ELT Calendar

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

How Japanese and Germans can understand each other better through English
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Reinhold Grinda
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: The proximity of England makes it much easier for Germans, compared with Japanese people, to get thoroughly trained in everyday English. In both countries training in the English language is very different; but this is not a bad thing at all.

How Does Language Play Promote Language Learning?
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Scott Gardner
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This workshop will introduce and put to use ideas that language play (puns, rhymes, riddles, metaphor, etc. ) should not be seen as a distraction from classroom learning but rather as a central part of it, from both formal and communicative perspectives.

Effects of Task Repetition in 'Poster Carousel'
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Eiko Nakamura
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This presentation begins with an introduction to 'Poster Carousel' as a type of task that provides learners opportunities to repeatedly use the knowledge they already have.

Themed Tasks for the Communicative Classroom
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Marcos Benevides
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: Benevides will demonstrate a 'strong' task-based approach to communicative teaching. This will be based on his co-authored title, Widgets (2008 Longman), but will also be relevant to teachers seeking to develop their own task-based materials.