ELT Calendar

Friday, September 17th, 2004

Longman Week Seminars
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Steven Gershon (Author), Ali Taylor (Longman ELT)
Organization: Nellie's Group, Ltd.
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: A special feature of Longman Week (September 13 - 18) are the seminars held on September 17 and 18 (Friday and Saturday). September 17 will feature two presentations as follows: Time: 1:30 � 2:30Title: Getting your students on the go & keeping them on the movePresenter: Steven Gershon (Author)Target: High School to University Language: English Content: How can we tap into our students' built-in motivation while ensuring that our lessons are pedagogically sound? By including a solid balance of skill-based tasks, useful functions and engaging topics.

Super Eigorian for Elementary School English
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Tom Merner
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: Following the popular TV series Eigorian, NHK produced a new series called Super Eigorian aimed for 5th and 6th graders for use in English activities in elementary schools.

Workshop for Primary School Teachers: Creating an Information Gap
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Hamish Buchan (British Council Tokyo , ELT Projects Manager)
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: For true communication to take place there is a need for the students to look for unknown information. One way to promote communication in class is through information gap activities in which the students have to ask questions to get information, which they don't know.