ELT Calendar

Saturday, December 13th, 2003

Akita JALT Business Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Steve Shucart, Dave Ragan
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: First Steve Shucart, Dave Ragan and others will talk about their experiences about attending JALT national conferences this year and in the past. After that we will have a business meeting in which we are going to review and evaluate our past monthly meetings in 2002 and 2003.

Games and Activities; Fluency and Accuracy
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen Crabbe, Oxford University Press
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: There are two presentations today. Games and activities for young learners: 3:10 to 3:55This workshop will introduce a variety of games and activities aimed at motivating in the 6 to 12 year old age range.

Creative and Productive Testing
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Guest
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop, the presenter will demonstrate the many ways in which achievement tests can actually be used as an inspiration for students, as a motivation to improvement in performance, as a means and not merely as an end of educational achievement.