ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner Training - K.E.T.
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:30 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 intensive course will cover the speaking test for the Key English Test (KET), the first step of Cambridge ESOL's suite of examinations for adults.

ETJ Fukuoka Regional Meeting
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: David Borgeson, Tristan Scholze, others
Organization: ETJ Fukuoka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: This is to announce the revival and reformation of the ETJ Fukuoka Regional Group. Before the ETJ Kyushu Expo, Sunday December 7th, at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka City, we will be having a Fukuoka regional meeting on November 9th.

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in ELT (English Language Teaching) in Vietnamese Schools: Reality and Solutions
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Tran Van Phuoc
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: This is a special scholar, who is speaking at the National JALT Conference in Tokyo. The research analyzes 5 aspects and 38 problems related to (1) teachers' understanding of CLT in ELT and their actual performance in classroom; (2) teachers' organization of teaching activities in class; (3) existing textbooks and teaching-learning materials; (4) teaching facilities; (5) teachers' suggestions.