ELT Calendar

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The 2007 MEXT Program: Outsourcing In-Service Training; The 2007 MEXT Program: Participant Insights.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Melodie Cook, University of Nagasaki, Siebold; Yumiko Kose, Nagasaki Prefectural Uku High School.
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: For Nagasaki JALT's sixth meeting of the year, Melodie Cook will present initial findings from her research on Japanese junior and senior high school teachers of English who are sent to Canada by the Ministry of Education to receive language and pedagogical training.

What Do Your Students Really Think of Your Classes? Achieving More Effective Course Evaluations
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Susan Duggan, Iwate Prefectural University
Organization: Akita Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: Do you know what your students really think of your classes? Can you know this from conventional course evaluation forms? Are the course evaluation forms which many colleges and universities make their students fill out giving teachers accurate and meaningful feedback? If not, what can we do about it? This workshop has two parts.

Fostering Cultural Awareness in the Language Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Heather Linville
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
Short description: Professor Linville, who has taught in Panama, Mexico, Indonesia and the USA, is currently serving as the Academic Director of the American English Language Center at the University of Maryland.