ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Plenary Speakers: Dr. Tim Murphey, Junko Yamanaka
Organization: JALT PanSIG Conference
Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Short description: Seven of JALT's Special Interest Groups and the Kyoto Chapter invite you to the Seventh Annual Pan-SIG Conference. The conference theme of "Diversity and Convergence, education with integrity" will be explored by seven disciplines within language education representing the various viewpoints from Gender Awareness in Language Education, Life Long Language Learning, Materials Writers, Other Language Educators, Pragmatics, Teacher Education and Testing & Evaluation.

Wisconsin and Japan Cultural Differences
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Heather Dow
Organization: Yamagata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
Short description: The speaker has been an ALT for one and a half years in three Yamagata high schools. She will share the cultural differences she has encountered and what affect it has had in her teaching Japanese students to learn English.

Gender Equality: Teaching Beyond Grammar
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Stefanie Tacata
Organization: Kitakyushu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: The inextricable link between language and culture is indisputable. ESL educators must understand that their responsibilities to their students are multi-faceted.