ELT Calendar

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

CALL Workshop 2006
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Bill Pellowe, Don Hinkelman, Michael Vallence and 12 other practitioners
Organization: English Education Study Group of Sapporo Gakuin University
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: CALL Workshop 2006: "Everyday Teaching with CALL " Featured Presenter: Bill Pellowe Presentations on CALL and Internet-based Language Learning. This is a practical forum for all junior high school, high school and university foreign language teachers interested in everyday teaching via the internet and computers.

Distinguished Lecturer Series (Seminar 2): ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for EFL Environments: Concepts, Convenient Tools, and Challenges
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Judy Noguchi (Mukogawa University and Osaka Graduate School of Engineering)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a multidisciplinary approach that offers promising possibilities for an EFL educational environment. Unfortunately, ESP is often mistaken as simply being the drilling of technical terms and grammatical structures for science and technology majors or the teaching of business, legal or other types of special English.

Using Newspapers for Language Reinforcement
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: William M. Balsamo
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Textbooks often become dated and computers require knowledge of technology, but the daily newspaper is a valuable resource with a rich format for language instruction.

The New TOEIC (r): Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Grant Trew
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The TOEIC (r) is the primary tool for assessing English proficiency in Japan and a good score has become a common prerequisite for job and academic placement and advancement.

Nobody's Assistant: Flying solo in a high school classroom
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Les Smith
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: Les Smith of Tomita High School in Gifu is one of a handful of native English educators in Japanese K12 schools permitted to develop his own curriculum.