ELT Calendar

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Today is National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)

Teacher-Created Materials
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Jane Nakagawa
Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: In this session, Prof. Jane Nakagawa will present and discuss with participants materials created for a variety of courses including required and elective EFL courses, and undergraduate courses in EFL methodology.

Teaching Workshop Series 2007 (Fukuoka) - Teaching Children More Effectively
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama, Patrick Jackson/Brian Cullen, Kevin Churchley
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Practical and interactive workshops from well-known presenters to help you teach children more effectively! Information Exchange Bulletin Board is available.

Task-Based Language Learning Through Debate
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Eiko Nakamura, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
Organization: Matsuyama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Short description: Learners' language development through debate tasks observed in a high school English classroom is closely examined. The chaotic period, in which learners push themselves to paraphrase and improvise their speech taking a risk of increasing language deficiency, was seen during a debate task.