Oxford in Oita

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

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2nd Oita English Language Teaching Seminar

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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!!

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Oita JALT Workshop

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

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ETJ Oita Workshop

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.

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ETJ Expos

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

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Sep 2010 Presentation

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

ETJ Presentation Sep 2010

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Oita English Language Teaching Seminar 2010

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

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第1回大分ELTセミナー！

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!!:

Oita%20English%20Language%20Teacher%20Training%20Seminar%202010

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ETJ EXPO in Fukuoka

The ETJ Expo will be held on Sunday December 6th in Fukuoka. It’s an all day event with multiple seminars/presentations every hour. There will be a large display area with major and minor EFL publishers attending.

For more detailed information, and pre-registration go to http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/expos.shtml

Expo Leaflet available here (English and Japanese explanations)

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Next Event

日に日に涼しさも増し、日も短くなって参りましたが、皆様いかがおすごしでしょうか。 下記にて大分JALTとETJの合同イベントを開催いたしますのでお知らせいたします。 

We are pleased to announce that the next Oita JALT/ETJ event is on Sunday, September 27th from 6:30pm-8:30pm. 

Oita JALT/ETJ Event: Presentation ‘Using Songs Effectively’ presented by Neil Millington and ‘Introducing useful games for Elementary School students’ presented by Simon Weedon and Ed Kellerman

PRESENTATION: Using Songs Effectively  Songs are frequently used in English Language Teaching classrooms all over the world and are a part of a multitude of young learner language programmes. This presentation aims to look at why songs can be considered valuable pedagogical tools. Then, using several classic and original songs for children, the presentation aims to explore how songs can be used most effectively. 

Neil Millington is a lecturer at APU Ritsumeikan University where he teaches Fundamental and Intermediate English classes. His teaching interests include Task-Based-Learning and Teaching Young Learners. 

PRESENTATION: Introducing games for Elementary School students  Games can bring a whole new dimension to classes and can be very motivating for young learners studying English. There are not too many Elementary School students that do not enjoy playing games, however the use of games needs to be weighed against their education value. The presenters will introduce some tried and trusted language learning games that are suitable for Elementary School students. 

Simon Weedon is the Co-owner of E English School in Oita. He has lived in Japan since 1996 and is an ETJ-Oita Coordinator and Daily Yomiuri columnist. 

Ed Kellerman is co-owner of Albion English School, Head of Oki-Net and a veteran of kindergartens and Elementary Schools in Oita. 

DATE & TIME: 27th September 2009, 6:30pm-8:30pm

PLACE: Compal Hall (Room 309), Oita City. 大分県大分市府内町１丁目５−３８  09…  http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=compal+hall+Oita+Japan&sll=37.0625 FEE: JALT members Free / Non-members 500 Yen  We hope to see you there!

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