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Friday, August 05, 2011

David Paul`s Newsletter for English Teachers

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Saturday August 6th

Expo dates decided


ETJ English Language Teaching Expos


Sat/Sun Oct 1/2 - Tokyo
Sun Oct 9 - Hiroshima
Sun Oct 16 - Osaka
Sun Oct 30 - Sendai
Sun Nov 6 - Nagoya
Sun Dec 4 - Fukuoka

The Expos in Tokyo and Sendai are in association with JALT.

If you are thinking of giving a presentation or having a display at the Expos,
please reply to this e-mail to get more information.

Registration for attending the Expos will start soon.


Cutting edge research


Database explains survival of irregular verbs
A study of the development of irregular verbs in the Romance languages


Popular TV shows teach children fame is most important value
Fame is the No. 1 value emphasized by TV shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds

Research shows problems with phonics
Research indicates that phonics is not necessary after the initial stages of learning to read

Research backs English as key to development
A study into the economic impact of learning English in developing countries


Japan education news


Read the news at ELT News

Number of school bullying cases rising again
The first increase in five years

Torikai, Akashi at odds on use of English at Rakuten
Rakuten's adoption of English as its official language is dividing opinion amongst leading educators.


Yokohama adopts controversial textbook for junior high schools
A civic group said it was "unforgivable for authorities to force schools to use such textbooks justifying wars."

Fukushima teacher muzzled on radiation risks for school children
Toshinori Shishido, a Japanese literature teacher of 25 years, has resigned

Scholarships in Canada for Japanese youth affected by the earthquakes
Languages Canada members are awarding over $430,000 in scholarships



Extensive Reading World Congress


Kyoto - September 3-6

The World Congress represents the first time for all those involved with the
extensive reading approach -- teachers, scholars, writers and publishers --
to gather under one roof for a conference dedicated purely to extensive reading.


Click for the provisional schedule


Certificate course

 
Teaching conversation skills to Japanese university students
Bruno Vannieu and Jerry Talandis will be running certificate courses in teaching
conversation to Japanese university students in Osaka, Tokyo, and Fukuoka.
See full information by clicking the link.



Events coming soon


Sunday
Sep 11 - Tokyo
A Workshop on Cooperative Learning in the Junior and Senior High School OC Classroom


Comprehensive list of events



NAHA, Okinawa -- August 7 (Sun) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Naha, Okinawa)
Speaker(s): Devon Thagard, Barbara Hoskins-Sakamoto
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5223

SAITAMA -- August 14/15 (Sun) 9:00-17:00
Creating a Culture of Peace at a Critical Moment:
The capacity of education for people's empowerment
Speaker(s): Loreta Castero, Kip Cates, Sasanka Perera, Kamata Yoji,
Sakamoto Hitomi, Nojima Daisuke, Kakuta Naoko, Kikuchi Keiko, Kawane Shinya
GCPEJ

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5212

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- August 14 (Sun) 9:30-12:30
Professionalism In The Classroom
Speaker(s): Marco Brazil
MCTW

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5179

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- August 14 (Sun) 13:30-16:30
Phonics and Sightwords: Empowering Children to Read
Speaker(s): Marco Brazil
MCTW

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5180

MITO, Ibaraki -- August 20 (Sat) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Ibaraki)
Speaker(s): Simon Downes, Aurora Dobashi
OUP
http://w
ww.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5206

TOTTORI -- August 20 (Sat) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Yonago, Tottori)
Speaker(s): Caroline Marie Gerner, Miki Sakai
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5218

MATSUE, Shimane -- August 21 (Sun) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Matsue, Shimane)
Speaker(s): Caroline Marie Gerner, Miki Sakai
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5219

SENDAI, Miyagi -- August 21 (Sun) 13:00-17:30
2011WE CAN! Summer ELT Forum in Sendai
Speaker(s): Yoko Matsuka, Rumiko Kido, Hiromi Sasaki
McGraw-Hill Education

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5169

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi -- August 21 (Sun) 13:30-16:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Tochigi)
Speaker(s): Yumiko Igawa, Joshua Kidd
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5207

TOKYO -- August 23 (Tue) 9:00-17:00
5-Day TESOL Certificate Course
Speaker(s): Rod Ellis, Paul Pobertson
CoFFET

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5148

MAEBASHI, Gunma -- August 27 (Sat) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Gunma)
Speaker(s): Simon Downes, Aurora Dobashi
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5208

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- August 27 (Sat) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Himeji)
Speaker(s): Caroline Marie Gerner, Miki Sakai
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5220

OKAYAMA -- August 28 (Sun) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Okayama)
Speaker(s): Noriko Matsumoto, Marco Brazil
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5221

OMIYA, Saitama -- August 28 (Sun) 11:00-13:00
Oxford All-Japan Summer Tour (Omiya)
Speaker(s): Naoko Saito, Kathleen Kampa
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5209

FUKUOKA -- August 30 - September 2
JACET Convention 2011 - The 50th Commemorative International Convention
Speaker(s): Plenary Speakers include Rod Ellis.
National JACET

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/4980



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Sunday, July 17, 2011

David Paul`s Newsletter for English Teachers

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Sunday July 17th

New Facebook page


Language Teaching Professionals now has a Facebook page

Please support our efforts to help the professional development of English teachers.
It would help LTP and ETJ a lot if you could click here, and 'like' the page.



Cutting edge research


Sleep can boost classroom performance of college students
Maybe we should let the students take naps in class!


Good communication in early years key to success at school
The first two years are very important

Collaboration and interaction are crucial to the evolution of language
A look at the historical evolution of language

Teaching workshops fail to spur learner-centered teaching
Teachers continue to use teacher-centered methods despite training

The Internet is changing our memory

We have poorer recall of answers but enhanced recall of where they are stored


Japan education news


Japan's English not good enough for global business?
Report on a British Council survey (ELT News)

Education ministry panel recommends radical changes
Hiring foreigners as regular high school teachers ... (Japan Times)

Kumon takes charge of TOEFL Junior in Japan
Kumon reaches an agreement with ETS (ELT News)

Read the news at ELT News


Special ETJ seminar


July 31 (Tokyo): ETJ special seminar in teaching children
A rare chance to see four specialists in teaching children together
Presenters: Ritsuko Nakata, Barbara Sakamoto, Yoko Matsuka, David Paul



Certificate course

 
Teaching conversation skills to Japanese university students
Bruno Vannieu and Jerry Talandis will be running certificate courses in teaching
conversation to Japanese university students in Osaka, Tokyo, and Fukuoka.
See full information by clicking the link.



Events coming soon


Monday
Jul 18 - Tokyo
FETJ: Everybody up! Games, chants and songs for EFL classes

Sunday Jul 24 - Nagoya
ETJ: Brain Rules and Tools for Teaching Young Learners

Sunday Jul 24 - Hiroshima
ETJ: The Internet and Your Upper-Grade Elementary School Students

Sunday Jul 24 - Sendai
ETJ: TPR Storytelling and Classical Total Physical Response (TPR)
Techniques for Japanese Adults and Younger Learners

Sunday Jul 31 - Tokyo
ETJ: Special Seminar on Teaching Children

Sunday Aug 6 - Kawasaki
ETJ: Launching of ETJ-Kanagawa

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Monday, May 23, 2011

David Paul`s Newsletter for English Teachers

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Monday May 23rd

Japan education news


Disaster areas need teachers
Even with government help, prefectures still need replacements

After the deluge, universities face foreign exodus
There are likely to be serious short-term and long-term consequences


Read the news at ELT News


Cutting edge research


Becoming a vampire without being bitten
Reading fulfills deep psychological needs

IQ tests measure motivation - not just intelligence
More research that questions the validity of IQ tests

Artificial grammar reveals inborn language sense
Experiments with alien languages confirm Chomsky's prediction


One-day events


One-day certificate courses in
teaching elementary school children
Okayama - May 29
Kanazawa - Jun 26
Trainer: David Paul

Annual Brain Days
(learn about neuroscience)
Kitakyushu - July 9
Osaka - July 10
Presenters: Robert S. Murphy, Tim Murphey, Curtis Kelly, Marc Helgesen

Special ETJ seminar
on teaching children
Tokyo - July 31
Presenters: Barbara Sakamoto, Ritsuko Nakata, Yoko Matsuka, David Paul


Support for teachers of writing


Online support for writing courses
Cactus Education provides programs for university students,
high school students, adults and children.


Where there's a Will ...


Seminar on making a will
Tokyo - May 25
Learn how to make a will and what will happen if you don't.


'ETJ Linked in' now an open group


ETJ Linked in
This is now an open group. This means discussions can be viewed by anyone on the web,
found on any search engines, and can be shared on other social networking platforms.


Events coming soon


S
unday May 29 - Omiya
ETJ  Alan Miesch: Five fabulous favorites and the power of puzzles

Sunday June 19 - Chiba
ETJ  My share for teaching numbers



Comprehensive list of events


TOKYO -- May 25 (Wed) 19:00-21:00
Seminar: Where there's a Will...
Speaker(s):
IFG Asia

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5139

KYOTO -- May 28 (Sat) 9:00-17:00
Exploring Gender and Its Implications
Speaker(s): Various speakers
GALE JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5047

NIIGATA -- May 28 (Sat) 9:00-18:00
The 3rd Annual N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
Speaker(s): Featured Chuck Sandy.
Niigata JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/4998

NAGASAKI -- May 28 (Sat) 14:00-16:00
Active Participation through Student Response Systems
Speaker(s): Bill Pellowe and Paul Shimizu
Nagasaki JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5045

NAGOYA, Aichi -- May 29 (Sun) 10:00-16:00
Three Parts to Effective English: Vocabulary, Grammar, and Comprehension
Speaker(s): Peter Warner
Power Seminars

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5104

OKAYAMA -- May 29 (Sun) 10:00-17:30
One-Day Certificate Course in Teaching Children (Okayama)
Speaker(s): David Paul
LTP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5089

TOKYO -- May 29 (Sun) 10:00-20:00
ECAP (ELT Career and Professional Development Conference) 2011
Speaker(s): Keynote speakers include Marcos Benevides and Noriko Ishihara
ECAP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5099

OMIYA, Saitama -- May 29 (Sun) 14:00-17:00
Five Fabulous Favorites and The Power of Puzzles
Speaker(s): Alan Miesch
Saitama ETJ

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5121

KURUME, Fukuoka -- June 3-5 (Fri-Sun)
JALTCALL 2011 Conference (day 1 of 3)
Speaker(s): Featured Keynote Speaker: Carla Meskill, State University of New York.
CALL JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/4958

TOKYO -- June 5 (Sun) 10:00-12:30
IIEEC - Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program Summer Session Workshop 3
Speaker(s): Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5109

TOKYO -- June 5 (Sun) 13:30-16:00
IIEEC - Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program Summer Session Workshop 4
Speaker(s): Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
OUP

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5110

OSAKA -- June 10-12 (Fri-Sun) 15:00-19:00
ACTC 2011: Inaugural Asian Conference on Technology
Speaker(s): Keynote Speakers Garr Reynolds and Jill Robbins; featured speakers Bill Pellowe and Roger Palmer
IAFOR

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5068

OSAKA -- June 10-12 (Fri-Sun) 15:00-19:00
ACLL 2011: The Inaugural Asian Conference on Language Learning
Speaker(s): Keynote Speakers Garr Reynolds and Jill Robbins; featured speakers Deryn P. Verity, Charles Kowalski and Kevin Cleary
IAFOR

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5065

KITAKYUSHU, Fukuoka -- June 11 (Sat) 18:30-20:00
Testing times: Ensuring success
Speaker(s): Michael Philips
Kitakyushu JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5131

TOKYO -- June 11 (Sat) 18:30-20:30
Writer's Night: Writing for Young Adults
Speaker(s): Suzanne Kamata and Holly Thompson
SCBWI

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5116

KAWASAKI, Kanagawa -- June 12 (Sun) 10:00-17:00
Changing Together! The First JALT JSH SIG Junior / Senior High School Teacher Development Workshop
Speaker(s): Takashi Miura, Gregory Paul Glasgow, Peter J. Collins, Tom Gorham and Jon Gorham, Yoichi Watari, Ben Shearon
JSH JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5073

FUKUI -- June 18 (Sat) 10:00-12:00
Translation in English Language Teaching in Japan
Speaker(s): Yoshifumi Saito
Fukui JALT

http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/5136



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