ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Kitakyushu International Week featuring Two Bi-Lingual Events
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: BLAST! Holly Thompson, co-founder of English Blast (www. englishblast.

The 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: This event has been postponed to November 11, 2006. .

Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2, Osaka): Education for Bilingualism: Current Issues in Bilingual and Immersion Education in Japan
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Bostwick (Katoh Gakuin, Shizuoka)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: As one of many pathways to bilingualism, language immersion education continues to proliferate throughout the world. Schools play an increasingly important role in providing bi- and multilingual skills to students around the world and, although a bit slow in coming, interest in immersion and bilingual education in Japan has increased dramatically in recent ears.

EAP Symposium
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Sonia Sonoko Strain, Maggie Lieb, Terry Fellner, Greg Sholdt (Himeji Dokkyo University)
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This symposium will share first-hand experiences of introducing English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to intermediate (and lower) level university students by means of a step-by-step, student-friendly approach.