BBS Archive upto June 2008
Listed below are various entries from ACET’s now defunct “teacup” BBS site.
Some good links and useful information.
ACET Meeting, June 8th 2008
We had a great time with members on Sunday, June 8th. Lots of songs, teaching ideas and tips for classroom management were shared. Thanks to Yukari, Yuka, Akiko, Nigel and other participants!
You can find the songs/CDs and the picture books that were showed at the meeting. Just for your info.
*♪’Cahrlie’s Abc ‘(Jump & Jive With Hi-5 (Enhanced) [IMPORT] #23 )
★NOTE: ‘Special Workshop with Setsuko Toyama on Sunday, July 6th,12:00 to 15:00′
Only those members with reservations will be able to attend. There’re ONLY TWO seats left! If you have not made a reservation, please do so ASAP!
ACET Meeting, May 11th 2008
Thanks for coming to the May meeting on 11th. We had some new participants and had a great time. Big thanks to Mina, Miki, Craig and Yukari for your active participation! The following are some links related to the activities/songs we shared at the meeting, just for your info.
*’Q-sama’ game (Aleda Krause’s activities and worksheets)
*IIEEC homepage (for those who’re interested in the MAT Method)
The next meeting will be held on Sunday,June 8th. We’re looking forward to seeing you again!
ACET Meeting, March 9th 2008
Mina-sensei, thank you for coming to the meeting today. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the meeting although some regular members were absent due to their family matters or something. Today we had several new participants who came over on the rainy day from Kumamoto, Karatsu, Asakura…etc. What dedicated teachers!! Thank you all for coming today!
We started the meeting with 3 short chants. Then, Emi-sensei showed us a couple of activities using her “original” dice (The dice was AMAZING!!) Finally, we shared ideas for recruiting and trial lessons. I hope to see you all again in April !
ACET Meeting, 3rd February 2008
Hello. The following are the minutes of the Feb. meeting on Sunday, the 3rd. Just for your info.
1. Warm-up Songs by Tomoko
“♪One Little Finger”: “A Teddy Bear” (APRICOT/ISBN-4-89991-017-7)
“♪What day is it today?”: “すぐにできるはじめての英会話” (Gakken/ISBN-4-05-301637-1)
2. Self-introductions
3. Activities
1)Hiroko– *”I Bet!” :Target language: I’m (eat)ing. He’s/She’s (eat)ing.
*Valentine’s Day Fun 1:”Dropping a Heart”
*Valentine’s Day Fun 2:”Valentine’s Janken”
2) Michael did a mini-lesson with three girls. He shared a lot of activities and teaching tips using animal cards, the name cards…etc. He’s going to show some more activities at the next meeting. Don’t miss it out!
3)Yoriko– A picture book, “くるりんぱ だ〜れ？”（マルタン、フレーベル館/ISBN978-4-577-02928)
4. Discussion: Plans for 2008
*ACET meeting schedules in 2008–>Mar.9th, April 13th, May 11th, June 8th, July 13th, Sep.14th, Oct. 5th, Nov.9th(? ACET/ETJ Joing meeting), Dec. 7th or 14th(depending on the ETJ EXPO)
*Some ideas were shared such as a flea market(teaching materials exchange?), reviewing MAT Method …etc.
*As for a special workshop with a guest speaker for this year, please think about who you’d like to invite to ACET. If you have any suggestions, please email me(Yoriko).
5.Announcements
The next meeting will be held on Mar.9th, 1:30-3:30PM.
(MC:Nigel, Warm-up songs:Yoriko, Activities: Emi & Michael , Discussion:”Recruiting Campaign”/How to get new students（Ideas for demo lessons and the campaign）
Finally, Tomoko, Hiroko and Michael, thank you for your presentations! Another big thanks to the three amazing girls! See you in March.
ACET Meeting, 9th December
There were 24 people (including 3 children) in attendance. Below you will find information as to what we did at the meeting.
MC:Yoriko
1. Warm Up Songs by Nigel
‘One Head, One Mouth’ & ‘Jump Forward,Jump Back’ from a CD titled ‘Double the Fun’ by Hi-5.
2. Self-introductions: What was your best memory in 2007?
3. Activities
*Craig
1) Mysterious quiz
2) How to use a course book (English Time1 ) in a more interesting way: e.g.Role-play with various voice level bars such as volume, speed, or pitch level
3) How to make listening practice more exciting: Let students guess the words before they listen to the CD.
*Nigel
1) Kamishibai ( a picture-story show): ‘Where are the Christmas presents?’ by Genki English
2) Christmas activities: ‘Stuff Santa’,'Poke Santa’,'Dressing Santa’
*Yoriko
1)A chant, ‘What do you want for Christmas?’(Holiday Jazz Chants by Carlolyn Graham.OUP)
2)’Guess the mime’ (Gesture game) in pairs
4. Discussion & Brainstorming for the next year
We confirmed on ‘The Statutes of ACET’ (our goals, admission fees…etc.) The details of the Statutes will be soon posted on ACET homepage. http://1st.geocities.jp/acet20002000/index.html
Regarding regular meetings, the followings were agreed.
*We should be more punctual on the meeting time. i.e. Let’s start at 1:30 sharp and finish at 15:30 and tidy up at latest by 4 p.m.
*As for self-introductions, regular members introduce only their names while new members or members who come after a long absence are requested to introduce themselves in more details.
We had a fun Christmas Party after the meeting.
The next meeting will be held on Sunday,Feb. 3rd from 1:30PM-3:30PM.
(*MC: Yukari, Songs: Tomoko, Activities: Hiroko and Michael )
I wish you all Happy Holidays!!
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