ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Tokyo ETJ Expo and Tokyo English Language Book Fair (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Speaker: A number of speakers
Organization: ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: This is the first day of the 2-day Tokyo ETJ Expo (which includes the Tokyo English Language Book Fair), one of the major events of the year for English teachers in the Kanto region.

Micro-Conference 1: DYI CALL: eLearnng on the Cheap
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Andy Boon, Timothy Gutierrez and Peter Ross
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kokubunji City, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: West Tokyo Chapter announces the first in a new series of micro-conferences, each featuring several presenters exploring a particular topic for a whole day.

Significant Scribbles: From sentence combining to diary writing
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Curtis Kelly, Osaka Gakuin University
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Sentence combining has been around since the 1960's, but it has been largely overlooked, despite research showing its effectiveness. Recent findings in brain studies, however, suggest that we have grossly underestimated the power of this unusual technique for teaching grammar and writing.