2008 pre-departure orientation for new JETs

Hello everyone, It is that time of year again and we are looking for presenters for the 2008 pre-departure orientation for new JETs going to Japan in August.

Pre-departure orientation will be on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 at the Toronto Japan Foundation at Bay and Bloor.

I have attached the agenda for the weekend. Please keep in mind that we would like you to volunteer for the entire day, not just for your presentation. We will need you to go for lunch with the new JETs and help out with other things that day.

Please e-mail by Sunday, May 18 if you would like to be a presenter and teach the new JETs all that you know about Japan and the JET Programme. Again, the weekend agenda is attached to this e-mail.

Please e-mail us by Sunday, May 18 if you are interested in presenting. Don't forget to mention what topic you are interested in presenting.

Agenda

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008

Hosted by JETAA Toronto and JAVA Held at the Japan Foundation
131 Bloor Street West – Second Floor
www.japanfoundationcanada.org

TIME ACTIVITY
9 to 9:30 Registration
Passport and Visa application collection
$10 payment for Monday
9:30 to 9:45 Welcome speech Opening remarks
9:45 to 10:30 Ice breaker – 3 groups, 3 rooms
10:35 to 11:00 Keynote speech
11:10 to 12:10 From now until September
12:10 to 12:20 Travel arrangements
12:20 to 1:30 Lunch with JETAA
1:35 to 2:35 Culture shock
2:45 to 3:55 Goal setting –
Making JET count
Letter Writing
4:00 to 5:30 Team teaching for ALTs
Effective Lesson Planning
Creating a Culture in Your ESL Classroom
5:30 to 6 Closing remarks
Collective cleanup – Japanese style
6:30 to 9 Pub night at the Bedford Academy, 36 Prince Arthur St.


SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008

TIME ACTIVITY
9:30 to 10 Registration
Passport and Visa Collection
$10 payment for Monday
10 to 10:45 Social Etiquette – JAVA
10:50 to 11:35 Being a Man or Woman in Japan
(Women – Room B) Life outside work
(Men - Room A) Alternating groups in Rooms A & B
11:40 to 12:25 Being a Man or Woman in Japan
(Men – Room B) Life outside work
(Women - Room A) Alternating groups in Rooms A & B
10:50 to 12:25 Friends and Family Session – Room C
12:25 to 1:55 Lunch with JETAA and JAVA in Regional Groups

SEMINAR SESSIONS ROOM A ROOM B ROOM C
2:00 to 2:50 The Rural JET - Popular Culture with JAVA - Computers & Technology
2:55 to 3:45 Travelling on JET - Shopping in Japan - Computers & Technology
3:50 to 4:40 Travelling on JET - Money - Car ownership
4:45 to 5:35 Money Food The Inquisitive Gaze – Q&A panel
5:35 to 5:55 Closing Comments

Collective cleanup – Japanese style

Send all comments and questions to jetaa.toronto@gmail.com

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BEST of Business English SIG 2

Best of BESIG 2 will include:

Teaching tips for teachers of Business English,

Relationships between Professional English and other disciplines,

English for Professionals and the use of technology,

New materials, but more importantly, innovative ways on how teachers can use them,
Discussions on the trends, evolution and future directions of Business English.

Plenary Speaker:

Andy Hewitson, Head of Teacher Training at Siemens

Speakers:

Ann Claypole (LinguaServe) Teaching Business English in a Virtual World
Anna Cowper (Macmillan) Have You Got What it Takes to Get Published?
Anthony Green (Bari University) Italy Business English Listening and Reading Skills - let's separate them
Adrian Tennant (IATEFL) Method or Madness?
Duncan Baker (Marketing and Administration Director - Lydbury English Centre Ltd.) Negotiating in English
Ian Bell (TESOL France) Teaching trends: What and How should we be teaching?
Maurice Claypole (LinguaServe) Translation in the Business English Classroom
Vanessa Street (Université du Littoral) Transferable Skills: From Private Business Language Training to Public University Education
Stephen Ferron (IATEFL) Life After Business English
Bob Dignen (York Associates) Intercultural competence - leveraging the world's diversity
Sab Will (TESOL France) Internet in the Classroom
Eric Baber (Cambridge University Press) Move along, now: From Web 1.0 to 2.0 - and back again?

An exciting event, jam-packed with:
Twelve speakers to choose from
Our esteemed plenary speaker, Andy Hewitson
Catered lunch
Pecha kucha
Reception
Coffee and refreshments
Dinner with a Parisian
On-site bookseller

Free for TESOL France, IATEFL BESIG members and speakers
Non-member registration fee: €25
Catered lunch: €4 (click the appropriate box when registering)
Dinner: not included with registration (sign-up on the day of the event)

For additional Info
http://www.tesol-france.org/Besig2008.php

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