ELT Calendar

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

19th JALT-Gunma Summer Workshop at Kusatsu, Day 2
Time: 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Main Lecturer; Alister Cumming, OISE/University of Toronto: Invited Speaker; Razika Sanaoui, University of Toronto
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kusatsu City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: The workshop is a two-day event of August 25-26, and this is Day 2. Theme: Writing in English as an L2.

Linguistic Phonics and Begining Reading Instruction
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Peter Warner
Organization: Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This presentation looks at the reading process, and the importance of the English alphabetic code. The presenter will compare different methods of teaching reading, and will demonstrate how to use Linguistic Phonics in the EFL classroom.

Actually teaching listening: The importance of script and of suprasegmental phonology
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Alistair Graham Marr
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: This talk examines how you can go beyond giving practice practice in listening and actually teach listening skills. Knowledge of script is something that can be taught that helps students with their top-down predictive skills.