ELT Calendar

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Action Log and Topic-Based Instruction
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Mamoru Takahashi
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will show you how to use Action Logs (AL) in your classroom. AL is a kind of action research.

1) Hands-on Teacher Development: The CELTA in Japan; 2) Peace Education in the Language Classroom
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: 1) Craig Jennings and Jan Visscher; 2) Kip Cates
Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: This month we have two 90 minute presentations: 1) The Cambridge CELTA is arguably the most widely recognised teacher training course worldwide and hands-on experience is its most distinguishing aspect.

Fukuoka JALT Officer Elections
Time: 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker: Elections will be held
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: For more info, e-mail Jack Brajcich at brajcich@fukujo. ac.

Exploring ways to use communicative language tasks with grammar-based (exam-oriented) high school English lessons
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Speaker: Masaomi Kitamura, Uguisudani High School
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: In this hands-on workshop, participants will experience the textbook and testing requirements faced by Japanese teachers of English (JTE's) as they try to fulfill Monkasho suggestions to introduce more communicative English into their classes.