ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner Training - First Certicate (FCE)
Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Jim George
Organization: Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Professional development session to train experienced and qualified teachers to be become Oral Examiners (OEs) at FCE level. This intensive training course will cover the speaking test for Cambridge ESOL 's First Certificate in English.

Kansai ELT expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Many speakers
Organization: ETJ Osaka (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Bringing together all English teachers. There will be presentations and materials for college teachers, high school teachers.

Manuscript and Illustration Exchange
Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker: Feedback session
Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: Writers and illustrators are invited to bring along a work-in-progress - a picture book dummy, copies of a children's or young adult manuscript, or illustrations to share for constructive feedback.

November ACET Meeting: Christmas Ideas
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Mina, Miki, Peter, Jonathan and other volunteers
Organization: Association of Childrens English Teachers
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: We will discuss some activities you can use for your Christmas lessons. It may seem a little early, but before you know it, the end of the year will be there!! 1.

Developing a Curriculum-Enhancing Website
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: James Venema and Bruce McCaughan
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will look at efforts to use a website to enhance curriculum. Specifically, the following needs were identified: * An online database which would allow for the sharing of students' example sentences in a vocabulary course with future students in the same course.

Teaching Reading to Young Learners: Phonics? Sight Words? Whole Language? Yes!
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Sandy Rogers Logos Eikaiwa, and Notre Dame Seishin Elementary School
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: After a brief overview of the three methods, we will look at the value of, and discuss ways of, putting together all three methods to best nurture young readers.

Evaluation of Materials for Young Learners
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Seigel, University of Birmingham MA candidate
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will provide a brief introduction to systematic textbook evaluation. Results of evaluations of two EFL/ESL textbook series for children, Finding Out and Let's Go, will be discussed.