa

3:30-4:15
Essential elements of effective TOEIC prep
Grant Trew

Personal construct psychology and its implications in the classroom
David Paul

ELT in preschool: This is how we teach
Aurora Dobashi / Lori Ligon

A case study of Japanese women: developing independence through self-directed homework.
Teruko Nakajima

Teaching English conversation to large groups of low-intermediate university students
Stephen Richmond / Jennifer Teeter

Fun ideas for using non-fiction material in the EFL classroom
John Spiri

The group journal writing project
Chika Hayashi (in Japanese)

The healing power of mistakes
Ted Quock

4:45-5:30
LET'S PLAYŠ LET'S GO! The secret to a funtastic and successful children's English class
Marco Brazil

Is the language school industry dead? Is now an Opportunity?
Dean Rogers + guests

Student generated self-assessment that helps the teacher too
Stacey Vye

Red Rocket Readers: Launch into literacy
Riaz Donaldson

Turnitin - the problem of plagiarism and what you can you do about it
Jason Good

Simple but great ideas for young learners
Yoko Ishii