ELT Calendar

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Tokyo Writers' Day 2006
Time: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Linda Gerber, David Schwartz, Lynne Reid Banks
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: SCBWI Tokyo Writers' Day 2006 will feature afternoon workshops with Linda Gerber (Series Fiction for Children) and David Schwartz (Putting the "Wonder" back in Wonderful: Making Math and Science Come Alive in Children's Books) and an Evening Talk and Q and A by Lynne Reid Banks (The Story Behind the Stories).

California Education System as a Basis for Global Communication
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Randall Wat
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: The speaker who is an ALT at Nagai Senior High School will present his perspective on how his background in education in California has led him to assist in making his students more communicative in English.

Teaching English to Young Learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Mitsue Allen-Tamai, Bunkyo Gakuin University
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Temple University Japan Distinguished Lecturer Seminar at Fukuoka: English Education 651: Teaching English to Young Learners (1 credit hour). The first three hours of this seminar are free and open to the public.