ELT Calendar

Thursday, July 4th, 2002

Study Group meeting: Teaching small classes and activities
Time: 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: IIEEC is a teacher training organization for teachers of young learners. IIEEC emerged in response to the requests by teachers for specific training in how to teach.

Current Controversies and Some Conjectures
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This special lecture by Stephen Krashen is free. This talk will briefly cover the (overwhelming) evidence for the input (or "comprehension" hypotheses) as well as the lack of evidence supporting its two major rivals: the skill building hypothesis and the comprehensible output hypothesis.

CTI - Computer Telephony Integration
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Kaz Saruwatari, Planetworks
Organization: Tokyo PC Users Group
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: For details and related links, see TPC's homepage. About TPC:Founded in 1982, TPC is Japan's oldest IBM-standard PC users group.