ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

The Art and Science of NLP
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Elizabeth Payea-Butler, NLP Master Trainer
Organization: Intrapersona
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) workshop is for anyone who would like to learn more about NLP and its possible applications in both the personal and business arena.

The Role of Sleep in Learning (day 1 of 2)
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Roslyn Young
Organization: CDF (Classes de Francais)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Sleep is very difficult to study because we can only try to understand why it is that we sleep when we are awake. This does not mean, however, that no understanding of sleep is possible.

Learning to Read the Easy Way
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: David Lisgo
Organization: Miyazaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Short description: David Lisgo will give an overview of the different methods used to teach reading and show some basic steps in phonics, enabling students to begin reading almost immediately.

Of Modern Fairies and Enchantment
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Gail Carson Levine
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This Reading, Q and A, and book signing with author Gail Carson Levine will be in English and Japanese. Order your copies of Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg and other Gail Carson Levine titles from your favorite bookshop or online bookseller and bring them to the event for signing! Gail Carson Levine, master of the modern fairy tale, is the author of many books for children, most recently Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg.