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Mini-Conference Schedule

Hiroshima JALT Mini-conference & Bookfair (Tentative) Presentation Schedule

Kids’ Room Type
10:00 – 11:00 Lect
11:00 – 12:00 Travis Ruetenik Acclimatizing the youngest learners (and teachers!) to the English Classroom Work
13:00 – 14:00 Aleda Krause Activities, Activities, Activities Work
14:15 – 15:15 Barbara Sakamoto Ten Terrific Ways to Teach Children Work
15:30 – 16:30 Kim Horne A Treasure Chest of Activities Work
16:45 – 17:30 TBD
Sponsors
9:45 – 10:30 Ben Dyer (Pearson) Informed teaching, flexible and enriched learning with Pearson digital solutions. Demo
10:45 – 11:30 Hugh Graham-Marr (Abax) Ideas Underlying Materials Development Work
11: 45 – 12:30 Malcolm Harding Why Take Cambridge English for School Exams
13:00 – 13:45 David Barker (BTB) What is ‘English Conversation’ and how do you teach it? Lect
14:00 – 14:45 Rika Kojima (Cengage) Extending your reach with Moodle materials Demo
15:00 – 15:45 Darren Halliday (Macmillan) Blended Learning Made Easy with Digital e-Books Lect
16:00 – 16:45 Tomoko Nakamura Multimedia DAISY e-textbooks for Special Needs EFL learners. Disc
17:00 – 17:45 Craig Anthony Nevitt & Florence Smith Games with Powerpoint & Old-school paper dictionaries Work
University /Research
10:00 – 10:30 Eleanor Carson & Hidenori Kashihara Use of L1 in the Classroom Res
10:45 – 11:15 John Tennant ER Using the Moodle Reader Module Demo
11:30 – 12:00 Jaime Selwood Do Students Really Want to listen to a language podcast? Lect
12:45 – 13:15 Rob Taferner Corrective Feedback on L2 writing Lect
13:30 – 14:15 Chris Burrows Communication strategy research among Japanese EFL learners Lect
14:30 – 15:30 Anthony Lavigne & Floyd Graham TED.com: Innovative Lessons for the 21st century classroom Demo
15:45- 16:45 Paul Jensen Tablet PCs, scanned textbooks and cloud storage solutions Demo
17:00 – 17:45 Jim Ronald Learner Development SIG Meeting Demo
Random Room
9:45 – 10:45 Rieko Okuda Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in Speaking Performance Demo
10:45 – 11:30 Chika Hisamatsu Toastmasters Lect
11:45 – 12:15 Simon Capper Teachers Helping Teachers in Kyrgyzstan Talk
13:00 – 13:45 Gordon Luster & Friends Discussion: A Learner-Created “English Zone” in Hiroshima Talk
14:00 – 14:45 Hisae Hosaki Writing English Sentences Accurately Lec
15:00 – 15:30 Mark Exton Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the International BaccalaureateBut Were Afraid to Ask Talk
15:45 – 16:30 Richard Gabbrielli Making your voice work for you Work
16:45 – 17:30 Erica Sponberg & Kelly Rose: Faculty Development Project at BECC Lect

Lect = Lecture
Disc = Discussion
Demo = Demonstration
Work = Workshop
Res = Research
Talk

The information on this page is being provided to help you plan for an enjoyable Mini-Conference & Book Fair. However, it is not quite final yet. Please understand that a few last minute changes might occur. Thanks!

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Important Dates

Feb 17 - Monthly Meeting