ELT Calendar

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner Training - Young Learners
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: Professional development session to train experienced and qualified teachers to be become Oral Examiners (OEs). This day-long training course will cover the speaking tests at all three levels (Starters, Movers and Flyers) of Cambridge ESOL's Young Learners Examinations (YLE).

Canada Project Colloquium in Kyushu: Managing Diversity and Education
Time: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Robert Courchene, Dennis Woolbright, Masashi Nakama, Ahmed Faiz, Jenny Lu
Organization: The International University of Kagoshima, Canadian Studies Centre
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: A colloquium featuring 7 guest speakers from Canada and Kyushu. Events include lectures, poster presentation, workshops and graduate student seminars.

Developing 4 Skills of Language Acquisition with Picture Books and Stories
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Naoko McLellan
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: In this presentation, the presenter will share how 4 skills of language acquisition can be guided using stories and picture books in the classroom in Elementary Schools with the understanding of the development of learning process.

CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) in ELT in Vietnamese Schools: Reality and Solutions
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Tran Van Phuoc
Organization: Wakayama Chapter of JALT
Location: Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture
Short description: Dr. Tran Van Phuoc of Hue University's College of Foreign Languages is JALT's Balsamo Asian Scholar for 2008.