ELT Calendar

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Oral Examiner Training - Young Learners (Tokyo)
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: All day event for professional English teachers to become qualified Oral Examiners (OEs) for Cambridge ESOL. This session will focus on all three levels of YLE (Starters, Movers and Flyers).

How to Help Children Build Critical Thinking Skills
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Junko Machida
Organization: Elementary School Thematic English Education Movement
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Short description: This meeting is bilingual Japanese and English. Learn how to help children build critical thinking skills.

ETJ-Aichi March 2008 workshops: (1) Let's enjoy picture books in the classroom; (2) A Tale of Two Kindergartens - A Journey of Intercultural Exchange
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speaker: (1) Kazumi Takagi; (2) Aya Asano and Kim Horne (Izumi Chuo Kindergarten)
Organization: ETJ Aichi (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: ETJ-Aichi is a group for teachers of children up through middle school in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. For the March workshop, Kazumi Takagi, the multiple language story-telling program regularly held at the Gifu Prefectural Library, will share some ideas to help Japanese children enjoy picture books in foreign languages.

Teaching Young Learners with the Montessori Method
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker: Karen Varnes
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: Karen Varnes is a certified Montessori teacher of young learners. She will be speaking on various methods that the school uses to invigorate their minds and encourage them to express themselves in English.