ELT Calendar

Wednesday, February 14th, 2001

Liverpool, England, in terms of English and Englishmen
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Anthony Cunningham, Yamagata Prefectual Board of Education
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: Cunningham speaks on this topic in terms of every possible aspect of Liverpool, England, ranging from its history, culture, music, education to English, hopefully focusing on the possibility of a Japanese of communicative English which is expected of Japanese learners of English.

Classroom Rubrics: How to Increase Authentic Student-Student Communication in the Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Dave Hough
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: This workshop looks at rubrics (also known as metalanguage or simply "classroom language") as a place where teachers can increase the amount of time spent on authentic communication in the classroom.