ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

CUE 2008 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Alex Gilmore, Kazuyoshi Sato, and others (Call for papers due March 31, 2008)
Organization: College and University Educators Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Universities in Japan are facing several challenging issues such as the declining number of students and students' decreasing academic abilities, changing student and societal needs, and the increasing importance of information technology.

Sausage and Cheese: Games in the Elementary School English Classroom
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Stan Pederson, Kumamoto University
Organization: East Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture
Short description: Like sausage and cheese, language can be served up in chunks or slices. When our learners start with chunks, they face the problem of cutting them into slices later so they can use them to say exactly what they want.

How to Do Action Research for Teachers
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Nicholas Gromik
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: Action Research is a reliable teacher approach to conducting in-class research and observations. This two hour workshop will be divided into two parts.