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Oxford in Oita

gw-tesol — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:14:05 +0000

Next Saturday (June 18th) the Oxford Kids Tour is coming to Oita.

Details available at:

http://www.oupjapan.co.jp/events/summertour/schedule.shtml#shikokukyushuokinawa

Oxford Teaching Workshop in Fukuoka

gw-tesol — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:47:16 +0000

The Oxford Teaching Workshop Series is coming to Fukuoka on Sunday March 13th. Why not take advantage of the 1000 yen highway or cheap return train and bus tickets to enjoy a very worthwhile day out!! Details at:

Overview: http://www.oupjapan.co.jp/kidsclub/otws2011/index.shtml

Schedule: http://www.oupjapan.co.jp/kidsclub/otws2011/schedule.shtml

2nd Oita English Language Teaching Seminar

gw-tesol — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:17:01 +0000

******UPDATE****************************************************************

The 2nd Oita English Language Teaching Seminar will be held on Sunday April 17th at Compal Hall Room 400 (Art Room on 4F) in Oita City.The event will start at 09:30 for registration and finish at 16:00 and is free.

Sponsors of the event are ETJ Oita, Oita JALT, Oki-NET and Pearson Kirihara KK.

Confirmed presenters so far:

Simon Goddard Weedon (E English School / The Daily Yomiuri),

Kazuya Yamamoto (Oita Fuzoku Elementary School) & Ed Kellerman (Oita Fuzoku Elementary School / Albion English School),

Scott Aubrey (Risumeikan APU)

Monica Hamsciuc (Risumeikan APU)

Antoinette Jones and Warren McDonald (Ritsumeikan APU)

Tristan Scholze (Rainbow Bridges / Fukuoka Women’s College)

Meg Takemura (Pearson Kirihara)

There will be a materials display from Pearson Kirihara KK, Book Shop provided by Little Monsters ELT Books and a coffee shop too!

This will be the biggest ELT event to be held in Oita so please make a date in your diary!!

ETJ Expo

gw-tesol — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:23:47 +0000

The ETJ Expo comes to Fukuoka this Sunday. The location is Seinan Gakuin University with presentations from 10:00 to 18:00. Schedule is avilable here:

2010 Kyushu ETJ ExpoSunday

2010 Kyushu ETJ ExpoSunday I will be there all day (I’m doing one presentation after lunch!)

Oita JALT Workshop

gw-tesol — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:45:40 +0000

Unlucky timing, however ……………… Oita JALT also have a workshop this coming Sunday. if you’re free, why not see both!

DETAILS

Teaching and learning English humour, in principle and practice

September 16, 2010 by Oita Chapter

Date and Time:

Sunday, 14 November 2010 – 1:00pm – 2:45pm

Speaker:

Richard Hodson

We are pleased to have Richard Hodson, a lecturer in the Faculty of Global Communication at the University of Nagasaki Siebold and a Best of JALT 2009 recipient, come to Oita to give a special lecture about how to use humour in the classroom. First, he will explore the key pedagogical and cultural issues that need to be considered when introducing humorous materials in the EFL classroom, including insights both from humour theory, and from recent ELT research. In the second half of the presentation he will describe, and report results from, two recent research projects. This is a useful presentation for any English teacher in the area.

Location:

Beppu International House, first floor main hall

Guide to Location:

Link to meeting location

Fee for JALT members:

Free

Fee for one-day members:

500 yen

ETJ Oita Workshop

gw-tesol — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:40:52 +0000

The next workshop will be on Sunday November 14th at Compal Hall, Oita City. The workshop will be from 18:30 – 20:30.

Details

Presentation: Checking Comprehension / Checking Understanding
(Simon Goddard Weedon)
This short presentation will look at different ways to make sure students are understanding the language the see, hear and say.

Discussion:
It’s the end of the year as we know it! Please bring one idea or story from your 2010 classes. In small groups, we will share ideas, stories and challenges.

ETJ Expos

gw-tesol — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:32:26 +0000

The ETJ Expo comes to Fukuoka on Dec 5th 2010. If you haven’t attended the Expo before …… now’s your chance. There will be presentations by famous, infamous and non-famous teachers and authors, as well as materials displays and the chance to meet other like-minded professionals.

EXPO INFO http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/expos.shtml

I’m looking forward to attending Paul Nation’s presentation. For anyone unfamiliar, he is one of the most prominent experts on vocabulary learning and this is an opportunity not to be missed!!

FUKUOKA EXPO INFO http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/fukuoka2010.shtml

Sep 2010 Presentation

gw-tesol — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:54:31 +0000

These are the presentation notes for Simon’s session on teaching reading fluency for Elementary School students.

ETJ Presentation Sep 2010

Oita English Language Teaching Seminar 2010

gw-tesol — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:18:22 +0000

Thank you to everyone who came to the event yesterday – I hope you enjoyed the presentations and went home with some new ideas for your classes. Big thanks to all the presenters too.

Simon’s Presentation Notes:

Oita English Teaching Seminar 2010 handout

Oita Godo Shinbun report on the seminar

OkiNet2010

第1回大分ELTセミナー！

gw-tesol — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:16:33 +0000

Sunday May 23rd : 5月23日（日曜日）

Oita Prefectural Art College: 大分芸術短期大学

１０：００～１６：００

Details to follow.

6 Presentations

Book Displays and Sales

Information here!!:

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