ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

JALT 2007 - 33rd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Sunday plenary: Paul Nation
Organization: The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: JALT will hold its 33rd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exposition on November 22 - 25, 2007 at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo.

Testing and Evaluations of Young Learners
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Malcolm Harding
Organization: ETJ Okayama (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Malcolm Harding, who hails from Great Britain, has been teaching in Okayama region for a number of years. He owns an immersion preschool in the Okayama city area and has a lot of experience with the use of testing and evaluation as a tool for helping with student placement, as a means of demonstrating growth to parents of students, as a means of providing a goal for some students, as well as for staff.