Dear English teachers,
ETJ Ishikawa Group is going to hold its 23rd workshop on Sunday, June 19 with two experienced and certified teachers as guest speakers. It is going to be a very friendly gathering where everybody can share teaching ideas and learn from one another. Non-ETJ members are welcome!
Now, mark your calendar, and help us spread the word!
Best wishes,
Mari Nakamura
ETJ Ishikawa Group Coordinator
Take a look at the info below, and make a reservation by sending an e-mail to Mari at mari-@pop02.odn.ne.jp. (Please include your phone number in your e-mail.)
ETJ Ishikawa Group 23rd Workshop "Show and Tell!"
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Venue: Kanazawa Kinrosha Plaza in Kitayasue, Kanazawa http://www.kinpura.com/map.
(about a 10 minute walk from JR Kanazawa Station West Exit)
Room: 203
Admission: 500 yen (for both ETJ members and Non-ETJ members)
Presenters: Carla Curry and Nagwa Fekri
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Venue: Kanazawa Kinrosha Plaza in Kitayasue, Kanazawa http://www.kinpura.com/map.
(about a 10 minute walk from JR Kanazawa Station West Exit)
Room: 203
Admission: 500 yen (for both ETJ members and Non-ETJ members)
Presenters: Carla Curry and Nagwa Fekri
Presentation 1 "Giving a Hand" by Carla Curry
Summary:This presentation offers a couple of activities that need little preparation time and can be used with many different age groups and abilities. As the title says, the activities focus on hands.
Bio:Carla Curry studied TESOL at the University of Washington and is now working at several universities in Kanazawa. She is also teaching students of all ages at her own private school.
Presentation 2: "Learning a Foreign Language in a Few Hours" by Nagwa Fekri
Summary: Nagwa will share some of the practical ideas she has been using for her students on how kids survive learning a very new language for lessons that are only once a week.
Bio: Nagwa, who holds a master's degree in chemical engineering, taught English as an EAA for a year at several Kanazawa elementary schools in 2003. She then started teaching English with a children conversational school(SEIHA), a national company with classrooms everywhere in Japan. Nagwa has been teaching children and training teachers. She has also been in charge of administrative duties. She teaches varieties of levels and ages from 6 month-old babies to teenagers, besides the company's international preschool.
After the presentations, each participant will have an opportunity to share his/her own activity ideas or materials in small groups.
We will also have a tea break where we can all enjoy chatting and networking.
Now, mark your calendar, and help us spread the word!
Best wishes,
Mari Nakamura
ETJ Ishikawa Group Coordinator
