ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 13th, 2001

Explorations in Learner Autonomy and Development (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Learner Development Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: The Learner Development Special Interest Group (LD SIG) Retreat 2001 is two days of informal, participant-centred, convivial discussions on: fostering learner autonomy and development in practice and in experience raising questions about the problems and pitfalls of learner autonomy reflecting on your own learning and listening to others' language learning challenges and experiences presenting learners' views of language learning and autonomy developing your own research into learner autonomy The retreat will be conducted in English and Japanese.

2001 Korea TESOL International Conference (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Many, including Michael Rundell, Jane Willis, Uschi Felix, David Nunan, Steve Gershon
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: The theme KOTESOL's 9th International Conference is "The Language Environment: The Classroom and Beyond. " See the KOTESOL Conference web site for complete details.

JACET Kyushu-Okinawa 16th Annual Conference
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:10 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Nearly 20 presentations, in English and in Japanese, covering a wide variety of topics, from CALL to gender issues. .

Encouraging University Students to Express Themselves
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Mark Anthony, Yamagata University
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: Japanese university students still have very much difficulty in expressing themselves in English. How to encourage them to express themselves in English communicatively is still the most difficult task for native English instructors.

What Influences our Individual Approaches to Teaching in the Classroom?
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Thomas Simmons, JALT national president
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Over the years, Simmons has developed approaches to teaching that deal with restrictions in inadequate class time, apathetic students, administrative demands and overlarge classes.

Looking at Asian EFL Students' Silent Actions
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Ian Nakamura
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: If it is true that a significant amount of our conversations are being transmitted and perceived nonverbally, then teachers need to account for this fact in the way they teach.