ELT Calendar

Tuesday, November 19th, 2002

Story-Telling Activities in the Young Learner Classroom
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Jane Willis, Aston University (UK)
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: To learn English, children need lots of experience of English in use. Teacher talk is excellent exposure to English, but teachers need to feel confident in using it and know how to make it comprehensible.

Content Based Instruction as a Framework for Teaching Reading
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: William Grabe, Northern Arizona University
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop-style interactive presentation, William Grabe focuses on EAP (English For Academic Purposes) for reading development. The first part of this talk outlines theoretical ideas about vocabulary acquisition; the second part examines the implications for instruction; the third part explores real applications for instruction by working through how to exploit a specific text.