ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

2008 JALT Hokkaido Language Teaching Conference
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Main Speakers: Robert Courchene and Cynthia Keith
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The theme of this year's conference is "Hokkaido Nabe: Helping Students to Help Themselves. " Main Speakers: Dr.

Chugoku ELT Expo
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Many speakers
Organization: ETJ Hiroshima (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: Bringing together all English teachers. There will be presentations and materials for college teachers, high school teachers.

IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher training Certificate Program 2008 (morning workshop)
Time: 9:50 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program, now in its 4th year, is aimed at all teachers of young learners who wish to become more confident and effective teachers.

Haiku in EFL Classes
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Howard Brown
Organization: Niigata Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Short description: This will be the first meeting of the newly reformed JALT Niigata chapter. We will spend some time getting to know each other and filling people in on chapter news.

Pearson Longman Teacher's Conference 2008 (Osaka)
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Marcos Benevides, Junko Yamanaka, John Wiltshier
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Pearson Longman will be hosting a conference focusing on building communicative skills that will help learners succeed in the global community. Presentations will include topics on personalization, communication, extensive reading, task-based learning and corpus-based learning.

Language Learning and the Lexical Approach
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Gary Littlecott
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: The lexical approach takes the view that lexis plays the central role in language learning and communication. It proposes that learning words and word combinations (lexical phrases or chunks) are the most important guarantor of conversational fluency.

IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher training Certificate Program 2008 (afternoon workshop)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata and IIEEC Teacher Trainers
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The IIEEC-Oxford University Press Teacher Training Certificate Program, now in its 4th year, is aimed at all teachers of young learners who wish to become more confident and effective teachers.

What makes a good workshop?
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Phil Brown and Colin Skeats
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Short description: This hands-on, interactive workshop will encourage participants to explore and discover the qualities of successful workshops. We will aim to demonstrate how to create a successful workshop and provide participants with both guiding principles and a practical framework.

Function rather than form as a basis for teaching
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Trevor Keith Landles
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
Short description: While certain functions are often dealt with in EFL material, coursebooks and syllabi are often based on various structures and modal verbs. This workshop will look at how lessons, syllabi and material can be based primarily on various functions such as arranging, expressing regrets or telling anecdotes.

Pearson Longman English Firsthand Ideagora (Osaka)
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: John Wiltshier
Organization: Pearson Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: An idea-gora is a modern adaptation of the ancient Greek agora - a center where ideas are negotiated and innovation is created. This session is an ideagora for teachers using the English Firsthand series and those simply wanting to explore experimental teaching ideas.