ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

13th Korea TESOL International Conference
Time: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Mario Rinvolucri, Amy Tsuio, Ana Lado, Susan Stempleski, Clyde Fowle, and many more
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: The theme of the Korea TESOL 13th International Conference is From Concept to Context: Trends and Challenges. There are more than 100 presentations.

Vocabulary Acquisition through Storytelling
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Beniko Mason
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Studies show that EFL learners need to possess at least 3000 word families (Nation, 1990) to be able to read an unsimplified text. Low intermediate EFL learners at a junior college in Japan must gain at least 700 words per year to reach that goal in two years.