ELT Calendar

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Korea TESOL International Conference
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Seoul City, Seoul (South Korea)
Short description: Korea TESOL encourages teachers and scholars to consider what it is about the contemporary ELT environment that drives change in the classroom, and to present their responses before 900 of their colleagues at our 16th annual international conference in Seoul, October 25-26, 2008.

Language and Propaganda: The Uses of Linguistic Influence
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Call for papers deadline May 23, 2008
Organization: Linguapax Asia
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The topic of the 2008 conference is the interface of language and propaganda and the ways in which perceptions and behaviors can be managed through words.

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

A practical activity for a TOEIC preparation class
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Shizuno Seki
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: This presentation will introduce a practical activity to get students more involved in a TOEIC preparation class. In the activity, students make a presentation about the company they would like to work for, using some expressions in their TOEIC textbook.

Exploring Portfolio Assessment in the EFL Classroom
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Steve Quasha
Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Short description: In this workshop, the presenter will demonstrate how portfolio assessment plays an integral part in his communicative English courses at a Japanese women's university.

(1) iPod Activities for English Teachers; (2) Enhancing the Graded Reading Experience
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: (1) Mark Neufeld; (2) Ken Schmidt
Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: (1) iPod Activities for English Teacher Apple's iPod music and video player can be used to present audio, video, photos and slides, and the Internet provides access to a wide range of free or low-cost materials that can be used for teaching with an iPod.

Storytelling in the Language Classroom
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kusumika Chatterjee
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Kusumika Chatterjee, a professional storyteller from England, will give a workshop on how mime and music can be used to teach English grammar, poetry and literature.

From Inside the Elementary Classroom
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Various speakers
Organization: Kagoshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: We will hear from elementary school teachers about successes and difficulties within the english classroom. What are the challenges and what are the pitfalls? Putting our heads together to help find the solutions.

ECOnomics and ECOlogical Island Development
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Godfrey Baldacchino
Organization: The International University of Kagoshima, Canadian Studies Centre
Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Short description: Canada's Island Chair focuses on the tension between economic and ecological development of islands around the world and in Japan, such as the Kagoshima islands.