ELT Calendar

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Words Take Wing: Adapting Old Tales for New Audiences
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton will tell a few stories and explain how they take a folktale and bring it to life for today's audiences. They will demonstrate the process they use to help tellers and writers find their own voices by having participants do an exercise called 'Playing With the Story.

Effective Teacher Training
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Yosuke Yanase
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Yosuke Yanase discusses effective teacher training. .