Mid-Year Conference 2008
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The 2008 Midyear Conference was held on October 27th and 28th (Monday and Tuesday) at the Akita Prefectural Education Center in Tenno.
Workshops I & II
The first two workshops of the Mid-Year Conference were discussion sessions.
Workshop III
- Phonics (Kamakura). Presenter: Rob Evans.
- Phonics (Sugi). Presenter: Ryan Lidster.
- Elementary School Activities. Presenters: Maureen McCarthy, Elaine Bell, & Mark Liddell.
- The High School Classroom. Presenters: Michael Nakashima & Wakana Sato.
Workshop IV: Micro Teaching
- Minami. Teachers: Phil Huey & Emiko Kusanagi, Pat Costello & Mayuko Ishiyama.
- Chuo. Teachers: Sophie Danner & Iku Yamazaki, Joshua McGee & Keiko Ito.
- Kita. Teachers: Jesse Kertetter & Naoko Torigata, Stephen Elliff & Tomoya Arakawa.
- High School. Teachers: Kaydene Carty & Hideaki Sugawara, Stephen Boegeman & Yoko Yamajo.
Workshop V: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Activities
- Listening & Speaking Activities (Kamakura). Presenters: Cathy Cawley & Natsuko Sasabuchi.
- Listening & Speaking Activities (Sugi). Presenter: John Ma.
- Reading & Writing Activities (Kanto). Presenters: Mike Buonadonna & Yaeko Kotsugai.
- Reading & Writing Activities (Komachi). Presenters: David Ferron & Hiroshi Sagawa.
Workshop VI
- Coaching for the Speech Contest. Presenters: Tristen Dean & Naoya Nanba.
- English Club. Presenter: Caitlin Driscoll.
- Elementary School Activities. Presenters: Maureen McCarthy, Elaine Bell, & Mark Liddell.
- Internationalization. Presenters: Brett Rawson & Manabu Sato.
See also
| Skills Development Conference | ||||||||||
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| Mid-Year Conference | 2008 • 2009 • 2010 | |||||||||
| Skills Development Conference | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
