Educational Materials Exhibition

Visit the Educational Materials Exhibition (EME) in the Main Hall of Granship in Shizuoka on Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22 9:00am-6:00pm. The Main Hall is located on the 1st floor opposite from the Chu Hall. There, you will find the latest materials for language teaching from JALT Associate Members (AMs). Don’t forget to check out the Center Space in the EME where the AMs will host a variety of events. The Special Interest Group (SIG) booths as well as the International and Domestic Affiliate tables are also located in the Main Hall. If you’re looking for a place to relax and catch up with old colleagues or meet new friends, there are two rest areas there, too, for your convenience.
Download the two-page PDF map of all the exhibitor booths to plan your visit.
EME Center Space Activities Schedule (Updated 18 November)
Saturday, November 21, 2015
11:00 – 11:30 – Macquarie University – Meet and greet with featured speaker and author Alice Chik
13:00 – 13:30 – englishbooks.jp – Songs with Catherine Littlehale Oki
You can never have too many songs or activities lined up for the children’s classroom.
Come join Catherine Littlehale Oki for songs and activities inspired by Happy Valley.
Kids learn with novelty and love to use their imaginations, so come see how adding
these songs and some imagination to your classes can give your kids more chances
to move, sing and speak with ease.
15:45 – 16:15 – englishbooks.jp – Come Meet some Perceptia Press Authors
A chance to meet and talk to Tim Murphey, Simon Capper, Matt Apple, Jonathan Jackson
and others about their work with Perceptia Press and Paul Lewis. Matt Apple will be signing
his new book, “Taking Leave: An American on Paternity Leave in Japan”. See you there!
17.00 – 17.30 – englishbooks.jp – Atama-ii Authors Book-signing & Raffle
Go on a Journey to Mars, venturing through The Ooze and up The North Face of Tornado Alley to escape the Zombies from Tokyo and receive your Backstage Pass to Brainstorm with Marcos Benevides, Paul Raine, Andy Boon, Lesley Ito, Theresa Kannenberg, Kyle Maclauchlan, and James Broadbridge. However, be careful of the Hunter in the Darkness searching for The Lost Cup in the Immortal Empire. That means you are definitely Atama-ii!
Sunday, November 22, 2015
10.00 – 10.30 – englishbooks.jp – Happy Valley Users’ Session
Happy Valley is being used across Japan and we’d love to hear from those who are using it in their homes and classrooms! Come share your ideas and thoughts with other users and author Catherine Oki. We’ll brainstorm together to make our Happy Valley experience even better. Let’s talk puppets, activities, songs and more!
12:45 – 13:15 – Cornelsen – Martin Fielko presenting two new series’ Key and Matters
15:00 – 15:45 – OUP – Demonstration Lesson with Rob Peacock
Join us for a demo lesson using the best-selling title Q: Skills for Success Second Edition and find out what all the buzz is about.
We look for a few volunteers to play the role of students.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send your name and institution name to newsletter.japan@oup.com. We will select volunteers at random and let participants know via e-mail. More on the Conference Facebook page.
17.00 – 17.30 – englishbooks.jp – It’s in the Cards – Easy Games for Busy Teachers
Card games can be used with students in a variety of ways – for example, to break the ice, illustrate, practice or review vocabulary and grammar points. Come join Eric Kane, creator of Phonics Bubbles, and Kenny King, creator of Bigger Than, for a session looking at maximising the use of card games in various teaching situations.