ELT Calendar

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

KATE 2004 International Conference (day 2 of 2)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: To Be Announced
Organization: The Korea Association of Teachers of English
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: The theme of the 2004 conference of the Korea Association of Teachers of English is "English Education from Socio-cultural Perspectives. " The Conference Keynote Speakers are James P.

A full day of GenkiEnglish in Osaka!
Time: 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Richard Graham (GenkiEnglish.com)
Organization: Genki English: GenkiEnglish.com
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: See the GenkiEnglish. com website in action! Over three sessions, Richard Graham will be going through most of the games, songs and ideas in a very easy to understand and fun way.

Learning to Read; Reading to Learn (Nagano city, Nagano)
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: Ali Taylor (Longman); Nobuyuki Maeda (Longman)
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Ali Taylor and Nobuyuki Maeda provide an an all-you-need-to-know guide on using Readers. Learning to Read; Reading to Learn: Readers in the Young Learners Classroom.

Two for One (Two one-hour presentations)
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: 1) Mary Brooks 2) Mark Landa
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Mary Brooks will talk about Online and onsite: the American ESL classroom. She will share her reflections on teaching language and educating language teachers in online/onsite environments.

Adapting Textbook Activities on the Spot
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Rebecca Arthur
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This workshop demonstrates a variety of ways to adapt textbook activities in the classroom on the spot, with almost no preparation. Although the workshop will be based on activities typically found in college and university textbooks for false beginners, the adaptations can be made to textbook activities of almost any level.