ELT Calendar

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Teaching Pre-Teens: Problems and Possibilities
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Aleda Krause
Organization: Teaching Younger Learners Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: How do you feel about teaching pre-teens? Even the most confident teachers can be challenged by 11- to 12-year olds. They are no longer small children and not yet young adults, but seem to swing back and forth between the two.

The New TOEIC Test: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Grant Trew
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: In May 2006, the TOEIC test went through changes in format. This workshop aims to clarify the changes to the test, highlight the impact and implications for both test takers and teachers and present some approaches to overcoming the problems Japanese learners are likely to face.

Writing Class: A great fun part of senior high school
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Takashi Inomori
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: When Oral Communication was introduced to Japanese senior high schools in the 90s, a great number of seminars and workshops took place to give ideas on how and what to teach in the new subject.