ELT Calendar

Saturday, November 3rd, 2001

Today is Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi)

Tokyo English Language Book Fair 2001 (Day 1 of 2)
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: 65 presentations
Organization: Tokyo English Language Book Fair
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The Association of ELT Publishers presents the 22nd Tokyo English Language Book Fair. Choose from over 65 ELT presentations on new materials, teaching methods, and trends in ELT by prominent authors, editors and ELT consultants.

Focus on Form in English Teaching: Integrating Meaning and Form
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Sean Izumi, Sophia University
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: We will focus on the issues concerning how we can best integrate focus on meaning or communication on the one hand and focus on language forms or grammar on the other.

Pragmatics and Language Teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Thomas, University of Wales
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Part of TUJ's Distinguished Lecturer Series. Note that each seminar is actually 2 days long, apx.

The Role of Modern Language Teaching in Higher Education
Time: 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Richard J. Towell, Head of School of Languages, University of Salford
Organization: Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This meeting of the JACET Kyushu-Okinawa chapter is co-sponsored by the Kyushu chapter of LET. This event is followed by a dinner from 5:00 to 7:00 at HawksTown (cost: 4,000 yen per person).