Thank you for joining the workshop with Kim Horne

Thank you, all, for joining the workshop with Kim Horne last Saturday.
We sure had a fabulous time together!

Kim has sent us this beautiful slide show from the session.
Enjoy!


Mari

Special Workshop with Kim Horne!

Dear friends, 

I am very pleased today to announce this very special ETJ Ishikawa Group workshop. 

Have you been to Kim Horne's workshop?

Kim is one of the most popular teacher trainers in Japan. 

Her sessions are full of great teaching ideas and a lot of fun! 

Take a look at this slide show to see what her presentation is like:

http://animoto.com/play/jCztFyfPi0x984R1JsE2ng  

Incredible, isn't it?

Great news is coming all the way from Gifu to Kanazawa to share her innovative ideas with us on SATURDAY, July 7!!! 

Here's the summary of the workshop:

ETJ Ishikawa Group Special Workshop with Kim Horne

Date: Saturday, July 7

Time: 2:00 - 4:30

Venue: Kinrosha Plaza in Kitayasue, Kanazawa (10-minute walk from JR Kanazawa Station) 

http://kinpura.com/map.html

Room: 404
Admission fee: 500 yen (for members and non-members)

Presenter: Kim Horne

Title: Brain Rules, Tools and Jewels

Summary: 

Discover the brain rules necessary to engage your students for effective learning. Experience activities that highlight the essential forces of movement, repetition and attention. Practice techniques to empower your students, keep them involved, boost their self-confidence and motivate them to do their best. 

Bio:

Kim is from the U.S., and has been crisscrossing cultures since infancy. She has experience in acting, radio and TV, and began teaching English to children & training teachers in Japan in 2000. She is active in JALT and ETJ and has presented dozens of workshops across Japan. She currently works at a private kindergarten in Gifu City where she gets lots of practice working and playing with happy brains. 

Besides her session, we will have our usual tea time where we can all mingle and chat. 

Please make a reservation by sending an e-mail to mari-@pop02.odn.ne.jp (Mari Nakamura)

And please help us spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to your teacher friends in Hokuriku! 

See you all soon!
Mari Nakamura

ETJ Ishikawa Group Coordinator

Thank you all for coming!

Hi, friends!

We had a great time at our 25th workshop, 'Empowering Young Readers with Fun and Simple Activities' this afternoon. 

At this workshop, we took a sort of 'Merry-Go-Round' format where two speakers presented at the same time in two separate corners of the room for a half of the audience. With this format, we had a cozy atmosphere that made easier for the audience members to interact with one another and to ask questions to the presenters than otherwise.

 

Ms. Aska Imanishi, the owner of Eigokan Aska, shared some of her favorite phonemic awareness and phonics activities, using flashcards and picture books. 

I also shared some phonics, reading fluency and reading comprehension activities using graded readers and flashcards. 

We also had a tea break where everybody had fun making new friends and a brief discussion time where everyone shared her/his own ideas on teaching reading and also asked questions to one another. 

Thank you so much to all of you who showed up, and we do hope that those who could not make it this time will be able to come to our next workshop with a special guest speaker, Kim Horne, on Saturday, July 7! The detailed announcement of this event will be made shortly. 

Mari 

Workshop "Reading Instruction for Children and Early-Teens"

Dear English teachers in Hokuriku! 

Come and join our 25th workshop focusing on READING INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND EARLY-TEENS!!

If you'd like to know how to make your phonics lessons more stimulating or what you can do to develop children's love of reading while making sure that they are actually building their reading skills, this is the workshop that you don't want to miss! 

All the participants at this workshop will get a FREE GIFT of a lovely reading book for children and early-teens. You will also be the first person to get the detailed info on our VERY SPECIAL WORKSHOP with a very special guest speaker in the summer of 2012! 

Now, take a look at the information below, and contact Mari Nakamura at mari-@pop02.odn.ne.jp to make a reservation!

(We'd appreciate if you could include your phone number in your e-mail message.) 

ETJ Ishikawa Group 25th Workshop

"Empowering Young Readers with Fun and Simple Activities!" 

Date: Sunday, March 18

Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Venue: Kanazawa Kinrosha Plaza in Kitayasue, Kanazawa http://www.kinpura.com/map.html

(about a ten-minute walk from JR Kanazawa Station West Exit) 

Admission: 500 yen for both ETJ members and Non-ETJ members (Invite your friends to join the workshop together!) 

Presenters: Ms. Asuka Imanishi and Mari Nakamura 

Presentation 1 by Asuka Imanishi

Title: Fun Phonics! Enjoy Reading!

Summary: 

How can children build up their reading skills in a fun and motivating way? An effective word making game and step by step methods to be able to read will be introduced!
Bio:

Founded "Eigokan Aska" in Hakusan City in 2007 and has been teaching English mainly to young learners. Majored in English and Education at Kansai Gaidai University and have been teaching English for 10 years. Now trying to build up a 9-year school curriculum to develop English skills and baring out children's potential. http://eigokanaska.com/

Presentation 2 by Mari Nakamura

Title: Reading for Meaning, Reading for Pleasure! 

Summary:

What can we do to improve our young learners’ reading skills once they have acquired basic phonics skills? How can we make sure that our students are reading for meaning? In this interactive session, Mari will share some fun and simple activities that have proven to be popular among her students.

Bio: 

Mari Nakamura is the owner of English Square, an eikaiwa school for children and teenagers in Kanazawa. She has earned a master’s degree in TEYL(Teaching English to Young Learners) from Aston University in the UK, and has developed several ELT materials for children. Her current interest lies in reading instruction and brain science.

http://www.crossroad.jp/es/

Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session where every one's input is appreciated! We will also have a tea break with snacks and a discussion time. 

Now, mark your calendar, and help us spread the word!

ETJ Ishikawa Coordinator

Mari Nakamura