ELT Calendar

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

My Share: Managing Groups
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Everyone gets a moment!
Organization: Wakayama Chapter of JALT
Location: Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture
Short description: The topic will be in-class small group management. Each participant will present a brief explanation of his or her approach to using small groups in the EFL classroom.

Huh? Oh. Aha! Differences between rote memorization and active thinking
Time: 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM
Speaker: John F. Fanselow
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: When a person in a language class responds to a question with "Huh? Sorry, I can't remember" the person is implying that rote-memorization is the main way to learn a language.