ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

Language Testing Conference
Time: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: The Japan Language Testing Association
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The theme of this conference is "Language Testing Code of Practice for the 21st Century". It is hosted by The Japan Language Testing Association.

Oxford Kid's Club Tour
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Charles Vilina, Kathy Kampa, Setsuko Toyama
Organization: Oxford University Press Kids' Club
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The focus of this forum is on teaching children's classes. .

Suggestopedia
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Charles Adamson, School of Nursing, Miyagi University
Organization: Iwate-Aomori Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Short description: Suggestopedia accelerates language learning by employing suggestion to free the students' functional reserves. A pure suggestopedic class consists of three phases:the decoding of the material,a concert session,and elaboration.

Teacher Training Seminar 2001
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Rod Ellis, Michael Rost, Craig Zettle
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Pre-registration by October 7 is required. 12:00 - 12:30 Registration12:30 - 12:45 Opening Remarks12:45 - 1:45 Harness New Possibilities with Longman English Online!, Craig Zettle2:00 - 3:00 Focussing on Form in Communication Tasks, Dr.

Teaching Writing and Dealing with Difficult Students
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Heian Jogakuin College
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Kelly will be making two presentations on the above topics. For more information and directions to venue please visit Hokkaido JALT's website.

Teacher Training Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Steven Gershon, Obirin University, and Timothy Kiggell, author
Organization: Macmillan LanguageHouse
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The theme of this teacher training workshop is "Upgrading for 2002". The featured speaker is Steven Gershon, Assistant Professor at Obirin University, and author of Online and English Upgrade.

Conversation Strategies & Timed Conversations
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tom Kenny
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: What's the best way to get your students speaking English in natural conversations? How can you get them to talk without relying on the textbook? Tom Kenny from Nagoya University of Foreign Studies will give a talk on Conversation Strategies & Timed Conversations, the new "success-oriented approach" to motivating learners in conversation classes.

Activities in the Language Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ed Hays
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nishihara City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Ed Hays's presentation will address teaching writing using computers and will also include activities that will be useful for those teaching other skills to students with access to the Internet.