ELT Calendar

Saturday, March 20th, 2004

Today is Vernal Equinox Day (Shunbun-no-hi)

11th Annual IBC Conference (day 1 of 2)
Time: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: several speakers
Organization: International Business Communicators
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: IBC was originally founded by corporate in-house language instructors and employees of training contractors who desired to meet occasionally and discuss ways to raise professional standards and implement new ideas.

Extensive Reading in the Foreign Language Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: George Jacobs (Singapore)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: This course will seek to encourage teachers to include extensive reading skillfully as a component of second language instruction. The seminar will cover the following topics: The place of extensive reading (ER) within the larger paradigm shift in education generally and second language teaching in particular, including learner autonomy, individual differences, focus on meaning, and thinking skills.